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10.30.98 - GnomeNEWS

Everyone likes to receive awards. Perhaps that's why there are a million and one award-giving sites out there. However, I typically don't listen to when a shareware/freeware program has received an award from any other given shareware-related site. I don't put things in Lockergnome because they're award-winning products, or because so-and-so says that they were good. If I don't think they're good, I'm not going to tell you about them.

That's one of the reasons why Lockergnome doesn't have an "award" system. If I rated things in "Gnomies" then everything you read in Lockergnome would be 4 or 5 Gnomies. It doesn't make sense. Why waste your (and my) time on talking about stuff that doesn't (in my opinion) pass muster. And since Lockergnome hasn't received many "prestigious" awards, I'm not too sure how to win the "awards" game. I know for a fact that some awards can be purchased (I can't name names because I don't know of any in particular). That's a total scam.

I'm trying to tell you not to completely trust awards you see on the web... even from the big boys. Let your own site's content reflect your worthiness, not some small graphic and a review that 3-4 people might see in an average week. You (or I) shouldn't need someone else to validate what we're doing. Of course, it couldn't hurt--don't get me wrong. I think a lot of awards are well deserved (and valid), but I don't swear by them...

-- Chris


GnomePROGRAM

WinBoost 98 v1.21 [1.2M] W9x US$15

Let me start out by saying that this program is far from perfect (the UI is a bit cluttered, it isn't easy to cancel out your changes, and it bashes previous tweaks when first run). However, it still does SO MUCH MORE than any other Windows 9x tweaking program I've ever seen that I'm more than happy to pass the URL along to you. You can change settings in Windows (and DOS) that you never thought possible... even change the names of items in the Start Menu (as well as the Start Button caption). This is exactly what TweakUI should have been--that's for sure. You can enhance and manipulate the Desktop, Explorer, your Internet settings, and more! Tweakers aren't true tweakers until they've tried this.

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GnomeSYSTEM

Turtle Beach Montego A3DXstream v10.1.98 [7.0M] W9x

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GnomeCANDY

Lockergnome's DOS Fonts [81k] W9x/NT4 FREE

A long time ago (in a computer far, far away) I spent 90% of my time at a command prompt. Of course, back then it was known as a DOS prompt. Some of you still might linger there from within Windows. Here's a collection I put together of killer DOS fonts. Yes, you can change your command prompt font! Of course, this only works when you're in full-screen mode (that is, no graphics on the screen). I even made a batch file so that you can easily manipulate them. However, I won't provide technical support. Read the readme.txt file. And have fun with them! Be sure to pass them along to your other command prompt friends!

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GnomeFAVORITE

Dynamic Drive

I remember the days when homepages were nothing more than a few links and a funny story about how your grandmother once mistook a coat rack for your grandfather. Nowadays, it seems you can't go anywhere on the web without some interesting applet flashing in your face. I gotta admit, the web has gotten cooler (in that respect). But where to find these killer scripts? Drive your browser over to Dynamic Drive! As the title suggests, this site is devoted to DHTML code (for both experts and wannabe experts). There's even a web board in case you have DHTMLish questions! We need an LGHTML now.

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GnomeDESKTOP

FONT: Tolo [23k]

They say you'll get bloated if you drink a lot of water. I suppose that's true--I've never drank to the point where I've felt bloated. Well, at least with WATER. Here's a fun, poofy-type of font that reminds me of something you might see attached to some Japanese toy or cartoon. It's not too bubbly, but it's definitely more hollow than your average font. See, you thought I was going to say something like "more hollow than the space between my ears"--but I didn't say that. Oh wait, I just did. I need to shut up quicker.

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GnomeTIP

I think I'll open up a game of solitaire... and surf the web... and check e-mail... and write my book report... and play some multimedia files... HEY!? Where'd my system resources go. My PC tells me that I've got to close some applications. If only I knew how much was being sucked up. Well, I suppose I could have used the Resource Meter. Click on the Start button, select "Run," then type in "RSRCMTR" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. It should launch this nifty (albeit somewhat simple) utility that'll keep an eye on when resources are running dangerously low. The icon sits quietly in the System Tray (double click it for more info). You can (and probably should) place a shortcut for it in your Startup folder, too. Green is GOOD!