Download Nimi Visuals: http://bit.ly/17afTc

NOTE: To run Nimi Visuals, you need to have Microsoft .NET 3.5 installed. If your computer is fully updated you should have this, but if you try to run Nimi Visuals and you get an error you most likely don’t have it installed. In that case, download and install this and you should be ready to go: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=en

Watch the first video on how to prepare your computer for custom themes and how to install the Windows 7 theme here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8eNuwawzBk

This is the second video in my series on how to customize Vista with themes and much more. This video is more oriented towards people with Vista Home Basic, which does not have Aero or any of the nice effects that comes with all other versions of Vista. There are some interesting effects that anyone can use regardless of what kind of Vista you have, however, so you may want to take a look at the program anyway.

http://www.ted.com Elaine Morgan is a tenacious proponent of the aquatic ape hypothesis: the idea that humans evolved from primate ancestors who dwelt in watery habitats. Hear her spirited defense of the idea — and her theory on why mainstream science doesn’t take it seriously.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

http://www.ted.com Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools — robotics, new software, cognitive research — to make artworks that surprise and delight. Watch as sounds become shapes, bodies create paintings, and a curious eye looks back at the curious viewer.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

http://www.ted.com Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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Resident Evil 4 – $7.99 – 8.5/10 – Get It In iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322523436&mt=8

A really great game from only a few years ago, Resident Evil makes a solid impression once again on the iPhone and iPod touch. The gameplay is fun, kept fresh by high intensity action and a wealth of small cutscenes depicting all sorts of actions (such as kicking aside ladders) and the graphics really are quite impressive. If it weren’t for the high price and disappointing controls this game would be a must get for sure. As it is now, though, I am still favorably impressed.