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12.31.1998 - GnomeREPORT A Lockergnomie asks: "I tried clicking on a link in your newsletter, but the site didn't seem to work. I also found a dead link to the 'GnomeFAVORITE' the other day, too." Yes, dead links are a way of life. Believe me, I usually triple check links to sites, downloads, etc.. However, between the time URLs are reviewed and published, many things can happen. Sometimes the author renames the download file, sometimes the author gets a new site, sometimes that site gets shut down because it gets too much traffic, sometimes too many Lockergnomies are headed to the same place at the same time, and sometimes (yes, sometimes) links just change without a reason. The most important thing: DON'T PANIC. There's nothing I can do about it. If there's a second URL listed there, try that one. Beyond that, there's only so much I can do. I appreciate you letting me know when something isn't working in Lockergnome, but I don't always have "the answer". Another Lockergnomie asks: "I've been going mad trying to synchronize my bookmarks and favorites... not only on the same machine, but also on my laptop. I want every one of them to have the same links. How can I do that?" I know what you're talking about. Now that I have Manny, Joe, and Mr. Bigglesworth, I needed to find a long-term link management solution as well. Then I remembered an Iowa-based website (seriously, it's operated by fellow Iowans): MURL.com. It's an excellent way to manage your "Favorites" or "Bookmarks". Nine times out of ten, the only time you really need to access your saved links is when you're online--so it makes perfect sense to keep them on a remote system (which you may access with ANY Internet connection). If you use two browsers often, or have more than one computer, check out MURL.com. I recently moved all my bookmarks to MURL last week. I'd be "lost" without it. If you have any questions for IOWA (Inquisitive Online Wonders & Advisories), blast me an e-mail at iowa@lockergnome.com. I'll do my best to answer your questions in this section of Lockergnome. It's like free tech support... only gnomier. -- Chris Pirillo GnomePROGRAM Update AnyWare v2.0 [1.4M] W9x/NT FREE
http://www.updateanyware.com/downloads/awsetup.exe How many times have I told you that newer versions of software are usually better? That's fine if you only have two programs installed on your computer. But what if you have hundreds? Keeping all of them up-to-date could quickly turn into a full-time job. Lockergnome can't inform you of every new program or driver revision, but Update Anywhere can! It'll download and install all the updates for you automatically--no more having to search for them individually. The choice is ultimately yours; registration is FREE! GnomeSYSTEM Creative Labs Recent Driver Updates http://www.soundblaster.com/wwwnew/tech/ftp/ftpnew.html Get the latest drivers for NT4 Sound Blaster PCI128, NT4 Sound Blaster PCI64, NT4 Sound Blaster Live!, Game Preset Environments for the SB Live!, Add-on Unreal Scenarios for SB Live!, and NT4 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT. Wow, that's a lot of meatballs. GnomeCANDY B-Jigsaw v2.0 [319k] W9x/NT US$15
http://www.winsite.com/info/pc/win95/games/bjig12.zip My mom told me that I used to love putting together puzzles when I was a toddler. I guess (to a certain degree) I'd still enjoy the activity. But to be challenging at this point, puzzles would have to contain hundreds (or thousands) of pieces. If only it were simply fun again. B-Jigsaw is a perfect way to puzzle yourself silly without worrying about losing any tiny pieces. The coolest thing about this program: you can choose any BMP file to scramble and put back together. Even save games for future playing--no mess. GnomeFAVORITE
Acses - the Universe's Smartest Bookfinder Do you still read books? I've read three of them in the past five years: Jurassic Park (better book than a movie), a Star Wars novel (gotta love Han Solo), and Beyond The Zone (less carbs and more protein helped me lose 30 pounds). If I read books as often as I clicked on hyperlinks, I'd have more books than the city library. Instead of heading to one "big" website for your online book purchases, consider using Acses--you'll be able to find price, availability, shipping times, and shipping costs for any book found in over 25 online stores. Read all about it! GnomeDESKTOP FONT: MillionAir [17k]
http://cc.recorder.ca/~monkey/04/fonts/milliona.zip If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a PC (but not a real PC, that's cruel). When you stop to think about it, what is money? I mean, it's just a silly little piece of paper that we've arbitrarily added value to. But nowadays, money isn't even physical; it's just a series of numbers. So, what's stopping me from adding a few more numbers to my already infinitely-small pile of numbers? I could just say that someone stole my other numbers. Or that they forgot a couple of zeros... GnomeTIP There are more "characters" available to you beyond what you see on a "normal" keyboard. After all, if we had a specific key for every character, our keyboards would take up enough space to park a car on. Sure, we don't use extended characters often, but when we do need them, there are a couple of ways to retrieve them. The easiest (and most obvious) way is to use the Character Map which should have been installed with Windows. Another (more direct) way is to use the number code for that particular character. You'll need to use the ALT key & your Number Pad: hold onto ALT and type "0162" (without the quotes) on your Number Pad... when you let go of the ALT key, a cent symbol should appear (¢). 0162 is the designated number for that particular character. To view a character's number, select one using the Character Map, then look in the lower right-hand corner of that window--it should give you the Keystroke combination. Remember, too, that characters could vary from font to font. |