03-29-00 Noises From The Basement Archives

NOISES FROM THE BASEMENT
Another weekly epistle for these strange times
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March 29, 2000 -This Week’s Contents

1) Peeking thru WINDOWS – “Spring Cleaning - Straighten Up
    That Desktop!”
2) FANTASTIC FILE FIND! – “DirectDrive”
3) SEEN THESE SITES? – “How’s That Work? / Weird Science”
4) EMAIL FUNNIES – “March Madness - Play Desktop Basketball”
5) The MOUS Hole – “Bite the Bullet”
6) THEY SAID IT – quotes to give one pause.
7) HODGEPODGE - miscellaneous virtual leftovers

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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS “Spring Cleaning - Straighten Up That Desktop!”

Was the last time you saw your Desktop wallpaper the day you
brought your computer home? Are there so many icons on your
desktop that it takes you 30 seconds to find the one you’re
looking for? If so, help is here!

I) Create ANOTHER icon! –
Right-click on your desktop. Choose New, then Folder.
IMMEDIATELY, type a new name for your folder, for example:
“Games”. Tap your Enter key.

II) Start with your first “game”-related icon. Click&drag the
icon on top of your new folder, releasing your mouse button
when the destination folder changes color. Your icon will
”move” into the folder. Move every “game” icon into this
folder.

III) Continue to create folders and move icons into them until
you’ve reclaimed your desktop. Note, folders can also be
moved into folders – for families with several children,
for example, each child might have a folder. All children
folders could be moved into another folder named “Kids”.

IV) Double-click your folders to access your file icons.

2) FEATURED FREE FILE! DirectDrive [1601 Kb/EXE]

Once you have mastered your mess with a well-organized system
of folders, you will want an easy way to get to the icons
within. With DirectDrive, you can assign a drive letter to
any folder. Use DD to name Mom’s folder the M: drive!
Mom can then get into her files, from any program, by simply
opening the M: drive!! Great tool!
http://www.BecomeTheBest.com/nftb/free4u/ddrv.exe

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Are you an Internet addict? Spend lots of hours in front of
the monitor? Why not get PAID to surf the net, read your
email, earn money ANYTIME you are online??!!
http://www.forohiosbest.com/offs/off1.htm
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3) SEEN THESE SITES? “How Does That Work?/Death Rays”

Have you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or
what makes the inside of your refrigerator cold?
http://www.howstuffworks.com has comprehensive yet concise
descriptions of the way things work. On the other hand, do
your interests lie with building Ghost Detectors and Lex Luther
Death Rays, UFO sensing binoculars and cold fusion devices??
Then, you’ll want to visit:
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/weird/const.html

4) EMAIL FUNNIES “Basketball” [898 Kb/EXE]

Well now, Bunky… here’s something to make your March Madness
complete. Courtesy of Office.com, turn your Desktop into a
basketball court, complete with cheering fans and thumping
drums when you score. Try banking your shots off the sides and
top of your monitor for added flair!
http://www.BecomeTheBest.com/nftb/free4u/basketball.exe

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As Mr. Ripley said, Believe It or Not! Join this online
community for FREE, and be paid $2 for each referral!
Personal Home Pages, SuiteMail, Best-of-Web
Directory for powerful searches, more!
http://www.forohiosbest.com/offs/off5.htm
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5) The MOUS Hole – “Bite The Bullet”

     Dots are boring! When you need to create a bulleted list,
use different symbols as bullets to emphasize your points!
   §      Select the paragraphs where you want to change your bullets,
   §      Choose Format, then Bullets and Numbering from the menu bar,
   §      Use the default choices, or
   §      Customize button, then Bullet button
   §      Select any available font, and then click on any symbol!

           No more boring bullets!

6) THEY SAID IT

”When I was young, my dream was to work in advertising like
Darren and marry a good witch. Now that I'm older and wiser, I
realize how naive I was -- a good witch would never marry
an advertising man.” -- Keith Sullivan

7) HODGEPODGE – “Squeeze ‘Em Together”

I hope you’ve cleaned up some space on your Desktop with
the information in this issue. One last item to tidy up –
change your icon spacing to a more appropriate level.

Right-click on the Desktop, select Properties, click the
Appearance tab, click on the Item drop-down list.
Look for Icon Spacing (Horizontal) and Icon Spacing (Vertical)
[NOTE: write down the original settings in case you want to
reverse this later] Start by setting both of these numbers
to 32, Apply the changes, and see how you like your new
spacing – then go from there!

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