NOISES
FROM THE BASEMENT
Another weekly epistle for these strange times
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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS – “A File By Any Other Name”
2) FANTASTIC FILE FIND! – “Discover”
3) SEEN THESE SITES? – “Truth or Fiction? / A Different Spin”
4) EMAIL FUNNIES – “My Friend”
5) The MOUS Hole – “Right Proportions”
6) THEY SAID IT – quotes to give one pause.
7) HODGEPODGE - miscellaneous virtual leftovers
Greetings to our new readers and welcome back, old friends!
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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS “A File By Any
Other Name”
Three quick way to rename a file or folder in windows -
a) Right-click icon, and choose Rename –or-
b) Two (2) single-clicks on the icon’s label –or-
c) Select file or folder, tap the F2 key.
Use one of the methods above, then key your new name
and tap your Enter key.
2) FANTASTIC FREE FEATURED FILE!
“DISCOVER” [10 Kb/ZIP]
EVERYONE will need this tiny utility sooner or later! Have
you ever ”lost” part of a window off-screen?
This can be
particularly troublesome when the part you lose is
the Titlebar – then you can’t move the window, or get to the
min/max/close buttons. Run Discover, and
your windows will
all pop back into view!
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/3532/freeware.html
Note: above link is to author’s site at author’s request.
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3) SEEN THESE SITES? “Urban Legends /
Different Spin”
Did you hear about the guy who woke up in a bathtub of
M&M’s after he forwarded an email from a REAL ATTORNEY
who knew Bill Gates would send you to Disney World if you
collected at least 1000 Spam labels, etc.???
We’ve all
received those urgent emails with (sometimes) plausible
sounding, sincere warnings - usually accompanied by a demands
to be forwarded to every one we know. Do
your part to stamp
out junk email – visit the Urban Legends website and use their
database search feature to find out the truth BEFORE you
forward the next rumor you receive!
http://www.snopes.com
While not exactly a site, I just can’t resist passing on this
headline-check out Microsoft’s unique “spin” on global matters:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q131/1/09.asp
4) EMAIL FUNNIES “My Friend” [138 Kb/EXE]
Dance to the music, dance to the music!
Sometimes we can’t,
but our little friend always has a good time.
Control your
friend as he?? boogies to the music – see the README file
for instructions. *requires Shockwave on your computer*
http://www.BecomeTheBest.com/nftb/free4u/myfriend.exe
Update: Had a few of you write to tell me that the lava lamp
locked down on your monitors, and refused to be moved, no
matter what you tried. Well, I emailed
the creator of that
program, Thomas Gehmann, and asked for an explanation –
he replied that it was a known problem when running on some
Windows 95 systems. He said he was
working on a fix
for LL2.0 – I’ll have it for y’all as soon as it’s available.
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5) The MOUS Hole ”Right Proportions”
When working with Drawing Objects, you might want to change
the size of the object without changing its shape. To change
the size of the object, select the object by clicking directly
on it, then position your cursor on a handle (“square block”).
When your cursor changes to a double-headed
arrow, click&drag in the desired direction.
This can cause problems with proportions, however – you can
end up with short, wide giraffes if you’re not careful! To make
sure you don’t change the *shape* as you change the *size*,
hold down your SHIFT key before you click, and always click&drag
from a corner.
THEY SAID IT
”The hardest years of life are between 10 and 70”.
– Helen Hayes at age 83
7) HODGEPODGE – “New Home!”
The mortgage was closed on our new Basement yesterday, and all
SORTS of wondrous Noises will be coming your way soon from
our new location on the Net! Our new
place will have plenty of
room for us to showcase some of the newest and the best
(not necessarily at the same time) of the Net! We’ll be inviting
you all to a “basement-warming” soon!
Care to comment? Send your questions,
comments, and requests
to: noises@BecomeTheBest.com
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