2006 September

Okay, if I’m going to do this every week, I’m going to need y’all to send me your favorite new freeware finds whenever you find them. Please? I mean, the Internet gets bigger by the day - and there’s only so much this single Gnome can do. Assuming you can help me, let me give [...]

Mass Text Replacer (MTR), simply put, lets you search for a particular word or phrase and replace it with another one. The advantage of MTR over other find and replace software is that it works over several files at the same time. In fact, you have the option to choose the files you want to [...]

Everyone has a story, and you can learn a lot about someone and yourself if you just sit down with them and exchange stories and life experiences. You may think you know someone, but you have no idea what they’re really like until you hear more about their background. The Internet is a resource that [...]

Alex writes:
Where can I learn how to start podcasting?
Podcasting is a term that was originally used as a substitute for “audioblogging.” It’s a combination of words to reflect the popularity of the iPod and the ability to use the Internet to “broadcast” audio content.
Anyone that has something to say to the world these days can [...]

If you want to preserve information about the device settings on your computer, you can use Device Manager. This utility provides you with information the hardware devices installed on your computer and it also allows you to print reports.
You can open Device Manager through the System applet within the Control Panel. From the System Properties [...]

If you want to clear all the formatting in an Excel spreadsheet, you can try using the undo button. However, this will only undo a certain number of changes and it will affect all the changes you have made. A more appropriate method is to use the Clear | Formats option as described below.
To [...]

I’ve read a lot of books. And I would estimate that 75% of them were of the paperback variety.
I just don’t have a lot of spare room for a big library of hardbound books. But you can keep a whole slew of paperbacks in a cardboard box in the garage.
Plus, I generally treat myself to [...]

You have to keep your wits about you when people ask you for personal information. If this completely anonymous Gnomie seems paranoid to you, consider the rise of identity theft as reported today:

Many of us start our day off with a cup of coffee and and a quick check of the e-mail and the latest happenings on the Internet. Even though that scenario may be familiar to a lot of readers, we all begin our Internet activity in a slightly different way. For example, what’s the first [...]

Word can perform two different types of saves when a document is open: fast saves and full saves. With a fast save, the changes to the document are appended to the end of the file. Where as with a full save, changes are incorporated into the document in the same location that the changes are [...]