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  • Zoomplayer Rules!

    Home Theater PC News – Your Source for Everything HTPC Related. I’ve been struggling to get my home theater PC really working correctly. Both Windows Media Player and BSPlayer have trouble working correctly. When I go full screen, they always go to the PC Monitor rather than to the big HDTV display. Also, ATI Catalyst…

  • Flatseat.com

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  • Great Airlines

    4 Star Airlines in the Skytrax Airline Star Ranking Programme. While I knew a bunch of these airlines, there are definitely some surprises. The usual suspects are the 5-star airlines. The ones that no business traveler (I know) which are: * Cathay Pacific Airways * Malaysia Airlines * Qatar Airways * Singapore Airlines Then there…

  • Changing Driver Letters

    Changing Drive Letters. _This one thing has always driven me crazy. I like to have C as the system drive, D as the CD-ROM or DVD and E as the data drive, but sometimes, I get it wrong when I install. Here’s how to fix it._ To change the default letter assignment for drives: #…

  • Geocaching with Google Maps

    If you want to create your own geocaches from home without fancy GPS software how can you do it with Google Maps. Here’s how: * Latitude and Longitude Search. This is an amazing site that when given a feature on a map tells you the latitude and longitude. * “Google Maps”:http://maps.google.com/. If you feed google…

  • Airline Toll Free Numbers

    “Travelersnet.com”:http://www.travelersnet.com/support/tools/phone.htm has a list of all toll free numbers. It is amazing how hard these are to find on each airline’s site now. They don’t want you to call. It is expensive. Some ones I use: Air Canada 888-247-2262 Alaska Airlines 800-425-0333 American Airlines 800-433-7300 Continental 800-525-0290 Delta Air Lines 800-221-1212 United Airlines 800-241-6522

  • Airline Quality

    I don’t know where Air Canada is in quality. They are three star. Air Canada Star Ranking

  • International Travel Bookings

    Normally, I find the results between a travel agent, Expedia, Orbitz or any other discounter to be about the same in the US. But, I’m finding that for travel to China, there are vast differences. Also when we went to Europe, I tried to book via Expedia, Orbitz etc and the airfares were on the…

  • Default Passwords

    Default Router Usernames and Passwords. Handy guide to default passwords for various routers. In case I forget mine… | | Username | Password | | Actiontec | _none_ | _none_ | | Belkin | _none_ | _none_ | | Buffalo | root | _none_ | | D-Link | admin | _none_ | | Linksys |…

  • China Travel

    It’s tricky to figure out all the ways to get to China. Here are some notes: * United Airlines – Promotions: Air. United is constantly running promotions, but you have to register for them. For instance for fall travel, if you register your Mileage Plus number, you get an additional 5,000 miles for travel booked…