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NOISES FROM THE BASEMENT
This Week's Contents – August 30,
2000
1) Peeking thru WINDOWS - "Stretchy Taskbar Areas"
2) Fantastic File Find! - "What’s Happening?"
3) Seen These Sites? - "Be Famous/Toaster Appreciation"
4) Email Funnies – "Desktop Stress Reliever"
5) The MOUS Hole - "Format Painter"
6) They Said It - quotes to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge – that what fits no where else
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An enthusiastic welcome back to current readers,
a hearty hello to new subscribers, -and-
AOL users – see the newsletter end
for your links!
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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS "Stretchy
Taskbar Areas"
The Windows Taskbar can be a crowded, congested place.
It holds the Start button, Clock, System tray, and buttons
for each open window. If you’re using
the Windows tip for
adding icons to the Taskbar related in the August 8th
issue, you probably have a nice assortment of icons lined
up there, too.
As more items are placed on the Taskbar, Windows will
start to "compress" the buttons, until only the program
icon remains – which can make it difficult to know exactly
what you’re opening when there’s more than one window
of the same application running.
You can resize the visible buttons and icons areas by
click & dragging the handles (vertical bars) – or use this
quick trick – simply double-click the handle for the section
you want to expand, and Windows will stretch out that area
and contract the others to display as many buttons or
icons as possible. Double-click a second
time, and the
same area contracts.
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2) FANTASTIC FILE FIND! "What’s
Happening?" [113 Kb/EXE]
"What’s Happening in Here?" is a nice little utility that
displays all programs that are currently running on your
computer. If you’d like to get an idea
of what’s going
on inside your machine, you’ll find WHIH will list each
active program and it’s associated modules by name and
path, company name, product version, and a short
description.
Try this handy little application and find out "What’s
Happening" today!
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl05.htm
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Looking for gifts that are both fun and
educational?
Arts and crafts supplies, teacher and parent resources,
educational software, toys and games! Shop online at:
http://www.vstore.com/vstoreschools/becomethebest
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3) SEEN THESE SITES? "Be
Famous/Toaster Appreciation"
Is it time for your "15 minutes of fame", and are you
prepared to deal with the rigors of stardom?
Don’t
have the time or skills to actually DO anything that
would draw media attention? If so, point
your browser
to our first site, where you too can achieve fame
(somewhat) and fortune (probably not).
Every day this site features one ordinary, self-nominated
individual. If selected, your picture,
stats, and whatever
else you care to share with the world will be available
for all to see. While it’s not quite the
same as a guest
shot on the Jerry Springer Show, you won’t have to duck
flying chairs to see your name in lights:
http://www.iwannabefamous.com
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Nothing says breakfast like toast. That’s
right – toast!
The Toaster Museum Foundation (this IS for real, folks)
provides a home for toast lore, the
(where you’ll find great toasters of the past century),
Toast Art, and Toaster Toys. Better
reading than the
back of a cereal box!
http://www.toaster.org
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4) EMAIL FUNNIES "Desktop Stress Reliever" [603 Kb/EXE]
The other afternoon while wrestling with a particularly
nasty software uninstall, this file hit my mailbox at just
the right moment. Named an unembellished
"Desktop Games"
by its developer, I prefer to think of this clever little
program as another great Desktop Stress Reliever.
You get it all with this toy: flamethrower, paintball gun,
machine gun, chainsaw, and 5 more.
Realistic graphics
and hilarious sound effects will have you “burning” through
your work in no time!
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl04.htm
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Be Amused And Entertained by reading one of the most
popular and fascinating newsletters on the Internet.
The "Bizarre Police Chronicles" features those really dumb
criminal acts, bizarre 911 calls, strange and unusual laws,
plus plenty of cop jokes and humor! Get your weekly dose
of the "Bizarre." Subscribe by sending a blank email to:
bizarrepolicechronicles-subscribe@topica.com
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5) The MOUS Hole - "Format Painter"
The Format Painter tool is probably the handiest tool
Microsoft provided in the Office package.
It can be a real
timesaver when you’re formatting and reformatting a
document, and you have several items (blocks of text,
cells, objects) that you want to format exactly the same.
Once you’ve formatted a single item, use the Format Painter
to quickly apply the same format to other items.
The Format Painter icon sits to the right of the Paste Icon
on the Standard toolbar, and looks like a paintbrush.
This is a dual-purpose icon – its behavior will change
depending on whether you single-click or double-click it.
I) Start by selecting and formatting
the first item. If
you’re copying paragraph formats,
make sure you
select the paragraph mark at the end
of the paragraph.
Leave everything selected after
formatting.
II) a) If you have only one item you
want to format like
the first, single-click the Format
Painter; or
b) if you’ve multiple items you want
to format like
the first, double-click the Format
Painter.
**The cursor will become an I-beam
with a paintbrush attached
III) Click-and-drag over the text you want to format,
to apply the desired format
(alternately, double-
click the object or cell)
IV) a) If you’ve set the Format Painter for single-use
you’re finished! or
b) If you’ve set the format for
multiple uses, repeat
step 3 for each additional item you
wish to format.
The Format Painter will remain on as
you format
each item.
V) When you’ve completed all multiple-item formatting,
you must turn off the tool by once
again
single-clicking the Format Painter
icon.
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6) THEY SAID IT
"The
credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and
again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great
devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at
the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement;
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelt
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7) HODGEPODGE
Candidate Bush demonstrates the Texas Technique
for child discipline in this week’s Photo Funny, while
Sticky Killer Barbies are the Bizarre topic.
See it now
at:
http://www.BasementNoises.com
G'nite, and thanks for
reading!
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