Noises From The Basement Archive 10-11-00

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NOISES FROM THE BASEMENT                    ISSN 1531-5258
This Week's Contents – October 11, 2000

1) Peeking thru WINDOWS - "See-ya, Speaker!"
2) Fantastic File Find! - "Continental"
3) Seen These Sites? - "Reflex Tester\Everyrule"
4) Email Funnies - "Geek Love"
5) The MOUS Hole - "Slide Master"
6) They Said It - quotes to give one pause
7) Hodgepodge – that what fits no where else

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1) Peeking thru WINDOWS "See-ya, Speaker!"

Take a look in the lower-right corner of your Desktop,
down by the clock. Is there a little yellow speaker taking
up space? It’s Microsoft’s volume control. Do you ever
use it? If you don't need a volume control, or if you have
volume controls installed from other software, you can
easily remove that little yellow guy!

I) Start | Settings | Control Panel

II) Double-click Multimedia icon, then Audio tab

III) Deselect the option to "Show volume control on the
       taskbar."

IV) OK button.

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2) FANTASTIC FILE FIND! "Continental” [468 Kb/EXE]

Sit down at any table in a Cracker Barrel restaurant,
and you'll find hidden among the condiments a triangular
wooden puzzle block pierced by a series of golf tees.
The object of the game: remove tees by jumping, until
only one tee is left.

This week's offering is an electronic descendant of that
popular game. Now with 9 levels of difficulty, and the
capability to upload your best scores to an online ranking
page, you'll find that Continental makes a nice replacement
for Solitaire during those "downtimes".

http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl18.htm

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3) SEEN THESE SITES? "Reflex Tester/Everyrule"

The Reflex Tester site. Exactly what it says.
How quick are you? Bet you can't click just once!

http://www.happyhub.com/network/reflex/

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"That's against the rules!" "If you're going to play the
game, you best know the rules!" "The small fork is for
your salad… "

Rules make the world go 'round, and Everyrule.com tries
to make it simple for you to find the rules you need. No
matter if your interest is in the world of sports, board
games, etiquette, kids' games, or TV game shows – you'll
find the rules you need here. There's even a section for
Every Other Rule – need to know the 11 Rules of Writing
for example?

http://www.everyrule.com/

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4) EMAIL FUNNIES "GeekLove" [1213 Kb/EXE]

Geeks need love too! So say the folks at GeekCulture.com.
And they've come up with an appropriate tool to further
that aim – the Geek Love Machine. Power it up, enter your
geek love question, and receive the GLM's expert advice.

"If you love some geek, set it free. Then watch it go
online."

http://basementnoises.com/free4u/dl17.htm

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5) The MOUS Hole - "Slide Master"

If there's a picture or graphic (like a company logo)
you'd like to have on every slide in a PowerPoint
presentation, add it to the Slide Master to save effort
and time:

I) View | Master | Slide Master

II) Insert | Picture from ClipArt, or from File

III) Size and position the graphic on the Slide Master
       Adjust the contrast and brightness, if desired.

IV) Click the Close button on the Master toolbar.

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6) THEY SAID IT

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
- Benjamin Spock, MD

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7) HODGEPODGE

Recent cutbacks in the security industry have resulted
in the downsizing of their forces, as revealed in this
week's Photo Funny. Then, check out the very Bizarre
story of two teenagers who have the same name, birth date,
and Social Security numbers!

http://www.BasementNoises.com

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