I love these huge free ebooks that come out where one geek imparts the depth of knowledge that only geekery allows. This time it is for Star Wars:
How exactly did George Lucas develop the script for the first Star
Wars? Why were the prequels so uneven when the originals were so good?
Did he really have a [...]

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Pravane holds the claim to be the first published SteamPunk work. You can read a full review of the book here.
Comprising a cycle of linked stories set in Dorset, England, it depicts a 1968 in which the Roman Catholic Church still has supremacy; in its timeline, Protestantism was destroyed during wars that resulted from the [...]

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I knew about the memory limit in Windows XP before I went ahead and upped the memory in my Mac from 2GB to 4GB. I just knew that XP would not manage to cope with 4GB even though the limit on 32bit (standard) Windows XP is 4GB. This is because, in Microsoft’s words:
The physical address [...]

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Create online checklists with checkser. When you’ve made them, share them out for others to use. I’m something of a checklist fan, so I appreciate this website, even if I’m late to the party. So what checklists already exist?
Setting up a blog
Facebook Closure
Moving Home
Self Management
Divorce
Cosplay
How to review a book
Home Buyer Checklist
Things to do when buying [...]

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Here’s the most popular posts on CR:
Convert MP3 to AAC
How to use the free iTunes to convert music formats.
Pin up aircraft nose art
The history and artwork of aircraft nose art.
Best tattoo ever? (NSFW)
The post that just will not die.
MacBook/Macbook Pro in Pink and Other Colours
How to have your Mac in any colour you want.
Future Warning [...]

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It’s not a ‘virus’, it’s art. It causes you Macs icons and menu bar to have gravity linked to the MacBook Pro’s motion sensor. Video is below:
In the beginning were harmless computer viruses. Viruses born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form [...]

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Another Tuesday, another Apple update. This time it is the big guns - The MacBook and MacBook Pro.

Apple today announced long-awaited upgrades for both its MacBook and MacBook Pro portables, adding Intel’s 45 nanometer Penryn architecture for its Core 2 Duo processors. All systems now include the larger Level 2 cache, SSE4 media instructions, and [...]

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How to Protect your Laptop, MacBook or MacBook Pro
So you’ve just spent a small fortune on your new laptop? Money that could have gone toward gold plating your dog, cat or toddler. Although you missed on on the gold plating, you do have a wonderful new shiny laptop. All is well with the world - [...]

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