kerry

Kerry is a mother of two and has a loving husband. She enjoys writing and blogging about a variety of topics. Her favorite website is CallCatalog.com

Homepage: http://www.callcatalog.com


Posts by kerry

Kerry’s Home Made Computer

March 9, 2010 - 1:11 am

Posted in General | 7 comments

The Frustration: I’ve been accumulating quite a few home videos and finally wanted to do something with them.  My kids have been begging me to place them on DVDs so we can easily watch them on TV — also, I’ve been a little concerned that eventually my mini-dv tapes will gradually go bad like all [...]

Is your Mouse Broken? Use this cool trick for a short term solution.

December 31, 2009 - 11:23 am

Posted in How To, Tips/Tricks | 5 comments

Ok, so it really doesn’t happen very often, but it does happen.  Yeah, drat, your mouse has broken after you used it by accident on top of that peanut butter smudge on your desk.  Here’s an obscure yet real windows tool you can use to make your keyboard act as a mouse until you get [...]

Bet you haven’t seen this before — osk?

October 18, 2009 - 10:34 am

Posted in How To | 5 comments

I love messing around with my computer and know some cool computer things, but this one really caught me.  I doubt its anything I’ll ever use BUT maybe you can bet your friends about this over a beer or two.  Yes…its an onscreen keyboard.  So, I guess the only use would be if you spilled [...]

Goofy But Cool — surf with your calculator

July 23, 2009 - 7:09 am

Posted in Geeky Humor, How To, Tips/Tricks | 3 comments

Ok, you’re on a desert island and…well, lets just say that you encounter a computer without IE and firefox.  So you can use word, etc… but no way to surf the internet.  Before you say it, no, windows explorer isn’t available either.
Here’s the simple trick:
1) Open the calculator (or any microsoft program)
2) Push F1 or [...]