You don’t even think about it. Click on a file icon and a program opens. Well, hopefully it opens. When it does, the process is called file association. It’s how all graphical operating systems know which files belong to which programs. It’s a process that makes your computing world a more sane place.
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August 30, 2013The Miracle of File Association
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August 28, 2013Fancy Title Pages with Text Boxes
Above you see the title page from my proposal for Samsung Galaxy Note For Dummies. That’s the first page of a Word document. It’s completely formatted without using two presses of the Enter key in a row. You too can create such title pages as well, providing you learn the secret.
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August 26, 2013The Tablet That Never SleepsMy Android Tablet must be bored. After about 10 minutes of my staring at it, it falls asleep. The display dims, then goes off completely. How can I keep it more interested? How can I keep it awake all the time? There has to be a solution!
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August 25, 2013More Happy News on Microsoft’s Ballmer DepartureFrom the article (link below):
Missed opportunities. That’s what they call it. Microsoft has been playing catch-up and follow-the-leader ever since Ballmer took the reins from founder and former CEO Bill Gates.
When you’re in an elevator and you smell a fart, it’s pretty obvious who made it.
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August 23, 2013Microsoft Begins Its TurnaroundAfter years of floating aimlessly in the high tech ocean, Microsoft looks like it’s finally going to get some direction, add some innovation, and start using all the brain power they’ve hired. The main reason? CEO Steve Ballmer is retiring. Thank the gods.
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The Three Great Word Processor SinsA word processor is a blessing, a massive improvement over writing by hand or by using a typewriter. Even so, most people who use a word processor slog through it just as if it’s an automated typewriter. Of all the foibles they commit, three rise to the level of great sin.
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August 21, 2013Organize Your ThoughtsYears ago, an Outliner was a separate type of program you could buy. It was a thought-organizer, and a very handy tool for anyone who deals with lots of information that has to be arranged in a logical and effective manner. Today, the Outliner is a feature — a subset, actually — of a word processor. That doesn’t diminish its usefulness.
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August 19, 2013The Golden iPhoneBecause shoving a gold iPhone into someone else’s face makes the Mac fanboys feel so much better about themselves!
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A Clutch of Homebrew Unix UtilitiesI just can’t stop programming! Ever since DOS, when I wrote handy utilities in BASIC (and then in Assembly and then in C), I want to code some handy little shortcut or interesting little problem-solver.
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August 18, 2013Facebook Flaw OopsSupposedly, Facebook dishes out $500 a pop when you report a security breach. That is unless you’re a Palestinian hacker who can only bring attention to the issue by breaking security and posting directly to Zuckerberg’s wall. |
