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Re: Windows 7: How To Enable the Numberic Key Pad on the Onscreen Keyboard

avoidz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:48:18 -0000

Does the Windows Key+R 'osk' command still work in 7 to start the Onscreen Keyboard?

Re: Firefox: Enable Case Sensitive Searches When Using Find (Ctrl+F)

avoidz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:41:40 -0000

Nice one!

Re: Facebook: How To Get Only Status Updates on Your FB Home Page

avoidz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:33:05 -0000

Nice recipe, thanks!

Re: New Star Trek Guys Talk Old Star Trek, Sequel

avoidz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:28:36 -0000

Maybe they could address the Ceti Alpha eel that's residing in Captain Pike's body. I don't remember seeing it slide out of an ear hole like it did with Chekov in Wrath of Khan.

Re: Firefox: Automatically Open Result Page from Search Box in New Tab

avoidz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:22:58 -0000

This is a good tip; very useful. I've used this one myself for months.

Re: Windows 7: Put a Flip 3D Shortcut on the Taskbar

Tom M — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:51:15 -0000

he does have a point, the only time i ever use alt tab was to

infact, i dont think iv ever used it

Re: Windows 7: Put a Flip 3D Shortcut on the Taskbar

avoidz — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:17:31 -0000

How many people get excited by Alt-Tabbing their open programs?

Re: Windows 7: Put a Flip 3D Shortcut on the Taskbar

hosh — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:42:41 -0000

That's Bollocks and you know it !

Re: Windows 7: Put a Flip 3D Shortcut on the Taskbar

avoidz — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:33:11 -0000

Flip 3D has got to be one of the most useless "features" of Windows for a long time. I'd rather they spend the time making the OS stable and mostly bug-free than this bit of fluff.

Re: Windows 7: Customize How the Date is Displayed in the System Tray

avoidz — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:14:45 -0000

Good tip. I've had a double-sized Taskbar for years with XP. My time and date settings are like this:

HH:mm:ss
dd.MMM.yyyy

So I get:

16:13
Wednesday
13.May.2009

Re: Windows 7: How to Enable the Quick Launch Bar

avoidz — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:21:08 -0000

Why couldn't they just leave it under Toolbars instead of having to recreate it from scratch?

Re: IE8: Increase the Maximum Connections Limit to Download More Than Six Files at One Time

avoidz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:13:37 -0000

An oldie but goodie. Well worth reheating this recipe :)

Re: IE8: Place the Menu Bar Above the Address Bar

Mark F — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:08:54 -0000

Another great recipe, thanks. Not that I use IE8, but it'll be handy for when someone else asks me how to do this. Cheers!

Re: Youtube: Turn off Text or Annotations for Videos

avoidz — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:39:50 -0000

Great tip, cheers!a

Re: LOST 5.4 - "The Little Prince"

danowen79 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:42:20 -0000

Oh yes, the constant theory would work -- kind of. I liked the Jin ending, but mainly because of the Rousseau reveal. When he "died" last season, I wasn't TOO upset -- because his character is very often just dragged along for the ride, and stunted because of the language barrier. Still, I'm really hoping he has a big impact on the Rousseau storyline, and the Sickness gets answered. We're promised four-toed statue and smoke monster soon, too, so lots to look forward to!

P.S -- about time people started commenting on the Lost threads. Likewise BSG. Are those shows not popular here? Or are they talked about to death elsewhere?

Re: LOST 5.4 - "The Little Prince"

avoidz — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:32:45 -0000

Very entertaining, as you said. But I also agree the Kate stories are the least interesting (the actress herself is less than interesting, too).

The off-island adventures are fun, and there's a real sense of build-up to the Six returning to the island. I'm sure the reason will become clear later on (they are the island's "constant"?).

And how great was it to see Jin return? :)

Re: Red Dwarf: Back To Earth

avoidz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:23:11 -0000

Wow, I never thought I'd see a new Red Dwarf being made - even if it is just a special. I gave up on the series at Season 6; when Rob Grant left the show, the writing just got stupid and lazy.

And, yes, those 1998 remastered seasons are almost ruined.

Re: Top 10 Signs You Watch Too Much Dexter

avoidz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:03:52 -0000

I like #3 the best =)

Re: DEXTER 3.12 - "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

avoidz — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:25:20 -0000

Well when the shows are not shown locally (like they aren't here), I don't have access to every show I want to have a look at, so reviews do come in handy to determine if a show is worth adding to a download list. I'd given up on Heroes, but a couple of not-so-bad reviews made me grab the last couple of episodes to see how what it was like for myself. I often don't read the entire review immediately; just a star rating or something is enough to get a brief idea of the show's worth. LOL

Re: DEXTER 3.12 - "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

danowen79 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:10:21 -0000

Hmm, well. I'd rather watch the show to make that kind of judgement. I still don't get the thinking behind reading reviews to keep your "finger in". What if the reviews are all very favourable? Would you watch the show then? Even though it's likely been broadly spoiled by said reviews? I don't get it. LOL

Re: DEXTER 3.12 - "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

avoidz — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:30:43 -0000

I guess I'm sort of following Dexter in reviews only since I lost faith in the show, but still hope it recovers. I only wish showrunner Daniel Cerone hadn't left.

Re: DEXTER 3.12 - "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

danowen79 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:05:24 -0000

Well, if Dex/Rita isn't your thing, that actually takes up less screentime in S3 than it has before -- despite the wedding and pregnancy. So, might still be worth checking out? Even though you're one of the "crazies" who reads reviews of TV shows they're not even watching. LOL

Heroes 3.13 review on Thursday. You've really wet my appetite for it now. ;-)

Re: DEXTER 3.12 - "Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

avoidz — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:49:14 -0000

I hate to say it, but by the end of season 2 I'd had enough of Dexter. Don't get me wrong, I think the premise was great, Michael C. Hall is fantastic as Dex, and the writing was for the most part outstanding. But for me, the whole Rita and the Kids storyline really dragged the show down for me, and I rolled my eyes whenever scenes focussed on them. For that reason I wasn't interested in following Dexter into season 3 and seeing his Dark character neutered - and married with a baby! Don't shows quickly go downhill when a baby is brought in?

(Looking forward to your review of Heroes s3e13 Duel/Dual, BTW. I found it awful.)

Re: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)

danowen79 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:26:19 -0000

Mummy 3 would have been improved by four things: Rachel Weisz, Fraser being used more, proper comedy, and a better back-story for the Emperor. The first mummy had a tragic romance that worked very well, but Jet Li has nothing to play here. He's just a bad 'un, through and through. Bland.

Re: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)

avoidz — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:09:55 -0000

Of course, they should have just left the first enjoyable Mummy picture as a standalone. Sequels might be okay if they actually bothered to put as much effort into the scripts as they do into the CGI-gasms that usually results from these cash-seeking movies.