Artist of the day - Alan Jackson

Categories: Music, Wanderer

Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter, who became one of the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s. Alan Jackson was born in Newnan, Georgia to Eugene Jackson and Ruth Musick. He previously worked in The Nashville Network's mailroom. Jackson's wife Denise got him connected to Glen Campbell, who helped him jumpstart his career. His first album, 1989's Here in the Real World, was a major hit, as was his second (1991) album, Don't Rock The Jukebox. ... Read More

Artist of the day - Bad Company

Categories: Music, Wanderer

Bad Company were an English hard rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free (Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke), Mott The Hoople (Mick Ralphs) and King Crimson (Boz Burrell). Managed by Peter Grant, who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success, the band would go on to enjoy great success throughout the 1970s. The 1974 debut album Bad Company was an international hit, with the group considered one of the 1970s' first supergroups. Bad Company consisted of four seasoned musicians: ... Read More

Windows Vista test-drive on the web

Categories: Computing Tips, Software, Technology, Windows

Try Windows Vista without installing it on your PC. A new Microsoft Virtual Labs site lets you test-drive the Business version of the OS, right inside your browser. The site provides a self-guided tour of Vista, dividing all its features into categories like safe, efficient and connected. Within each category you can view a video or take a test-drive of various features. When you opt for the latter, you effectively get Vista running in a window. You can poke around, try the new ... Read More

Auto Patcher for Windows

Categories: Software, Technology

AutoPatcher is a freeware Windows Update alternative that gives you more control over how you update your PC.Rather than requiring an internet connection every time you need to update a PC, AutoPatcher can be burned to a CD and used on any computer - which comes as a godsend for any resident PC-geek of the family, especially when you've updated a PC over a 56k modem. The great part about AutoPatcher is that not only does it dole out the regular updates, ... Read More

Top 10 stuff to have on Ubuntu

Categories: Software, Technology

When I made the switch to Ubuntu Linux on my desktop computer (that is, if you can call triple-booting Windows XP, Vista, and Ubuntu a "switch"), I was a little worried about finding the applications and tools that would make me as productive working in Ubuntu as I am working on Windows. After a little searching around the interweb, however, I've been more than impressed with the number of great, full-featured applications available for Linux, many of which outshine their Windows counterparts. And ... Read More