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03.09.1999 - GnomeREPORT

I really dislike this time of year. For one, winter is ending... and I get rather depressed when I can't wear flannels around the house. Plus, thunderstorms are right around the corner. Oh, and I forgot about my favorite reason to hate spring: TAXES. Thankfully, Gretchen has helped me get a bit more organized with my (and our) finances. It also helps to have the world's most awesome CPA at your side (yes, my dad is truly the best in his field).

I recently picked up TurboTax as a Lockergnome sponsor... even if you're finished with taxes this year, you can try this software free for 30 days (might as well prepare for next year). It's what my dad chooses to use (and since he's the Lockergnome of accountants, I trust his judgement).

One thing's for sure: I need a better system for filing receipts, bills, invoices, etc.. Starting this year, certain student loans are tax deductible! I've always believed that married people should get a tax break, too... especially my wife. After all, she has to put up with me. Why don't you just say hello to her now?

-- Chris Pirillo        


GnomePROGRAM

Clipomatic v2.0 [61k]

http://www.monmouth.com/~mlin/files/Clipomatic20.zip
http://www.monmouth.com/~mlin/Clipomatic.html

The Windows clipboard is well known for being powerful... NOT! In this world, somebody cuts, copies, or pastes once every .033 seconds. That's a scary statistic, folks, considering that the clipboard (by default) can only hold one bit of cut/copied data. When you load Clipomatic into memory and need to paste information somewhere in Windows, hit a new keyboard combination (CTRL+ALT+V) and it'll pop up a new context menu with the last X items copied to the clipboard. You can save "clipped" sets for future use, and create a permanent set of "clips" which can be accessed anytime. Quick, unique, powerful, killer.


GnomeSYSTEM

Microsoft SideWinder Software Updates

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q162/5/48.asp

"This article describes the availability of the Microsoft SideWinder software versions 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 3.02. The latest version of this software includes all of the necessary drivers for the SideWinder Game Controllers listed at the beginning of this article."


GnomeCANDY

Explorer Weight v1.0 [487k] W9x/NT FREE

http://www.uninova.com/files/expw3210.zip
http://www.uninova.com/software.html

Can you name all nine planets in our solar system? "My Very Excellent Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Poodles." Okay, that might not have been the pneumonic device you chose to use, but it worked for me. Thank goodness we didn't have to calculate how much we'd weigh if we were on each of the planets. If you were ever curious, this program will help you do the math. Pictures and other small tidbits of planetary information are also included. Now I can see why everybody wants to move to the Moon--we'd weigh so much less up there! NOTE: Poodles cannot survive on Uranus.


GnomeFAVORITE

Pet of the Day
Found by a Lockergnomie

http://www.petoftheday.com/

Animals are all over the place; we choose to keep some of them as pets. I can't wait to get out of this apartment (hopefully, in a few months). One of the first things I'm going to do is get a dog. I get real lonely around here when Gretchen's away at work. For the moment, I'm living vicariously through other pet owners at this site. If you're a dog lover, visit dogoftheday.com. And cat lovers can go to catoftheday.com. Feel free to submit your own pet here for fifteen minutes of fame. Housebreaking not required.


GnomeDESKTOP

FONT: SouthBats [13k]

http://www.livingend.com/design/fonts/southbats.zip
http://www.livingend.com/design/fonts.shtml

Most of you know me for writing this newsletter, but years ago, I designed icons for people. That wasn't a very lucrative business, but I had a lot of fun. One of my most popular icon sets is from the cartoon "South Park" (believe it or not). If you've ever seen those 32x32 wonders floating around on the web, yours truly was (most likely) their creator. Well, along came a font designer who put some of those icons into TTF format. Awesome! This is the most beefcakey font I've ever seen. Mr. Hankey not included (yet).


GnomeTIP

Having more than one e-mail address might be handy in certain situations. Instead of forwarding all of them to one central account, you could use different addresses for different applications. For instance, use a Hotmail account for all your e-mail newsletters, a Yahoo account for all your business correspondence, your ISP account for personal stuff, etc.. It's always wise to have more than one way to send e-mail; you never know when a mailbox might run into problems. Don't get a new account somewhere just for the sake of having another e-mail address. That's just silly.