Free Dating Tips on How to Land a Hot Date!

If almost all of your friends have paired off and you seem to end up being the odd man out every time you guys go out, it may really become hard to meet new people and get a date. To make matters worse, whenever you do ask your friends to go out with you in places where you usually get a date, since they have their own relationships, they tend to shy away from these places and you end up going to couples activities like brunches and furniture shopping where you get as much as action as playing your PS3 at home. However bleak your situation may be, here are some ways to meet new people and land that date you want.

Dating Tips # 1: Internet dating may be taboo to some people. Your friends may think that only girls that are “crazies and weirdos” are found there but this is not the case anymore. And if you want to be specific, say you are looking for a social network specifically for singles that love bikers, then there are several choices for you. Just make sure you learn about online dating manners first before you dive in to the online dating world. Read More...

The 3 smart tips about online dating

For a lonely soul, online dating is a god sent 'cupid', for you can find the partner of your dreams courtesy the Internet world.

Although the whole idea of hunting for a spouse is enthralling, they're few things you should keep in mind.

They include -

1. The Net is just as good as church when you're hunting for a spouse. eventeen percent of online daters have turned virtual winks into marriage or long-term relationships; that's 3 million people.

2. Love is blind - or gullible.

The typical bachelorette's profile claims that she's 20 pounds lighter than the average American woman. And the average bachelor's profile says he's more than an inch taller than the average American man.

3.Don't sweat it.

Women don't care about size -as long as you clock ducats.

A 5'8" beau can score as many dates as a 6' gent if he makes 146,000 dollars more a year. And the ladies are equally attracted to 5'2" men who make 277,000 dollars more than Mr. Lanky.

A Few Windows XP Tips

Reach Run quickly

Here's a quicker way to reach the Run dialog box, if you don't want to go through the Start menu. Just hit the Windows key + R.

Looking for a better screen font display?

Enable ClearType, Microsoft's trademark font display technology, for a drastic improvement in screen font rendering. Right-click anywhere on your desktop. Now select Properties. Under the Appearance tab, click Effects. Check the box for Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts, and in the drop-down menu, select ClearType. Press OK, and apply the change.

Change your mouse pointer scheme

Bored of the same old arrow? To change your mouse pointer scheme, in the Control Panel, select Mouse and go to the Pointers tab. Scroll through the available schemes, pick one that you like and click Apply.

Check that your Windows Firewall is turned on

To make sure your Windows Firewall hasn't been accidentally disabled, go to your Control Panel and click Windows Firewall. Make sure the radio button for On (recommended) is selected. Add exceptions to your Firewall by going to the Exceptions tab and adding the programs that you think should have access to the Internet to the list of exceptions.

Instantly activate your screensaver

In XP, you can put a short cut of your favourite screensaver on your desktop to instantly start your screen saver. Here's how. Go to Start on your desktop and click on Search. In the help box, click on All files and folders. and then type in *.scr. Select your screen saver file and right click. Then select Send To, and then Desktop.

Put your Monitor to sleep Right

click on the desktop and click on Properties. In the dialog box that appears, click on the Screen Saver tab. Click on Power and in the dialog box that appears click on the Turn off Monitor list. Select a time to automatically after which the monitor will be turned off. Click OK twice and you're set.

Using your Windows Key

Your Windows key can be used to for many short cuts. If you want to open your Windows Explorer quickly just press your Windows key and E. If you want to open the Run dialog box, just press the Windows key and R. If you want to open your search dialog box, press your Windows key and F.

Instantly lock your PC

If you have password protected your Windows, here is a quick way to lock it. Press the Windows key and L together.

Change the look of folder icons

If you don't like the look of the folder icons on your desktop, you can change them. Right click on the folder, select Properties. Click on the Customize tab, and under the Folder icons area, click on the Change Icons button. Select the icon of your choice and select OK.

Minimize a Window to your taskbar

If you're tired of using the mouse over and over again to minimize a window, here's a handy tip. To minimize a window using just the keyboard, press Alt, Spacebar and N together.
Display album art in your music folder thumbnails If your music files are in WMA format, XP automatically picks up the album art and displays it, both in the folder thumbnail as well as in the Windows Media Player display. If your files are in MP3 format, you can download the album art from the Internet and then customize each folder to display it. But this takes a lot of time. A faster way around is to save each image as 'folder.jpg' and put it in the correct folder. Once you do this, XP will pick up that image and use it as the thumbnail for the folder, and also use the image to display in Windows Media Player while playing songs from the album.

Making web pages available offline

You may occasionally need to refer to a website, and you may not be able to connect to the Internet at the time. An easy way out of the situation is to go to the Favourites tab in Internet Explorer, and click Add to Favourites. In the dialog box that is displayed, select the Make available offline check box, and press OK.