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Limits in limited accounts Theoretically, some sort of restricted account should help. Although, I wouldn't consider it to be a guaranteed fix...just something free, easy to do, that might help a bit. Unfortunately, though, these fixes only go so far. I, myself, would not trust an XP machine...

I've used Yahoo, although I'm looking at moving on. One thing I hate about Yahoo is the lousy filtering. I get messages from a mailing list plopped in the Spam folder, and messages from Mrs. Ima Crooke telling me I just won five billion dollars in the Antarctica National Lottery in my Inbox.

Another thing worth trying to secure Windows XP If I were to run Windows on a machine connected to the Internet, one thing I'd do is to use a users account that is limited for day to day use. Windows XP gives this option. One of the reasons XP has problems is because most users are alwasy...

Not meaning to add fuel to a possible flame war "Crapware..... Is precisely why I use a Mac. Servicing PeeCees all day long makes you truly appreciate a computer you literally don't have to do anything to. Not trying to start a flame war.....seriously!" I'm reminded of an Apple ad run many...

I don't know anything about magnetron tubes, but given that they are tubes, they logically will have a loss of power as time goes on. But it's also logical to assume that some designs will last longer. Audio equipment tube life seems to vary wildly, too. And so, I imagine magnetron tube life...

I'm interested in Chrome, but don't use it, since it's Windows only for the moment. When it comes in a form I can try, I'll be interested. I have heard others say that Chrome is faster than Firefox. Currently, my choice for web browser is Opera--fast, and good features. The minus is that some...

That burner looks familiar. I'm pretty sure the stove I grew up with (ca. 1950 Thermador) had a burner like that.

"We had an aunt that bought a 1962 Zenith color fishbowl set. It had a nice picture on it too. On top of that set she had a 19 inch B&W set. She only used the color set for color shows and watched the B&W shows on the smaller set. I asked her why she did that, and she told me she didn't want to...

"We had an aunt that bought a 1962 Zenith color fishbowl set. It had a nice picture on it too. On top of that set she had a 19 inch B&W set. She only used the color set for color shows and watched the B&W shows on the smaller set. I asked her why she did that, and she told me she didn't want to...

Storing coffee in the refrigerator or freezer is something some purists don't like. There is a chance of coffee picking up off tastes (apparently, coffee has been suggested as a refrigerator deodorizer). Freezing can, some say, hurt the taste. Although, I have been known to freeze coffee. I...

On a more serious note Usually, I try to calculate things so I use them up without having to "thin." It just works better for me. But a couple of ides: some soups are a good, forgiving way of using up stuff. My way of making any vegetable soup involves "inspiration of the moment." Which is...

Well, the super easy, frugal solution might simply be dropping in at your place right about dinner time!

Eugene--Hope all goes well. And, at least I'm glad to hear that you had a great birthday otherwise.

I've seen the Esquire Handbook for Hosts. It's worth reading, if for no other reason than seeing something from another era. And, of course, James Beard was one of the great cookbook writers. (Ironically, perhaps, as I type these mortal words, I'm baking bread using a Beard recipe.) Another...

I remember hearing during the 2001 era recession that repair businesses in general were seeing more business. I assume that could happen this time...particularly given how bad it could get. Although, there is one problem in addition to comments made above there is the fact that so much modern...

"The parallel is a freined of mine who uses incense in his home rather than enmptyng the cat-box, scrubbing the toilet, dusting (which is definitely needed from the incense)vacuuming and moping." Incense certainly won't help the dust issue. For that, you need to change to really low wattage...

I'm so sorry--I know how hard this is. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Every now and then, I get something like this, with some attached ".exe" file. I always half-wish I had a virus scanner, just so I could see whether the ".exe" file is infected.

So what do you plan to do with your winnings? Now that you are so rich, I don't suppose you'd be interested in a deal to help with a small transfer of a million dollars from a bank account in Africa.

A bit more of my babbling about 78s Making matters more interesting with 78s is that the ideal stylus varies. The generic size is about 3 mil, although some styli are slightly smaller. But groove size varied wildly through the 78 era. Then, a non-standard size may be useful now to avoid the...