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Friday Fun: Take a Break from Spreadsheets and Play Excit!

It is another Friday and you’re sick of entering data and reviewing spreadsheets.  So today we will show you the fun action-puzzle game Excit! which helps you break away from spreadsheet chaos.
Playing Excit!
The goal of Excit! is to navigate the cross around the spreadsheets obstacles and reach the exit without leaving the screen.

After each […]

Check Weather Conditions in Real-time with Weather Watcher

Even if you are a computer geek who never sees the light of day, you should still be aware of what the weather in your area is doing.  Today we will look at Weather Watcher, a free customizable desktop weather station program that allows you to keep up with current conditions in real-time.
Using Weather […]

Friday Fun: Karoshi Suicide Salaryman

Friday is finally here and today we will look at a unique stress relieving game where the goal is to have your salaryman kill himself!
The object of the game is simple, kill your character, but as the game progresses the scenarios increase in difficulty.

When you begin the first levels there are helpful hints telling […]

Easily Inventory System Information with PC Audit

Have you ever wanted to be able to easily take inventory of a computer's hardware and software setup with one small application?  Today we will look at the free program PC Audit which allows you to get detailed inventory of computer systems.
PC Audit is an easy to use free application that doesn't require installation and […]

Friday Fun: Get Your Mario On

Here at How-To Geek we love the Mario series of games and today we picked a few cool flashed based Mario games to pass the time until the bell rings.
Original Nintendo Mario Brothers and Super Mario Brothers 3
To start off playing where it all began (After Donkey Kong) check out this original version of Mario […]

Copy Website Tables into Excel 2007 Spreadsheets

If you find interesting or important data in a table on a website it might be helpful to import it into Excel.  Today we will look at how to import data from a table on a website into Excel which will allow you to organize and add to reports.
Open Excel 2007 and under the Data […]

Slacker Geek: Update Your Facebook Profile from Outlook

Do you have Microsoft Outlook open all day at work dwelling on company business but would rather be updating your Facebook profile?  Today we will look at a small add-on utility which allows you to interact with your Facebook profile from within Outlook.
Using FBLook
FBLook is a small utility that integrates seamlessly with Outlook and allows […]

Add Google Gadgets to your Desktop

One of the new trends in computing is the use of desktop gadgets which are small applications that run on your desktop.  If you like desktop gadgets for work or play today we will check out the ones available from Google and how to get them.
The first thing you will need to do is download […]

Friday Fun: Boxhead The Zombie Wars

We made it to another Friday and today we will look at a great way to let our your frustration by killing zombies in Boxhead The Zombie Wars.
From the site - Boxhead: The Zombie Wars is the 5th game in the series. It comes with new graphics, new enemies (lots of them) and Zombie Wars […]

Save Multiple Attachments at Once in Outlook 2007

You wish your co-workers and colleagues would send you several documents all zipped into one file, but so often it is not the case.  Here we will look at saving multiple attachments to your hard dive all at once.

Once you receive and email with a bunch of individual attachments in Outlook 2007 click on Other […]