Tip of the Week:

Want to enlargen type on a html page? Use Ctrl—+ as many times as needed to bring the text up to comfortable viewing size.

Ctrl— - (minus) to make the type smaller.

• A VO Primer by Lary Lewman
• Accents, foreign Speakeasy — US
• Accents, English and Dialects — UK
• Accents, Gloucestershire — BBC
• Accents, Baltimore MD
• AmiRight — misheard song lyrics
• Recording A Demo — large type PDF
• Speech Accent Archive — heavy! — UK
• Airwave Imposters — Studio 360°

Comcast Illegally Interferes With Web File-Sharing Traffic

Webmonkey:
a web developer's resource (still fun)

Amazing PDF technology

SOFTWARE / HARDWARE REVIEWS

ebaY© Stay-away rating: Buyer: Seller:
Ebay has re-vamped (vamp is key word here) their site. It is the12th biggest site on earth. The 'bay is both a winner and a loser: If everything goes right, you're a winner. Get a deadbeat bidder or low-life seller and you can lose your shirt. But I still sell. Hey, you can't beat the Force. No phone support.

YouTube.com -- addictive with more silliness than entertainment (what kind of language is that? Me Tarzan-- You tube!) Stay-away rating: N/A: you can't resist the force! Ballad of George Clayton Teunis

1. When downloading programs from the internet, don't forget to delete them after the product has been unzipped and installed. This will free up a lot of disk space.

   Option 2: Save all of your installation *.exe files on to a thumbddrive in case you have to re-install it.

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   While Bill Gates has left Microsoft and is battling the bugs of Malaria, he has left us to battle the bugs left in the softwares he sold us. When Outlook locks up:

   If you have sent an e-mail that is locked in send mode and cannot be deleted, Left click on the Send/Recive message on the bottom right of Outlook and cancel it that way.

2. Want to make your files display in order? Put a zero-number in front with a space:
   Example: 01 The Mark of Zorro

   Then number the rest accordingly:
   02 Son of Zorro
   03 The Second Son of Zorro , etc.

   Use this method for both computer files and tracks on a CD.

3. GOT A LOT OF ICONS ON YOUR DESKTOP? Click somewhere on the desktop with the mouse (not on an icon) then go to the keyboard and press and hold down the first letter of the icon you're looking for.
   The icons with the first letter will flash, allowing you to spot it easily. Try it!

4. With the summer here, heat should be a concern for PC users:
   - Don't block the air holes on your computer or its components!
   - Make sure your fans are working, both the ventilation fan(s) and the fan for the power source. If your motherboard fan fails, you might very well lose it (and the use of the computer as well as the possibility of losing files).
   - Consider an externally-powered fan that is not wired to your PC: This will cool your unit without adding to the stress of your computer's power source.

5. Use the powerful Start button on your keyboard for a quick trip to the Start menu. Want to find a file lickety-split (that means fast, X-Generation)?
   - Click on the Start button
   - Press the letter "S" twice (which will bring you to the "Search" page) hit your "Enter" button,
   - Type in the letter "L" -- this will bring you to all files and folders.
   - If you know the name of the file, enter it here. If you are searching for a Photoshop file and you don't know the name of it, type in a wildcard asterisk (that's right -- the one above the number 8) with the dot extension of the program in the "Look in" windows. In this case *.psd. It will bring up all your Photoshop documents. Play with this program and learn how to use all it's features, and it will save you lots of time.

6. Having trouble playing a movie on a rental DVD? Note the minutes on your player where the DVD locked up or became "pixelated" (so you can get back to your place), then look for smudges on the DVD. Remove them with a cotton t-shirt (it works best) dipped lightly in alcohol (not scotch, dude!). If it's a shirt you like, turn it inside out. Gently wipe the DVD from the hole outwards and then, if more cleaning is needed, gently in a circle, following the pattern of the burned light on the surface.

7. Having trouble opening a CD or DVD bay? There is a small hole on the front of the bay tray--look for it. Take the end of a small paperclip or a large needle and stick it carefully in the hole and push lightly and hold.

8. Having trouble turning off your computer? Don't unplug it...press your ON/OFF switch and hold it down until your unit shuts off.

9. Want to take out all the formatting in an html document? Copy the text from the .htm(l) and paste it into Word, a word processing program. All formatting should be gone at that point. Re-copy (or cut) and past back into your htm(l) document. It should not be formatting-free.

10. Want a cheap and dependable way to back up your files? If you already have a web hosting account, use your FTP server! Make a directory for backup and then upload them to your web hosting server!

11. Fight carpal tunnel syndrome and other motion-repetative injuries and learn to use the keyboard along with the mouse, rather than just using the mouse. Memorize keyboard shortcuts (ctrl-s, for example, saves your file). Most softwares have the keyboard shortcut listed in the menu. Also, try switching the mouse to the other hand. And take breaks, flexing the fingers, wrists and forearms. More desk exercises.