[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #605

MikesWhatsNews, 28, 11, 2002
in today's issue #605
Ask Sammy
Mozilla 1.2
DD Parodies
Memory Challenge
Kiddie Surfer V1.0
Aspire Digital's AD-8000
2xExplorer
Xanthic
Children's Educational Sites 
VCDHelp, SVCDHelp  & DVDRHelp.com 
CCC   Personal Ancestral File: Genealogy Software
         Clearing Formating
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NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more 
          of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Ask Sammy
http://www1.my-etrust.com/ask.sammy
Get answers to your AV and computer questions from E-Trust FAQ's

It is fast and free.
From; Computer Associates Virus Information Center
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Mozilla 1.2 - Released November 26, 2002 
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
Release Notes - 
The release notes contain installation instructions, system requirements,
what's new, and a list of known issues that you should read before reporting
a new bug. 
This README file explains how to pull Mozilla 1.2 Beta from CVS. 
Install the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) v1.4.1 plug-in to add Java
support to Mozilla on Linux, Windows and Solaris. 
On Macintosh, Mozilla uses the version of Java already installed on your
system. 
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DD Parodies
http://www.mystique.net/
Dedicated to poking fun at just about everything, especially Advertising &
Marketing, Infomercials, and people who take collectibles a bit too far.
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Memory Challenge ~ game  ~ free
http://www.russellsplace.com/variantx/memory_challenge.htm
This program is a simple game for kids that is like the old style memory
game.  
You can use the included cards, or create your own.  
You can change the amount of cards your child plays with to let it match
their skill level.
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Kiddie Surfer V1.0 ~ free
http://www.russellsplace.com/variantx/kiddie_surfer.htm
Kiddie Surfer is a Internet browser designed for kids between the ages of 3
and 7.  
Parents control which sites their kids can browse around in, and Kiddie
Surfer won't let them go outside those designated sites.  Add an easy
interface for the kids and you have a fun, safe browser for your kids.  
Download it, you little ones will love it.
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Aspire Digital's AD-8000
http://www.aspiredigital.com/
The AD-8000 is the first product that combines both a DVD player and CD-RW
in one unit. 
The AD-8000 quickly and easily records non-copyrighted DVDs and material
from VHS players, digital video cameras and still digital cameras to CD-R
and CD-RW media. 
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 2xExplorer ~ free
http://netez.com/2xExplorer/intro.html
Lightweight and powerful, fully shell integrated and extremely usable for
increased everyday productivity, 2xExplorer is an ideal dual-pane
replacement for explorer, compatible with all 32-bit windows platforms.

2xExplorer does whatever the windows explorer will do for file management,
but goes much further, filling some glaring omissions in this product: 

Dual pane layout, with intelligent communication between two independent
panes 
Powerful selection engine, for easily building up selection patterns for
items before file operations 
File filters, both for selecting and for displaying files 
Drivebar navigation, for accessing quickly all the drives installed on a
computer 
Keyboard shortcuts for nearly all its commands, for efficient everyday use 
Complete file date information, utilising Creation and LastAccessed
information as well as the normal Modification date. 
Proper path resolution, including UNC and relative paths (e.g. "C:" as
opposed to "C:\") 
Printing of folder contents, find results and other statistics 
Proper file sorting, based on extension (alphabetically) 
Note that all these goodies ? including file synchronization and thumbnail
viewers ? are available in both filesystem and zip folders (where this
feature is available, e.g. windows XP/ME etc). 
It is a modern version of Norton Commander
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Xanthic

http://www.xanthic.net/

Wallpapers, skins, icons and tutorials for Paint Shop
Pro and Photoshop.

Thanks to; Christy
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Children's Educational Sites 
Since many members have young sons, daughters, 
grandchildren, nieces, nephews and the like, and since 
education is critical component of their growing up, I am 
posting some worthwhile Children's Educational Sites 
which you and they might like to use.

http://www.kids-space.org

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase

http://www.afb.org/braillebug

http://www.girltech.com/index.html

http://www.cdm.org/index.asp?f=1

http://www.kidsplanet.org

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary

http://artsconnected.org

http://mathforum.org/dr.math

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

http://www.ctw.org/sesamestreet

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov

http://www.whalesongs.org

http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot

For mentors & parents, here is a reputable review site of children's 
software educational materials.

http://www.childrenssoftware.com

I hope that these sites can help.

Thanks to; Thanks to; Jasmine,
 Owner/Group Moderator: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pro_tech  and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/computersupport_2  Group Moderator:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techsupportfordummies
A Technical Support Alliance Member 
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VCDHelp, SVCDHelp  & DVDRHelp.com 
http://www.vcdhelp.com/
This site will help you to make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be
played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV,
Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF. 
We also have an extensive list of standalone DVD Players with compatibility
information such as CD-R(W), DVD-R(W), VCD, SVCD, MP3 and more. 
Use the menu to the left to navigate our site. Enjoy. 
(Start with the Newbie section if you have no clue where to start.)
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Thanks to; Spunko at "My Computer Headaches" 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mycomputerheadaches/. 
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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Personal Ancestral File: Genealogy Software 
Freeware

http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDispla
y?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=7000000&langId=-1&paren
t_category_rn=100069&bcname=Software%20Downloads%20-%20Free&top=Y&
resetCat=N&replBC=subcatlist100069
(copy and paste Entire url into browser window if it is not a
complete clickable link)

Or TinyURL was created!    http://tinyurl.com/30kv

Personal Ancestral File is a FREE genealogy software program
provided by the LDS organization. It creates
GEDCOMs, tracks your ancestry and much more.

Add in photos or voice files, track your full history through as
many generations as you know about. Since
it creates the GEDCOM files that every other software program can
import, you know that your data will be
fully accessible regardless of whether you choose to migrate to
another software package down the road.

Highly recommended as an inexpensive way to get into tracking
your genealogy. You can always upgrade later if you wish, or you
might find that PAF meets your needs for years to come!

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Clearing Formating

This is such a simple tip, but might be something you've never
thought of. I have a hard time copying things from the web to
Word or from Excel to Word. Word always tries to save formatting
and it almost always messes it up. If you don't want any
formatting brought over when you are pasting into a program,
first paste the text into Notepad. This will only copy the text.
Then copy the text from Notepad into the program and you'll have
none of the strange formatting.

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Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible viruses, 
however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures cannot keep up with 
the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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