I can't believe a forum full of headphone nerds/geeks has not a single suggestion on a multimedia device for home entertainment.

I have not been impressed or satisfied with the programming line ups from my local cable company.  I enjoy shows that I watch/download from the internet more than what I can get locally.   Therefore I am looking for a device that can   1. Playback media files   or   2. Stream...

I think that it's common knowledge the leader in terms of optics for sunglasses would be Maui Jim. Then there are also other contenders that come close such as Revo and Serengeti. There are also companies like Costa DelMar and Ruddy Project that are highly regarded by those who own it but they...

After spending thousands of dollars on a engagement ring. Are you only suppose to wear it until you are married? Seems like a big waste, no?

I also tried safe mode to run off the cd or to do the install. It didn't help any.

I tried installing it last night but it kept freezing. I didn't get as far to getting prompts for action after the install option was selected. What's going on?

I just tried running xubuntu off the cd and it failed. It got to the desktop and and froze. The desktop was not displayed correctly. Last third of the desktop was overrunning to the first third on my screen. Any suggestions? The check sum of the ISO I downloaded is good and it's doing the...

I have a DLink USB wireless stick for the laptop right now. DLW G122 and currenty the DLink site says there's no Linux driver for it. Am I out of luck?

Nothing can be worse then Windows XP that's loaded on this right now. I don't know who in their right mind wasted the effort of installing something so unsuitable. I will get rid of it and put something else on it so it's usable again. So what's easier to learn? xubuntu or Mint? Mint really...

I am going to download Linux Mint and try that since you guys recommended it for my slow machine.

Oh I will only be using this to do simple tasks like OpenOffice and surf the web. I want to make use of the laptop again.

I have an older laptop I want to use Linux on because XP is too slow for it. It's an old IBM thinkpad with PIII 677 (I think it's 667) and 128MB only. What is the easiest distro to use with the best driver support for older hardware?

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I know what you mean about the classes. I got her certificates for classes last year but we ended up moving away and now I don't know if there is such a place in this small town we live in. So I was hoping i can find videos or books online.

I already looked on amazon before coming here. The books they offer aren't for painting decorative items like the picture I posted. Plus if I can find a video tutorial for learning different technique and painting styles that would be great. It's much easier to see something done on a screen...

I figured I should attach a picture so you guys know what I am talking about.

I'm looking for a gift for my gf for Christmas. She likes to paint little ceramic figures and she's learned quite a bit on her own. I'd like to get her some tutorial materials to help her learn some new techniques. Anyone has any ideas for videos or books? There aren't many crafts stores...

Where do you find laptop reviews these days? I haven't been following the computer trends lately and I am very out of the loop. I am trying to find a sub $800 laptop. It will only be used to surf the web and that's pretty much it.

Anyone wrote any PEO technical exams here? How was it? Was it very drawn out and they like a school exams (formulas and calculations)? Or is it more on theories? I am specifically asking about the EE people but others are welcome to leave their comments as well.

Does anyone have any experience with becoming a P.Eng in Ontario while holding a US college degree? My understanding is that if you went to CEAB recognized university in Canada then your academic credentials will fulfill the requirement set by PEO. What if you went a ABET recognized college...

The setup currently is to use the OST file in offline mode. But when you go online it always asks the server for every piece of information making everything slower. Also it's now complaining the mail account has exceeded its limit and it must be archived. Well that was done many times and...

No true, not in my case. It always pulls from the server even after it's been read. It must be a setting I am missing somewhere.

And what's that gonna do to solve my problem? Can I start browsing from my local hard disk copy when I am online? It's outlook and it's multiple versions on different computers. 97 to xp

Is there anyway you can have outlook to pull emails from a local cache copy on your harddrive while being online at the same time? I haven't figured out how to do that yet so I am always offline browsing my already opened email from the cache *.pst file and doing periodic check for new emails...

Maybe there are some generous donors here that will offer their clip to me because they don't need it?