The Ashes

Ever get a song stuck in your head and you just can’t seem to be rid of it? For some reason, this song has been playing in my head all day long… Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent by dwarthy I Dreamed a Dream There was a time when men were kind When their voices [...]

“Spring Flowers 1815″ by Ann Hooke.  Image from Art.com.

This is the history of the most relevant food for human Circa 1000 A.D.: Pizza gets its start when peasants begin baking leftover, covered dough. Early 1500s: Spanish conquistadors bring tomatoes to Europe from the New World. Late 1500s: The first known recipes for the production of mozzarella cheese begin popping up in cookbooks. Late [...]

So if this extension improves your web browsing, why aren’t these network settings improved by default in Firefox? This is because Firefox wants to adhere to the HTTP specification which says: “A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more than 2 connections with any server or proxy.” Unfortunately, the specification (from 1999) is outdated at this [...]

1. Stop the ‘last access update’ stamp Every time a directory on an NTFS drive is accessed by Windows XP, it updates that directory and every subdirectory with a time stamp to indicate the date of access. In folders with a lot of subdirectories, this can add considerable overhead to whatever your PC happens to [...]

Chip maker Intel has posted quarterly results that beat expectations – but failed to provide an earnings forecast, citing economic uncertainty. (…)

Google Adwords has morphed into an unforgiving beast for its users over the years. It is not simple; it once was when Google started its Adwords system. Google has made Adwords so complicated that there is a practical entry barrier for beginners to this game. But it doesnt mean you cannot beat Google at its [...]

Good pay per click affiliate program can earn you lots of money. Today, the top affiliates on the internet who use pay per click (PPC) to promote their programs are earning millions of dollars per year. Of course, it takes time to reach this income level, but if you learn how to identify a good [...]

According to the SAT College Board in 2002, the standardized test results showed that students who have focused on foreign language studies routinely achieve among the highest scores in all the subjects that were tested. Students are studying to learn to speak Italian, German, Spanish, French and other languages.

As a racing fanatic, you often wonder what it would be like to be behind the wheel on one of those high powered cars. You may have seen street racing movies and you want to feel the thrill of illegal street racing or you may also be a race fan of legitimate races, such as [...]