The thoughts and findings of the Student Nerds!
Share Do you ever find it difficult to pick a day to meet with a group of people? It can be such a hassle to pick the right day to meet and that’s where Which Date Works helps you out. This simple service allows the meeting moderator to enter the email addresses of the other [...]
Share Today’s quick tip is for keeping your system running well. Lots of junk can accumulate with the daily use of a computer. Temporary files build up, your browsing cache gets loaded up with junk and your registry can get bogged down. CCleaner can easily help with all of these issues which then can make [...]
Share Some people are mouse people and some people are keyboard people. Most people would agree that using the keyboard is a bit faster than a mouse and I would agree with them. There is a great program on Windows (and Linux) that makes your keyboard much more useful. Launchy is a small utility that [...]
ShareThere is a nasty little virus that has been attacking computers for quite some time and is set to be released on April 1st. The risk of catching this virus is very high. No one is really sure exactly what is going to happen but they do know that this virus is going to do [...]
Share Google just released a location aware application called Google Latitude a few days ago. Following up on that, the Gmail team just announced on their blog that you can now add your location to your signature in Gmail. The way Google determines your location is based on your IP address, but this can be [...]
Share There are many ways you can speed up your computer and also how fast your computer starts up. This tip is for Windows users and should be something that you check on every computer you use. Msconfig is a built in program in Windows that allows you to control what programs start up with [...]
Share Living with a roommate can definitely help cut down on expenses. You get to split not only the rent, but the TV, internet, gas, electric and household items. The problem is when you need to figure out who owes what and how much they owe. Today, I’m going to show you a great website [...]
Share I’ve been ”tethering” my Blackberry for a couple months. More explicitly, I’ve been connecting my Blackberry to my computer and surfing the internet on my laptop through the Blackberry for a couple months. The connection says it’s 115 kbps, but it feels faster than that. It’s a good internet experience I’d say, you just [...]
Share Several years ago, I resisted switching away from Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) because things weren’t faster on Mozilla. It was a Netscape Navigator clone, and it did nothing for me. It wasn’t until Firefox 1.5 or so came out that things got much faster and FF really made its inroads into the general public. [...]
ShareOne of the best parts of the Blackberry user experience is its simplicity. Sure there are tons of 3rd party apps out there that do everything from update your Twitter to integrate your Flickr account. But at its core, the blackberry is a email messaging device. That has always been it’s core function, and hopefully [...]