Create Your Own Songs and Music Videos Using Microsoft SongSmith Leave it to Microsoft to butcher some of the most popular songs in our culture, all in the name of promoting their latest entertainment software program. And by the way, that's not a putdown, that's a compliment. I'll explain in a minute. ... ( added 289 days 2 hours ago.)

A Double-Dog Dare: Couple Spends $155K to Clone Their Dog As a dog owner and dog-lover, I completely understand how people can get attached to their pets. And having lost a beloved pet, I empathize with the grief people feel when it's time to say a final goodbye to that friend and companion. No other dog... ( added 295 days 23 hours ago.)

Coming to Terms with Becoming a Grandparent As many of you know by now, on January 10 our first grandchild was born. It has been an interesting last few days, with him being kept in the neonatal ICU unit for several days after our daughter had been discharged. However, he's finally home and... ( added 307 days 2 hours ago.)

HDMX-GO Lets You Share Your Music with Portable Speakers For Your iPod/MP3 Player For several years now the portable MP3 player has been the music lover's device of choice. Whether iPod, Zune, Zen, or No-Name, fans love the portability and storage space. The downside, of course, is that it's not easy to share your latest... ( added 321 days 17 hours ago.)

Top Ten Worst Requests to Submit to Your IT Technical Support Group Feel like getting off on the right foot this year at work? Want to get all the assistance you need with your computer system? Then whatever you do, DO NOT put in these requests to your company's technical support personnel. 10. "My new employee... ( added 323 days 1 hour ago.)

Blondes Have More Fun with Their Custom Computer Keyboard "Why did the blonde cross the road?" I'll let you add your favorite punch line, but suffice it to say that as a group, our fairer-follically-pigmented females are the butt of more jokes than just about any other. What's a girl to do? Dye her hair?... ( added 348 days 6 hours ago.)

Cruising in Mexico--Day Two (The author and his wife just returned from their first cruise, and he is sharing his experiences for those who are wondering if a cruise is really the right vacation for them to take.) It's Tuesday morning. Lorrie and I sleep in a bit as we've... ( added 352 days 1 hour ago.)

Cruising in Mexico--Day One (The author and his wife just returned from their first cruise, and he is sharing his experiences for those who are wondering if a cruise is really the right vacation for them to take.) It's our very first cruise, and Lorrie and I are both excited... ( added 360 days 6 hours ago.)

How to Survive "Black Friday" and Find Great Christmas Shopping Deals In less than one week the madness begins. "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving, is generally perceived as the busiest shopping day of the year. With the current economy, experts predict that you'll be able to get incredible bargains not only... ( added 1 year 1 day ago.)

Let's Say Thanks--Thanking our Military at Thanksgiving Whether or not you support the war effort in Iraq, you can let our military men and women know how much you appreciate their efforts. Xerox Corporation is sponsoring a program called "Let's Say Thanks" to support our troops. It's fast, it's easy... ( added 1 year 3 days ago.)

Why You Should Make the Switch to a Digital Camera My wife and I just returned from our very first cruise. It was an amazing experience, and I'll be writing about it in upcoming articles. However, today I wanted to share with you the item you need to remember to take with you anytime you go on... ( added 1 year 5 days ago.)

Cruising in Mexico--Cultural Differences Hello, everyone. I am sitting in the "Internet Cafe" on the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy. Even though I'm in the Gulf of Mexico, through the wonder of modern technology I can connect to the Internet via a satellite connection. Unfortunately, this... ( added 1 year 9 days ago.)

I'm Not as Think as You Dumb I Am! While getting some work done on the Internet before shutting down for the night, a pop-up window appeared on my computer screen. It was titled "The Dumb Test" and it was obvious I was supposed to take it. Okay, I thought, I'll give it a try. So I... ( added 1 year 12 days ago.)

Hurricane Ike, Two Months Later On Friday night, September 12, 2008, Hurricane Ike roared through the Galveston/Houston area. It left devastation in its wake and tens of thousands of people without homes, power, or basic living requirements like water, food, and power. Cleanup... ( added 1 year 13 days ago.)

Building Relationships--Until Death DOES Part Not 30 minutes ago I learned that a coworker of ours passed away yesterday. He went into the hospital last week for lung-related issues. I was planning on visiting him in the hospital. That's not going to happen now. Ten days ago was the... ( added 1 year 16 days ago.)

Last-Minute Halloween Costumes--Terrify on a Budget Tonight's your big Halloween party, and you still can't decide what to wear? Don't feel like recycling last year's costume? Want something new and different--and terrifying? Consider these very scary costumes that won't cost you an arm and a leg... ( added 1 year 22 days ago.)

Most Popular Baby Name Trends for 2008 and 2009 As many of you may know, I'm going to be a first-time grandpa in a little over three months. Everybody who hears about it has two questions for us: "Is it a boy or a girl?" and "What are they going to name it?" The answers are: It's a boy, and... ( added 1 year 23 days ago.)

Spoofing: Temporary Identity Theft on the Internet You go to your computer, power it up, and open up e-mail. In your Inbox are dozens of messages being sent by somebody named Mailer Daemon, saying the message you tried to send to a particular address is undeliverable. Some of the messages are in... ( added 1 year 29 days ago.)

New Rules of Shopping Etiquette: A Day at the Mall Today my wife and I took several hours and did something we haven't been able to do in awhile: We split. That's right, we got up early on a Saturday morning, got ready, and left to spend a day out at the local shopping mall. We figured we'd spend... ( added 1 year 32 days ago.)

Men's Facial Hair Tips -- More Coloring Hints for Great-Looking Facial Hair It's been awhile since I wrote my Searchwarp article on beard coloring using professional beauty products. The response has been very good--in fact, it's been amazing. Who knew that so many men wanted information on coloring facial hair? However... ( added 1 year 46 days ago.)

Halloween Fun: An Adult's Point of View Who says kids are the only ones who get to have any fun on Halloween night? Or who pay the price the next morning? THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE I thought, "Tonight I'll be a kid. I'll trick-or-treat." And so I did. I scoured the... ( added 1 year 51 days ago.)

I Don't Understand: Common Sense and the Common Man Years ago an employer of mine was sharing his opinion of happiness with me. He believed that there was a finite amount of happiness in the world that was shared by all people. In his viewpoint, married couples appeared to be receiving less than... ( added 1 year 54 days ago.)

Tina Fey Doesn't Want to Portray Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live The folks at "Saturday Night Live" must need a ratings boost. In the past two weeks they've had skits portraying Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family as backwoods, uneducated, and no better than animals in heat (what... ( added 1 year 59 days ago.)

I Survived Ike: Thoughts in the Aftermath of a Hurricane Today is Tuesday, September 16. Four days ago Hurricane Ike plowed its way through Galveston, Houston, and a large swath of coastal east Texas. It was my first hurricane, and I lived to tell about it--so I shall. But I won't bore you with the... ( added 1 year 67 days ago.)

Color My World: Your Favorite Colors Can Help You Choose the Perfect Career Ever think you might be in the wrong line of work? Wanting to do something different but not sure what type of work would fulfill you? Maybe you should turn to color to see what inspires and motivates you. And I'm not talking about clothing colors... ( added 1 year 67 days ago.)