I found that when I was running with an account with Administrative privileges was when these pop ups were obnoxious. I switched and now run with a regular user account and whenever I need elevated privileges I get prompted for credentials. Much like on OS X (except that makes me put a password in even if I am already…

I tried it and removed it. I switch between tabs too often and this just slowed me down far too much. It does look pretty, but I really care more about being able to get things done efficiently rather than look at a pretty effect.

I've been running the Office 2007 beta since this summer, and my initial reaction was one of dislike. But after a day of using it I am always disappointed to go to a computer that has any other version of Office on it. The UI is so much more intuitive than any previous version I find myself accomplishing much more in…

I usually don't take the week between Christmas and New Years off, also viewing that it is a waste of vacation days since the office is so dead. This year I took it off though, primarily because my daughter was off from school as well, so it gave us extra time together. Honestly, I think as long as my kids want to…

This was so sad to hear. I had such high hopes after the rest of the family was rescued. My heart goes out to the family for their loss.

My family gave up on TV several months ago, much to the shock of our relatives and friends. We used to have a dish service, which just got too expensive for not much content. Plus we found we were just shutting our brains off in front of the TV for far too many hours of the day. We still watch movies and series on…