29
Dec

Have a back-up strategy for the new year

With the holidays upon us and with most students inbetween semesters, right now is a great time to either refine or create a back-up strategy for the new year. I highly, highly suggest heading over to TabletPCBuzz.com to take a look at their “Back-up Strategies and Tools” thread that has several ideas to pull from. [...]

27
Dec

Eric Mack: Is scanning your books legal?

Much of our discussion revolves around scanning textbooks for use on a Tablet PC (we are students, after all). We’ve had people take these discussions as a way to beat the system and share textbooks like MP3s (old-school-Napster style). We’ve also had people wonder if this idea of scanning textbooks was legal at all, even [...]

27
Dec

About Us page is updated

Stop by the About Us page for a glimpse at our pretty mug shots and some updated profiles. Andrew is now a full time author (yay!) so his profile is included for all to see ^_^.

26
Dec

Interesting Combo: Tablet PC + WebCam (+ iPod Video)

I got a cool Christmas present: a Creative notebook web cam. Small, sleek, fits on the screen while in tablet mode, and has a pretty good picture quality. Now I can record audio and video lectures. Sweet. Imagine using this with OneNote’s sync capabilities. Since I don’t use OneNote, I’m thinking more along the [...]

24
Dec

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

 It’s now officially Christmas day where I am, so Merry Christmas to everyone, and happy holidays to those celebrating other holidays this season. As JK mentioned, gadgets and gifts are nice, but the things that really matter are found with those you love, not under the tree. Don’t forget to count your blessings, and don’t forget [...]

21
Dec

General Updates

Right now I’m updating things here and there on the site that most of you won’t notice unless you look around here all the time. Just tying up some loose ends and adding some new features. I’ll post about big ones as I finish them, but here’s a list of some updates on the way: [...]

21
Dec

Windows Live Messenger beta

I just threw on Windows Live Messenger Beta. Looks interesting. I’ll post more after I’ve used it for a while. I also have 2 invites. If you want one, leave a comment stating why you should receive an invite (bribes are welcomed encouraged).The top 2 commenters will receive an invite. Entry deadline is [...]

19
Dec

30 Tips for a Tight Budget

Finals are over so now I can finally relax and get back to fun stuff!

One thing that’s important to students (usually) is saving money, but few know how or where to save when it comes to electronics. It’s time to point out some tips for those short on a short budget (or for those who [...]

19
Dec

Free Copy of ActiveWords? Heck yeah!

The man with the eponymous moniker, Buzz Bruggeman of ActiveWords was on the Tablet PC Podcast this week. Listen to the podcast and you can find out how to get a free copy of ActiveWords.

ActiveWords is the awesome software that lets your computer be smarter than it actually is. Paired up with the InkPad for [...]

12
Dec

It’s finals week

Things will be a little sluggish this week (kinda like last week) because this week is finals week (five tests, and one class thanks to icy weather last Thursday). Last week was the week before finals, which was almost worse than this week, but then the ice hit and I got two days off (woohoo!) [...]

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