I have really enjoyed playing the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It is a hell of a game, marvelous story, wonderful gameplay. But the online, multiplayer version of the game is riddled with hackers — cheaters who make the entire game a pitiful, pathetic joke.
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Apple announced new Mac Minis this week which, I suppose, means that they’re still in the computer industry. The fanboys were disappointed that the new minis didn’t include a Blu-ray player. I’m not.
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This is not actually a technology post, but a post by the writer part of me. It has to deal with a word that’s misused way, way too much by bloggers and in forums all over the Internet.
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I just wrapped up another book, and took some time to answer pending email. Here are two reader questions dealing with Microsoft Word:
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Here’s a simple project you’ll fail at: Grab a thumb drive near you, one that was made in the United States.
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This past Monday, Apple rolled out some new junk at the dawn of their Worldwide Developer’s Conference.
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Aside from pictures, you can insert shapes into your document. Lots of shapes. I promise that this is the final chapter in my Image Formatting series.
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I suppose another reason I don’t write a lot about images in Word is that the process is frustrating. Again, that’s why I recommend using a DTP program instead of Word for complex image and text manipulation.
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I’ve never heard of anyone actually using a nail gun to keep an image from jiggling around within their Word document. Doing so, however, wouldn’t surprise me.
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