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NOISES FROM THE BASEMENT
This Week's Contents – July
26, 2000
1) Peeking thru WINDOWS - "Super Send To"
2) Fantastic File Find! - "PrintFolder"
3) Seen These Sites? - "Park Physics/Sodaconstructor"
4) Email Funnies - "Heat!"
5) The MOUS Hole - "Toolbar Tidbit"
6) They Said It - quotes to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge – that what fits nowhere else
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Greetings to our newest readers,
thanks to old friends for reading once
again!
& AOL users – your links are at
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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS
"Super Send To"
An oft-overlooked command is Send To, found by
first selecting file(s) and/or folder(s), then
right-clicking to bring up the Shortcut Menu.
(alternately: File, Send To in Windows Explorer)
Turn this little guy into a Power Tool by customizing
it for YOUR preferences.
For example, I save all my downloads directly to the
Desktop, to assure a full, complete transfer, to
virus scan, and occasionally to rename to a more
descriptive filename. I then use Send To
to immediately move the file from my Desktop to a
Recent Downloads folder for review at a later date.
You can use the procedure below to add any Send To
destinations you choose onto your menu; also useful
to add back a drive that might have been deleted!
First, open the Send To folder: Open the My Computer
icon, then C: drive (or location of Windows), then
the Windows folder, finally the Send To folder.
Now, again using My Computer follow the path to the
drive and/or folder you want to add.
Select the
desired icon, right-click-&-drag into the Send To
window, then release your mouse button and choose
Create Shortcut.
Repeat for all the Send To locations you want to
add to your menu. (Any icons you don’t
want on the
Send To menu can simply be selected and deleted)
Close all open windows.
There you have it – a Customized Send To menu!
2) FANTASTIC FILE FIND! "Print
Folder" [525 Kb/EXE]
A while back, I received the following: “In the age of
dinosaurs when everything was done from DOS, I used to
clean house by saving some of my important but seldom-
used files to disk for future reference.
When I was
done, I could print a list of the files that I had
copied and keep it with the disk(s).
Windows has made it possible to do all the copying to
disk right from Windows Explorer - except there is no
way to print a list of the files you copied.
Nor can
you highlight, copy, and paste them to a Word file and
print from that.
I have to keep some of these files for a minimum of 3
years (they are all records for the government) – about
10 disks for a year's worth of files.
That's a lot of
file names to type by hand and the thought of not
listing them at all is horrendous if you ever have to
find one in a hurry. Listing them by
folders would be
even better. Got an idea?” – Al H.
At the time, I suggested to Al a complicated and fairly
inadequate fix. Today I offer a much
more elegant
solution to his problem - PrintFolder is a simple
utility to print a list of files and folders!
Available after setup as an option when you right-click
a folder, PrintFolder adds a long missing feature
overlooked by Windows Explorer!
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/prntfold.exe
* * *A* *S*P*O*N*S*O*R* *M*O*M*E*N*T* * * * * * *
The Freebie Directory is one of the largest and most
popular sites devoted to the topic of freebies on the
Net. The site offers critical reviews of the Web's
latest "must have" freebies. You'll find everything
from free product samples to free software to
Webmaster freebies to innovative free services.
http://www.freebiedirectory.com
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3) SEEN THESE SITES? "Park Physics/Sodaconstructor"
My home state contains several of the best amusement
parks around – Kings Island and Cedar Point – both
roller coaster record holders and top spots on the
must-ride lists of coaster fans worldwide.
I’ve been
lucky enough to sample some of the fastest, tallest,
and rickety-est rides around, and have always been
fascinated with fear that one day I’d end up flying off
the track (a fear students have shared, BTW, but there
I digress).
The Amusement Park Physics site uses easy-to-understand
explanatory text to describe in an attention-grabbing
manner the science behind the roller coaster, bumper
cars, pendulum rides, and carousels.
Just how much danger ARE you in, when you’re strapped
into that roller coaster speeding along at 60 mph or
more? How well can you predict the
outcomes of
bumper car collisions? And did you know
that there is a
lead horse on the carousel?
Find out the answers to these questions and much more at:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
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Another addictive site heading your way – fair
warning, only visit if you’ve got some spare time
to play!
Sodaconstructor puts YOU at the controls for
animations of two-dimensional models made out
of masses and springs. Load a model,
like the
cheekytriangle or mrwheely. Then go wild -
you can change the spring force, gravity, and
friction; or manipulate the wave speed, position,
and amplitude. Many more switches to
turn and
buzzers to ring, but the upshot is you’ll quickly
become absorbed as your creations seem to almost
take on a life of there own!
See why one poor soul wrote in Wired magazine –
“A webtoy almost cost me my job!”
http://sodaplay.com/index.htm
4) EMAIL FUNNIES "Heat!" [164 Kb/EXE]
Thanks to my
week’s HOT file – so toasty it’ll melt your screen!
Doubles as a quick way to blank your monitor!
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/heat.exe
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5) The MOUS Hole - "A Toolbar Tidbit"
As this issue is running a bit wordy, I’ll share one last
Toolbar tidbit with you. (see past issues at
http://www.basementnoise.com/pstnftb/
for more
toolbar info)
You can quickly drag buttons you don’t want from an
Office toolbar by simply pointing at the unwanted
button, holding down you Alt key, and dragging the
button down and off the toolbar!
6) THEY SAID IT
“I really think folks are
missing the point. While
Microsoft's alliance with Satan and subsequent
plans for world domination are kinda bad, the *real*
evil which needs to be exposed is the fact that
the Windows operating system cheats at Hearts."
-
-Ron Greer
7) HODGEPODGE
”Like this mailing? Please pass it on!”
You’ll see
that line in every issue, but this week I REALLY
mean it! Next week’s edition is one
you’re sure
to want all your friends to see – I’ll be showing
TWO different methods to eliminate 99% of the
ads that slow down your travels and clutter your
view on the
right now and forward this issue to those you know
and love!! Your karma will appreciate
it.
This week’s Photo Funny reveals
Road
Bozo/Bizzaro features some new items found
on a hamburger giant’s menu.
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