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Dave's Diggins 3-23-00
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ISSN 1529-1103
Just a few "Golden Nuggets" of info that I've mined from the internet.
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This newsletter is sponsored by the 37211 PC Users Group. All comments,
suggestions or submissions should be sent to david.donoho@pcusers.org. DO
NOT reply directly to this newsletter at the davesdiggins address
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Public Service announcement:
www.pcusers.org was recently listed on Fred Langa's Lanagalist newsletter
(www.langa.com) as a part of his "load the code" promotion. I have been
using the Hitbox (www.hitbox.com) web site traffic monitor for the past
couple of months to record my visitor traffic. The day he published his
newsletter Hitbox recorded that over 900 unique visitors came to the website
(The previous average was 10 per day)! Since then the average has been 25 - 30 unique visitors per day.
We also have about 20 new subscribers to this newsletter as a result of this traffic. For those of you who are newly subscribed we extend a warm welcome.
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Free software and services:
http://www.be.com/products/freebeos/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
The Beos free Personal Edition operating system will be available for
download starting 3-28-00. It is a full operating system that can be run
from within Windows. It does not require repartitioning but it does require
a 600 meg operating space within the C: drive.
http://www.east-tec.com/spacex/index.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
diskSpace Explorer 2000™ 2.1
Organize your data, manage the disk space and make intelligent allocation
decisions for its capacity! With diskSpace Explorer 2000™, the user can
view the hard disk, recognize folders which are large, and examine for
wasted space and useless files... all done by an intuitive, graphical, view
and click, interface.
http://zaplet.zaplet.com/index.jsp
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Zaplets. A new service that combines the ease of e-mail plus the benifits of
a discussion group. One person sends a zaplet through the e-mail to several
persons. The Zaplet server stores the message in a web page like format.
The recipients can then view the original e-mail plus any responses made by
any of the other recipients.
http://www.surfsaver.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
SurfSaver is a browser add-on which lets you store Web pages directly from
your browser into searchable folders. Use SurfSaver to organize and search
the information you gather on the Internet. An ideal tool for anyone doing
research online.
http://www.bookmarksync.com
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Your bookmarks, favorites and favorite places at your fingertips from
anywhere in the world. Great for home computer users, travelers,
telecommuters, teachers & students. Adding or removing bookmarks is a
snap - just add or delete them on your browser. No files to import or
export - Bookmarksync will keep track of changes for you. When you're
traveling or using a new computer or browser, you can visit the bookmarksnc.
com site, and log in with your name and password to be connected to your
bookmarks and favorites.
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Articles:
http://www.jello.net/report/Issues/2000/03/15/20000315.asp
Raster vs. Vector graphics, Part2. What is a vector graphic?
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,34977,00.html
With a minor cable tweak, an engineer jerry-rigged his new, $99 Net
'appliance' into a fully functional Pentium PC.
http://home.cnet.com/internet/0-3805-7-1564164.html
Insiders Guide to Newsgroups. Tips, tricks, and advice for the use of
newsgroups.
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Web Development:
http://resources.hitbox.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?building/small
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
An article on designing small, living large
http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/accessweb.html
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
IBM Web accessiblity checklist. By using a few simple html coding changes
you can make your site more accessible to those that use a text reader when
surfing the net.
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Erbrouwer/websafe/Data/Start.html
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
Websafe ColorChooser is a simple on-line free HTML application intended to
take the pain and guesswork out of web color selection. It allows you to
test 216 text colors against 216 background colors.
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Tip #1:
In Windows 9x you can set the the loudness of your internal modems dialup
volume by going to Start|Settings|ControlPanel|System and click the Device
Manager tab. Select your Modem and then click on Properties. Select the
Modem tab, then adjust the slider for speaker volume.
Back in his dial-up days Jack had his modem set to the volume of a chainsaw. Matter of fact he
misses the noise so much with his @home cable modem that he has a .WAV file
that plays the "chainsaw modem" sound every time he starts his computer just
to remind him that he is connected :)
Tip #2:
In Windows98 you can access your System Information Utility by selecting
Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Utility. Once there you can
save all of your system information into a text file by selecting File/Export. You can then use Wordpad to edit the file to make notations that you want to put in it . The file size ran about 230k on my system. This can be useful information when you are about to change your hardware or make other changes that might affect your system. A before and after saving of this file could be of assistance in trouble shooting any problems that may arise.
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Hardware:
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/1560/13/
SECC2 Heatsink Comparison.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2457792,00.html
Zero-Footprint-PC Elite 1. It's a keyboard, it's a PC.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2461216,00.html?chkpt=zdnn031400
IBM unveils PCs for the Net Big Blue turns out simplified hardware for consumers and business that takes advantage of the Internet
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hard-disk.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
How hard drives work.
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/desk/ds75gxp.htm
IBM introduces new 75 gig hard drive with new technology that uses glass
platters.
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Web sites:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/filters/quickstart/softwaresavvy/0,9918,6012440,00.html
ZDnet's Software Quick Start Guides can help you with some of the major
software titles including operating sytems, financial programs, produtivity
suites, and graphics software.
http://www.cybercrime.gov
There is a cybercrime in your neighborhood, who you gonna call.
http://www.pcmech.com/
Hardware news and tutorials.
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Any comments, suggestions or items of interest can be sent to me at david.donoho@pcusers.org
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