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A SHORT VERSION OF THE LONG HISTORY OF TELEVISION
Find out about television as we knew it, why the transition to digital is long overdue, and how to interpret all the numbers you find on new widescreen TV sets!  Put on your thinking cap, it gets technical.

STEVE PUFFENBERGER'S GUIDE TO GENERAL FLAKEYNESS
What do you do when your computer gets just a little flakey?  Here is our troubleshooting checklist whenever we encounter a machine that just won't run right.  Remember, a computer is not a toaster, it takes special care and feeding.  (If you're uncomfortable opening your computer, give us a call!)

IRQ SLEUTHING GUIDE
It's been viewed by hundreds of people worldwide, here is the ages-old (now) guide to Interrupt Requests (IRQ's) inside a Windows computer, and how to avoid conflicts.  Fortunately the state of the art has advanced so there are very few IRQ conflicts anymore, but if you can't get an old box working right, enjoy.

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• Of Pixels and DPI
  If you've ever wondered what's up with the Dots Per Inch setting in your photo editing software, this will give you all the lowdown - and explain why DPI is irrelevant (and confusing) when building Web sites or video!
• Audio 101
  A guide to professional and consumer audio, a chapter from the PainFree Presentations book.
• PowerPoint 2 Video 
  PowerPoint is the Swiss Army Knife of video.  Here's how to get PPT slides into a video.
• Video 2 PowerPoint 
  What to do when your video doesn't play right in PowerPoint (another PainFree Presentations book chapter preview.)
• "What NOT to  'Pute"
  A list of programs we've found that is unwise to have installed on your computer.