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10.27.98 - GnomeNEWS

No, don't run outside to look for this one, gang. I'd be flattered if someone actually named a heavenly body after me... but we're not talking about supermodels today. Instead, we're talking about something slightly more accessible: your cursor. Yes, that (typically) boring little pointer with which you use to surf the web. Have you ever wanted to see what GnomeCursors would look like? Well, you can stop imagining because they finally exist--and you can get them quickly and easily by visiting Lockergnome's site.

If you can remember a month or so ago, I featured the Comet Cursor from Comet Systems. Apparently, several of you traveled to their site and checked it out for yourself. Wise move! Like most of you know, I hate browser plug-ins--but this is one that is so incredibly small (30k) and so incredibly cool that you can't pass it up. After you load the plug-in, your mouse cursor will change (ONLY with participating sites). To install it (or see it in action), just visit any one of Lockergnome's pages.

And stay tuned--when major American holidays roll around, I'll have Lockergnome's cursor reflect the season! The software is free, small, and fun. If you want your site to stand out from the crowd, contact Nicholas Corman at nick@cometsystems.com.

-- Chris


GnomePROGRAM

Workstation Ergonomics v1.0 [3.2M] W9x/NT4 FREE

You know I'm always on you to sit up straight when you're working on a computer. Of course, I should probably follow my own advice. I do, to a certain degree. My Microsoft Intellimouse Pro is ergonomically designed for comfort and ease-of use, and (more importantly) it is set in a place where there's the least amount of strain on my arms and hand. But what about the keyboard? How should that sit, and where? And your monitor? All of these things (and more) are important to keep in mind if you're chained to a computer for most of your life (like me). If you're in pain, you need to change something about your habits. Here's a great little tutorial for you to pass along to your friends & co-workers! They'll thank you for it!

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GnomeSYSTEM

How to Recover Text from Any File

"Word 97 for Windows provides a converter for recovering the text from any file. Though it does have limitations. Document formatting will be lost, along with anything that is not of a text nature. Graphics, fields, drawing objects, and so on, will not be converted. However, headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, and field text, will be retained as simple text." Find out more here!

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GnomeCANDY

Scrow's Cereal Icons v1.0 [34k] W9x/NT4 FREE

The last time I reviewed this site, he was going through a redesign and several of you missed it. I felt so bad--he's got some incredible icons here, folks. So, you can imagine how good I felt when he recently uploaded some cereal icons! If you can't start your day without wolfing down a bowl of [insert favorite cereal here], then you can't miss this download. Be sure to swing by the site and grab the cool icons you might have missed the first time around. Personally, I'm happy with eggs and bacon in the morning, but I still think these icons belong in everyone's collection.

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GnomeFAVORITE

PhoNETic Phone Number Translations
Found by Jas Batra

Have you burned off too many brain cells trying to memorize that one cute girl's phone number? Or what about your OWN phone number. If you keep changing it, or if you have 15 different lines running into your house, it might be wise to see if there's a word in them thar numbers. Unfortunately, all the numbers I know of didn't amount to a hill of beans. But that doesn't mean you can't try yours at this site! Just enter any telephone number and see what it spits back at you. Who knows, you might have the world's most interesting one! It handles English, German, Spanish, French and more!

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GnomeDESKTOP

THEME: Synthesizer [2.1M]

For a long while, you couldn't listen to a "rock" song without some sort of blatantly-synthesized instrument playing. Today's songs are probably ALL synthesized, but the samples sound a lot better than they did in the "classic" synthesizer days. If ever there was a Desktop Theme created to reflect the way the mind trips out when listening to those classic sounds, this is it, baby. Now that I start thinking about it, I should pull out some of my old albums and tapes and... wait. I don't have them anymore. I sold them all for CDs.

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GnomeTIP

Living in Iowa, I grew up with a puppet named Floppy. Other "older" Iowans should remember him, too. Sadly, Floppy isn't around anymore. And if you've got tons of floppies lying around, you should get rid of them, too. No wait--don't just throw them out--copy their contents temporarily to your hard drive, and then (if you want) put the things you want or need to keep onto NEW floppies. Why? Because floppies have an extremely short shelf life and are not to be trusted (even those bountiful AOL disks). You should also be careful not to store your floppies next to anything magnetic... that's a major no-no.