up on your PC yet--help is at hand.This easy to read, accessible book from PC World expert Steve Bass covers the waterfront of PC gripes and gremlins, with fixes for everything from Windows glitches to browsers that won't browse. These tips and tricks are served up in bite-sized portions for quick reading and even quicker fixing. Among the topics covered: Windows--King of Annoyances! You'll learn how to kick Windows in the rear, get past glitches, take charge of the interface, live with the dreaded activation, and more.Conquer your email, from Outlook to Eudora! Beat back spam, get inside info, avoid mailing lists, send big files, manage folders, and more, for a half dozen email programs.Master Microsoft Office. From little-known right-click wonders to backing up the unbackable to automating data entry, you'll find workarounds for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.Wrassle with hardware--and win! Learn to wake up your DSL, tame your notebook, shut up your PC's fan, save your data, and save paper.Internet knots untied! Shake up IE, stop Flash, outsmart defaults, control Favorites, add the Google toolbar to Netscape, and more.Plus, you get access to more than one hundred utilities that will help you squash bugs, enhance your email, untangle a system snarl, and much more.If your PC has ever annoyed you (do we see several billion raised hands?), PC Annoyances is for you. With the flip of a page or two, you can fix that faux pas and have your PC purring again.  (less)

The authors of Linux and its suite of utilities have done a remarkably good job of documenting their work, and the two white papers bound in Linux System Administration White Papers make enjoyable and informative reading. Olaf Kirch's contribution, The Linux Network Administrator's Guide, covers the basics of setting up and configuring a TCP/IP network among Linux computers. Kirch's document includes a great deal of prose that explains how Linux networking works in a broad sense, as well as plenty of configuration-file listings and tables that list commands, flags, and arguments. You'll want your machine close at hand to try out the concepts Kirch describes. The Linux System Administrator's Guide, written by Lars Wirzenius, makes up about a third of this volume. It deals with how Linux thinks of storage media, the directory tree, memory, and users. Mostly, it provides conceptual explanations that will help novice administrators understand command references, but there's also a small amount of how-to information on specific administrative tasks. --David Wall Topics covered: Creation and configuration of TCP/IP networks of Linux boxes, including hardware, TCP/IP configuration, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) setup, the Network Information System, the Network File System (NFS), and various servers (mail and news, but not Web). Administration coverage includes user account management, backups, the file system, and effective use of init.  (less)

durable with rounded corners and a great size for small hands to easily manipulate and experience success. each puzzle is self-checking and skill based. child matches the four picture/word puzzle pieces to the correct center rhyming puzzle piece to complete each puzzle. also includes a 2-page activity guide.rhyming puzzles are designed to meet the following key instructional goals- - recognizing rhyme- generating rhyming words- noticing rhyme spelling patterns- reading and spelling simple high-utility words10 5-piece 2-sided self-checking puzzles plus 2-pg activity guide puzzles- 8 x 8 box- 8.5 x 11 x 2.25 grades k-2  (less)

TV remote, your eyeglasses, tissues, etc. Keep important items nearby while at the same time keeping clutter away! This handy multiple-pouch storage caddy has room for everything from your reading glasses to remote controls, litterbag to tissue box, magazines and more. Features 4 utility pockets. Made of durable cotton fabric; machine washable. Large fabric tongue tucks under your mattress or over the sofa arm. Great for those with mobility issues or anyone. Measures 10.5-in. Wide x 4-in. Deep x 10.5-in. High (10.5-in. W x 4-in. D x 26.5-in. H with tongue.) Color: Tan.  (less)

you need a reliable light for instrument and map reading. Comes with a keyring so you can carry this light with you at all times.  (less)