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12.4.98 - GnomeNEWS First off, let me say that this week's submissions were real good (and very plentiful). I had a difficult time narrowing them down. Alternatives: "Your computer has a crank starter." -- "It was $12.95 with 7 proofs of purchase from Cap'n Crunch." -- "The 300 free games, applications, and utilities promised with your system, turn out to be shareware and 30-day trials of outdated software." -- "The setup manual is illustrated with crayons." -- "The first chapter of the manual is called 'Inserting the Punch Cards'." -- but the winners were... 7 Ways To Tell You Own a Cheap Computer 7. Instead of a 3 1/2" drive you have a 1 3/4" drive; you have to fold your floppies in half in order to use them. (Bill Sullivan) 6. When an upgrade for your system would be one of the cardboard display models at a furniture store. (Rigotamus) 5. Notepad slows your machine down. (Will Mitchell) 4. Your hard drive requires rewinding every thirty minutes. (Stephen Garbaty) 3. There's a "best before" sticker on the case. (PJ Gunasekera) 2. Your Windows splash screen is a lovely shade of 'general protection fault' blue. (Chris Bradshaw-Davez) 1. You open up your system to see what's under the hood of your new beast, and you see the word "Intel" painted on the processor in White-Out. (Ansel Taft) If you have ideas about any "top seven" lists you'd like to see, let me know: seven@lockergnome.com. Or, use that e-mail address to submit ideas for the next week's list: "Seven ways to spot a Lockergnome subscriber." (Matt Powell) GnomePROGRAM 72 Hour Emergency Preparedness v1.1 [1.1M] W9x/NT FREE I want every single one of you to be safe. But sometimes we forget how to be safe--or we might not even know if we're as safe as we could possibly be. Of course, this potentially applies to both you and the rest of your immediate and/or extended families. With this program, you can MAKE SURE you're prepared for potential disasters. Typically, after a disaster occurs, the first 72 hours are the most important ones. When you know what to do during this time, you're safer and (hopefully) wiser. This program will tell you how to cope with tidal waves, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, flooding, fires, power failures, severe storms, volcanoes, hazardous material accidents, and more. Of course, we don't get many tidal waves out here in Iowa, but you never know! [ DOWNLOAD ] [ VISIT SITE ]
GnomeSYSTEM How to Disable ToolTips for Minimize, Maximize, and Close "This article describes how to disable the ToolTips that are displayed when you move the mouse pointer over the Minimize, Maximize or Close buttons." So that's what the "X" button is for? You can also accomplish the same task using the new TweakUI (which is included on the Windows 98 CD-ROM). [ VISIT SITE ]
GnomeCANDY MP3 to EXE v1.01 [700k] W9x US$15 How can you play an MP3 file (on a PC) without having an actual MP3 player? By converting it to a self-standing executable! This is a unique approach that might come in handy for those people who don't have MP3 players (yeah, all three of them). Beyond that, if you wanted to distribute an MP3 file on a CD-ROM, you wouldn't have to worry about bundling a separate player. Instead, users (most likely novices) would be able to enjoy your creations without fooling around with installing extra software. That's one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to using certain CD-ROM software. This program is early in development stages, so be sure to send your suggestions to the author. [ DOWNLOAD ] [ VISIT SITE ]
GnomeFAVORITE Hard Drive Resources Believe it or not, I installed my first hard drive the other day. Since I'm not a major hardware guru, I try not to open my computer but once every six months. To tell you the truth, I was surprised at just how easy it was. And had I known about this site before I fussed with the disk, I would have been more at ease. You can pretty much name the drive you want information on, and it'll be listed here--complete with data sheets AND jumper settings! Download killer hard drive-related utilities while you're there. Driver's license not required. [ VISIT SITE ]
GnomeDESKTOP THEME: Casper v2.0 [216k] My brothers and I used to listen to records all the time. We even had this colored set that you could put a "angled mirror top" in the center, and the label would "animate" if you looked into the mirror as it turned. One of my younger brothers used to run out of the room screaming whenever I wanted to play my "Casper, The Friendly Ghost" record. What are older brothers for? [ DOWNLOAD ] [ VISIT SITE ]
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Are you annoyed by the size of fonts on a web site or in an HTML
mail being viewed in Outlook 98 or Outlook Express? If you have an
IntelliMouse, you're in luck! While holding onto the CTRL key,
scroll your wheel up and down to make the fonts in an HTML message
(or web page) get larger and smaller. I didn't realize it worked
in e-mail until today!
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