BlackBerry LCD Faint. How can I fix? The handheld’s LCD is very faint. Can I make it brighter? There are two ways you can make it brighter, depending on when you find the LCD to be faint: If the LCD is faint all the time, even in bright, indoor light, you can adjust the screen […]

Grill Products. I just bought a Lynx Grill from Sutter Heath and Home. Now I can get accessories on line. Here is one well rated place that bizrate.com likes.

Top 10 Blackberry Tips. I just love my Blackberry and here are really cool tips. Check out #18, #19 and #20 particularly. Hold the ALT key while you roll the trackwheel to scroll horizontally in any field where you can enter or view text. Hold the ALT key while you roll the trackwheel to scroll […]

All Recipes | Roast Chicken 101. This is a good basic intro to brining a chicken and also to trussing. One secret to really flavorful, juicy roast chicken is brining-i.e., soaking in salt water. Kosher chickens are always brined before selling; this is one of the reasons that kosher birds tend to taste better. To […]

RecipeSource: Brine For Roasted Chicken. Here is another project for the Sunday dinners I’m supposed to do. Again good reviews from Cook’s Illustrated… 3 Lemons, cut in half 1 c Kosher salt 3/4 c Brown sugar 1/3 c Garlic, crushed 3 Bay leaves 1/4 c Whole black peppercorns 5 Jalapenos, split and seeded 1 tb […]

Beer in the Butt Chicken – A strange name for a great way to cook a chicken. Here is the way to do the same thing on my good old Weber. Saw this in Cook’s Illustrated too. Here is the recipe… 1 whole chicken 1 can of beer 2 tablespoons chopped onion 2 tablespoons apple […]

Rotisserie Chicken The main mystery for me is how to get the darn thing on the spit. Here about.com comes to the rescue… There is something of an art to putting meat on the spit. You need a good, firm hold and you need balance. If you put a bird on a spit that isn’t […]

Rotisserie Chicken. Just got a rotisserie. Here is one recipe on how to use the darn thing…

PCWorld.com – PC World Spotlight on Rewritable DVD Drives. They like the HP DVD Write DVD200i. Seems like this takes the cake. Appears that it is the same as the Sony DRU-120A so thee are good ones to compare

Price Watch ? – Street Price Search Engine. Finding the lowest prices on the Internet isn’t easy. Most of the monitoring sites are out of business. The two I use are Pricegrabber for reputable name brand resellers. I also use pricewatch.com to see where the rock bottom is for PC and computer prices. It’s a […]