With NetBeans 6 beta 2 out (and the final version going into High Resistance-"thou shall not break things" mode) I thought it might take the opportunit...

Microsoft Office 2007 has a new User Interface (called the ribbon), in this Screencast we have a quick introduction and compare the new design to the F...

The Rails API docs are very useful but can be difficult to read. This episode will give some tips on reading the docs and mention a few alternative sites for accessing the API. Update: sorry about the broken movie, it should work now.

activeCollab is an easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and project management tool. Set up an environment where you, your team and your clients can collaborate on active projects using a set of simple, functional tools. 100% free!

In this episode we show you how to use the hidden "msconfig" program in Windows XP to cut your Windows boot time in half. Plus also use it to remove unwanted programs including spyware from the registry. Biff makes an appearance and messes with the audio. And winter is here in Toronto, so we pull out...

Andy and Sean show how to enable security on a wireless network connection using both WEP and WPA. Sean reveals his hair secrets and Andy's wiener-osity is secure. Plus the cats help out

You can geotag your photos (in Organizr) to show us where you took them, or you can just browse around the world and see where other people have been and what they saw.

Open Organizr and find the photo(s) you want to place on the map using Findr. Click the Map tab. Then, go to a location where you took your photo(s) by using either the "Find Location" box in the top right of the tab or the pan/zoom tools to browse to the location. When you've found the location, dra...

Make firefox much faster by editing the about:config options. Many options like nglayout, memory.capacity and trim_on_minimize seem to have disappeared...

Make firefox much faster by editing the about:config options. Many options like nglayout, memory.capacity and trim_on_minimize seem to have disappeared...

Several methods in rails take a hash of options as the last argument. If you are passing the same options to several methods, you can remove this duplication by using with_options. Learn all about it in this episode.

Looking for an easy way to screen cast in the latest Ubuntu Linux? Here is the simplest way I’ve found