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In response to Alternative Fuel and Hybrid Modifications: Water4Gas?, long-time Gnomie Jeff Partridge writes:
“but how about improving your current vehicle’s gas mileage by using hydrogen in its most basic and readily available state: water.”
I just saw the full report from the FTC about two nights ago. They’ve tested hundreds of additives and gadgets and come […]

Gnomie Scott Houston (sah1510 in our chat room) writes:
Hi Chris,
I trust everything is well.
So I thought I would put in my bit with some of the free online services I use.
Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents: This is a free online service from Adobe allowing the conversion of Adobe PDFs to HTML or […]

Gnomie Ralajer writes:
Hey Chris,
I just read your article about Open Source science research and it made me think that you may be interested in telling your viewers about the Fold It Project. It builds on the idea of collaborative computing projects, such as SETI@home, but rather than using ideal CPU time to process information, it […]

Gnomie crazy_spurill from our chat room writes:
I have an old Xbox that I don’t use anymore because of the Xbox 360. I’ve been given some ideas of what to do with it because it’s just collecting dust in my room. So I have made a list of the top 5 things that I think you […]

Gnomie John Trull writes:
These are some short tips shared with me and a class of students about four years ago by a substitute teacher. He has now gone on to become one of the most known professors in the state of NC.

Whenever someone assigns you a textbook, read the glossary. Always. You will find […]

Gnomie Tim Hatton writes (presumably from Australia):
Hi, Chris! If you come to Australia…

Bring a fair amount of sunscreen. Australia is known for being a hot place.

Don’t ask to see the kangaroos or dingos in our backyards because it is illegal to have them as pets.

If you plan to drive, remember to get an Australian driver’s […]

Gnomie Quin Barrie writes:
Hey, Chris!
We got the same cam.
Here are my tips for getting the most out of it.

Hand Strap (absolutely indispensable)

allows you to hold the camera without having to constantly maintain grip

prevents dropping the $ camera from loss of grip

allows you to walk with the camera with a relaxed hand, yet keeps the camera […]

Gnomie Vishal (aka yankeeballer92 in our chat room) writes:
I have been using the product Adobe Photoshop for a long time — until I noticed the trial wasn’t long enough for me and all the editing I do. So I did some research and here’s my top 5 list of the best online photo editing sites […]

The Unblock Websites Proxy Program works wonders for unblocking Web sites that may have been blocked by your work or school. To unblock sites, all you need to do is type the address of the site you wish to visit into the box once the software loads.
The Unblock Websites tool acts as an anonymous […]

Where does it end? How do you keep up with this information overload? It’s gotten to the point where I’ve had to start actually closing my system down. I love information. I’m an information junkie! I love teaching, learning, consuming, producing… I love it all. Imagine billions of people like me, though. How do we […]

Gnomie Alan writes:
Dear Chris,
I’ve seen your YouTube clips about Vista and wish to share my experiences with you. I recently purchased an Acer M1610-LB7Z Intel dual core base unit, which came with Windows Vista Home Edition. I am a qualified computer repair and service technician and was very surprised at how good the build and […]

Young Gnomie Emor Upton writes:
I have been programming since I was 11 years old, and I am now 13 years old. I have noticed that the number of people in my age range who want to learn or know programming languages is increasing, and I’d like to share a list that would of came in […]

Hey, Chris! It’s tonydk2 from the chat room again, and I have a list of things to think about before buying an MP3 player. I myself have many MP3 players and they all have a purpose. One is for school, one is for a phone, and one is for storing all my content. There are […]

Gnomie Andrew Norman writes:
Hello, Chris.
I just watched your video concerning Asus Eee PC vs PDAs, and I have a thought concerning the issue. I’m sure you get hundreds of responses, but all the same I thought I’d respond.
Of course, I don’t deny that PDAs are computers, but I think there’s a pretty important difference […]

Gnomie Michael Riley (TopGearFordGt in our chat room) writes:

Look around. Don’t just buy the first computer you see. When I say this I am talking about going around to different computer stores, and tech stores. One big reason that you would do this is because if you are going to be buying a Dell laptop […]

Dear Chris,
My name is Yaser Sulaiman. I’m a Syrian graduate computer science student who is studying in Saudi Arabia.
Although I have been watching your great videos for a couple of months now, I didn’t “formally” join the community until recently. I go under the nickname yaserbuntu.
I wanted to share with you and the community my […]

Gnomie Christopher Levo writes:
Hey Chris,
For a solid month, I’ve been looking for a program or a company that can take a DVD I have with over 3 GB of images and somehow pull them off of what seems to be a corrupted part of the disc. These are images of my fiance and I together, […]

DJ Gnomie Cyrus writes:
Hello Chris,
I’m an aspiring DJ (currently I do it as a hobby). I love Open Source, and find that the quality is often higher than that found with a lot of proprietary software. Oh, and it’s free! I put together a digital “toolbox” of such stuff I find useful for Windows in […]

Gnomie Steven Groginsky writes:
Hi Chris,
I came across this list of toolbar program launchers in the DonationCoder’s Launchbar Commander app’s help file (under “Related Programs” and thought you might be interested. Note Microsoft Research’s entry, “Groupbar.” As you know, I’m very interested in a lot of features of program launchers, like auto-hide docks, drag-n-drop add, and […]

Summer approaches and Gnomie Dan H. (aka starbucks95905 in our chat room) writes in with these tips that may come in handy if you’re planning on visiting a theme park or two:
I just got back from Epcot at Disney World in Orlando and I would like to give a few great tips for visiting theme […]