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NOISES FROM THE
BASEMENT ISSN #1531-5258
This Week's Contents – September 13, 2000
1) Peeking thru WINDOWS - "Instant Delete"
2) Fantastic File Find! - "Allstar"
3) Seen These Sites? - "Origami/Billionaire Politics?"
4) Email Funnies - "MarsFlyer"
5) The MOUS Hole - "Returning Word to MDI"
6) They Said It - quotes to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge – that what fits no where else
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A heartfelt welcome back to familiar readers,
a warm hello to new subscribers, +and+
AOL users – see the newsletter end for your links!
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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS "Instant
Delete"
Windows offers a "safety net" when you select and delete a
file or folder – the Recycle Bin.
Windows also offers a way
to bypass the recycle bin and IMMEDIATELY delete a file.
****** USE WITH CAUTION! ******
If you hold down SHIFT while dragging items into the
Recycle Bin they will be deleted permanently, and not
placed in the bin. Be careful not to
accidentally select
more files than you intend.
Pressing SHIFT-DEL will do the same thing.
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2) FANTASTIC FILE FIND!
"Allstar” [1484 Kb/EXE]
"Hey now, you're an all-star, get your game on, go play!"
Here in this part of the world summer is departing
and crisp fall night will soon be here – perfect for
stargazing!
This Allstar is a highly customizable program that
displays start charts specific to your location (you must
enter your longitude/latitude)
In addition to stars, Allstar displays planets, asteroids,
and “deepsky” objects. Multiple views,
an informative
help file for rookies, and an exhaustive database of
objects. Can also be used in conjunction
with
Mel
Bartels' scope.exe to control your telescope.
A wonderful tool for amateur astronomers, or anyone
that wants to see more of “the great beyond”.
http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl10.htm
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3) SEEN THESE SITES?
"Origami/Billionaire Politics?"
Origami
is the art of paper folding. The word is Japanese,
literally meaning "to fold" (oru) "paper" (kami).
Joseph Wu’s Origami site contains a wide variety of
beautiful illustrations and photographs of this distinctive
art form. Joseph includes instructions
and diagrams for
many of the creations you’ll see on his site, with projects
ranging from simple to very complex.
Many links to other
origami sites included, too. I’m
starting on that Santa
now, in hopes of completion by Christmas!
http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca
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Tongue firmly placed in cheek, the folks at Adbusters
offer their satirical look at the leading candidates in
the US presidential contest:
http://billionairesforbushorgore.com/index.html
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4) EMAIL FUNNIES "MarsFlyer" [45 Kb/EXE]
Need a quick getaway from the hassles of life on Earth?
Download this week’s Email Funny and fly the Red Planet!
http://BasementNoises.com/free4u/dl08.htm
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5) The MOUS Hole - "Returning Word to MDI"
Last week we looked at MDI (Multiple Document Interface)
vs. SDI (Single Document Interface), the new “feature”
in Office 2000 that opens each new document, workbook,
and presentation in a separate window – more clutter
for your Taskbar!
For those readers who prefer the MDI, we found a simple
switch to return back to "pre-2000" days in Excel, Access
and PowerPoint. Achieving the same
effect with Word
requires a bit more work:
I) Close any open Word windows
II) Download this patch:
http://BasementNoises.com/free4u/dl09.htm
II) Unzip the download, and copy the
file to
the Word
Startup folder (typically
C:\Windows\Application Data
\Microsoft\Word\Startup)
III) Open Word. You should now have an
additional option
under the Word Windows menu –
Show/Hide Windows
in Taskbar! For an MDI-type Word environment, choose
"Hide"; for SDI-type,
choose “Show”
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6) THEY SAID IT
"Let
us begin by committing ourselves to the truth,
to see it like it is and tell it like it is, to find the truth,
to speak the truth, to live the truth.
That’s what we will do.”
- Richard M. Nixon, nomination
acceptance speech
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7) HODGEPODGE
Some readers may notice today's NFTB appearing
in their inbox later than usual. Due to
a change in my
schedule, I'll be publishing about 12 hours later than in
the past, for the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile, online retail giant Amazon.com recently informed
it’s customers that it considers their personal information an
asset of the company that it can sell or share as it sees fit:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38572,00.html
And how do they use that information? Why, to charge you
variable prices, depending on your past purchase history!:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38622,00.html
How different ARE the two major presidential candidates?
Take a gander at this week’s Photo Funny and see what
you think! Our Bozo feature focuses on
two lawyers’
20-year feud – over football tickets!
Visit:
http://www.BasementNoises.com
G'nite,
and thanks for reading!
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