2006 May

The fascination that the world has with celebrities is on a level that is almost inconceivable. Some of us could care less what they do or say (myself included), but others seem to live their lives vicariously through the rich and famous. They read about their lives, buy their products, watch their movies/shows, try to [...]

Curt Hopkins writes:
Some years back, my father and I started a nonprofit group called the National Combat Tape Archive. The idea is that we would gather, digitize, and store recordings made in combat areas by members of the United States military, as well as people associated with the military. This began after I listened to [...]

Word includes the Drawing toolbar that allows you to create your own drawings. Drawings can consist of shapes, lines, arrows, clip art, and so on. Most drawings will include multiple objects.
One of the problems you can run into when working with drawings that include multiple objects is how to resize or move them. For [...]

Word allows you to display text in columns. Columns usually look more professional when the text is balanced across the columns. You can make the text even across your columns by moving the text around and by adding column breaks. An alternative method is to configure Word to balance the text for you.
To automatically [...]

I say, fancy a round of tiddlywinks?
The venerable game has been around for a long time (although not as long as you might think). And its aficionados take the sport VERY seriously.
Today, Family First features the official site of The North American Tiddlywinks Association. Here’s its mission:
The North American Tiddlywinks Association (NATwA), founded in 1966, [...]

I’ve got two screens sitting on my desktop. Tonight, after I’m finished writing, I’m going to be putting a second LCD screen on Ponzi’s desk, too. There’s no reason you shouldn’t have a second monitor attached to your computer. If your desk footprint is too small, get a bigger desk - because the more pixels [...]

Meet the Chuzzles - the adorable stars of this slide and match puzzle experience! They are googly-eyed balls of fur that giggle, squeak, and sneeze as you slide columns and rows to set off combos and chain reactions of ridiculous intensity. Free them by forming groups of three, but watch out for dangerous puzzle locks! [...]

Microsoft GroupShot enables you to combine multiple photos of the same scene and create a composite image that eliminates or exchanges parts of the original photos with parts of a nearly identical shot from the same sequence. A good example for the use of this software is to exchange facial expressions in a group shot. [...]

Stu Kopelman sent me the thoughts that he had after reading the recent review of Talkr. I must say that I agree with his observations. Do we know our personal limits, or are we quite literally working ourselves to death?

Jim writes:
As a veteran, I am concerned about my identity being stolen because of the recent theft of the records from the VA. What’s the best online method for monitoring by credit report?
How ironic that as we approach Memorial Day, 26.5 million citizens that have served our country are burdened with the potential of mass [...]