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01.25.1999 - GnomeREPORT

It seems like everyone and their dog has a domain name nowadays. Boy, I'm glad I grabbed Lockergnome.com when I did. Not like anybody else would have ever thought of that word combination, but you never know. And domain registration isn't as difficult as you might think. Of course, Internic has been dragging their feet lately. I've submitted 6 different requests for them to update my mailing address and they have YET to do it.

There's another route for domain name registration (actually, there are thousands of alternatives). But I my choice would be the one which my webhost (DigitalDaze) provides: DNS Central. In fact, I don't know if you've heard of the new thing? It's the .nu thing! You can register a .nu domain name at DNS Central for US$25--and you could win a free vacation on the island of Niue in the South Pacific!

Even if you already have a web site, but your host doesn't offer the ability to use custom domains, you can still register a domain at DNS Central. They'll reserve domains for your future use, or you can always use their forwarding service (DNS Central will forward web requests to your currently hosted web address). Plus, get personalized PERMANENT e-mail addresses to boot (i.e., yourname@yourdomain.com). Be sure to tell them that Lockergnome sent ya!

-- Chris Pirillo        


GnomePROGRAM

Eurolator v1.1 [159k] W9x/NT FREE

http://www.stack.nl/~roelf/eurolator/euro11.exe
http://www.stack.nl/~roelf/eurolator/

"What's all this talk about a Euro? Wasn't that the name of some car in the early '90s?" Well, if you deal with international currencies, you definitely know what the Euro is. Some people like it, other people... not so much. But no matter what you think of it--the Euro is probably here to stay. So how much is the Euro worth, especially when compared to the Shilling, Franc, Peseta, Pound, or other European currencies? I've already seen a few dozen "Euro conversion" programs, but this one is the most user friendly (IMHO). I'm elated with the Eurolator.


GnomeSYSTEM

Patch Available for "Word 97 Template" Vulnerability

http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-002.asp
http://www.mcc.com.au/wow/

Thanks to Woody's Office Watch for warning the world of this patch that everyone (with Word 97) needs to install: "A malicious hacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause malicious macro code to be run without warning if a user opens a Word attachment that was sent by a malicious hacker, or posted on a web site controlled by the malicious hacker. This malicious macro could possibly be used to damage or retrieve data on a user's system."


GnomeCANDY

CyberView Image Pro v4.1 [1.4M] W9x/NT US$30

http://www.cyberviewcd.com/cviproev.exe
http://www.cyberviewcd.com/cvimage/

JPEG compression is great... especially if you want to get a large picture from point A to point B quickly; they're usually a lot smaller than other graphic formats. JPEGs are all over the web--I bet you see at least one every day. However, JPG picture quality isn't all that great. Tweaking JPG size & quality is virtually impossible without using this tool. If you deal with JPG graphics at all, then you won't want to pass this one up, gang; it's one seriously awesome JPEG tweaker. Save space without sacrificing quality!


GnomeFAVORITE

Bookmarklets
Found by Jim Kraai

http://www.bookmarklets.com/

EVERYONE must visit this site and download a few of these items. If you have Netscape Navigator 4.x or Internet Explorer 4.x, you're going to flip out. These "bookmarklets" will tweak your browser's capabilities to the MAX! They're JavaScript shortcuts that you can save in your Favorites/Bookmarks; they'll perform various functions when you're on any given web page: list all links on a page, change the font of a page, hide all images, count the number of words in a selection... and there's many, MANY more. Wow--this is the coolest thing I've found on the Internet in a LONG time. I'm sure you'll agree.


GnomeDESKTOP

THEME: Mars Surveyor 2001 [2.4M]
Found by Tim Brewer

http://jim.geek.net/3dstuff/themes/mars_surveyor_2001.zip
http://jim.geek.net/3dstuff/

I hope to see a human on Mars before I die. And if I could choose any human on Earth to be there, I'd pick the bully who used to push me around in high school. He was a major jerk. If anybody deserved to be on Mars, it would be him. Although I was never shoved into a locker, never got a swirlie, and never got a wedgie, I was verbally and mentally tormented. And doing that to any gnome can severely damage his psyche. Luckily, I turned out okay. AHHH! THE BUTTERFLIES ARE COMING! COVER YOUR EARS!


GnomeTIP

Thanks to all you Lockergnomies who submitted modem tweaking tips! Before you start playing around with your advanced modem settings, you should realize that not every modem tweak will work for everyone. There are different brands and various chipsets--proceed with caution. The most popular submission could enable your modem to dial your ISP very quickly. Open the Control Panel, click on the Modems icon, click your modem's Properties button, select the Connection tab, then click the Advanced button. In the Extra settings field, enter "S11=50" (without the quotes). You could also try "40" (the lower the number, the faster your modem will dial). Also note that if you have more than one entry in your Extra Settings field, each should be separated by a single space.