2002 June

I am not computing commando style.

You probably didn't notice, but I thought it was definitely worth mentioning: my e-mail publishing book is finally available in PDF format for HALF off the printed price. (…)

Props to Rachel for pointing to this MSN buddy. Sweetness! She referenced Christine, but I've been so out of the loop with things that I haven't been a good blogger lately. (…)

If you don't Understand Your Options yet, you will soon. (…)

Lockergnomie Dilip Raj is quite a multitasker: “This tip is for
those who load many programs at startup which are not always
needed - but they're still loaded just so that they do not have to
launch the program when it IS required. (…)

Lockergnomie Zachery Wolfinger has a great idea for Outlook &
Outlook Express users who subscribe to discussions: “The large
amount of traffic generated by interactive e-mail lists can be
quite cumbersome. (…)

Lockergnomie Caleb Ciampaglia has documented a document dilemma:
“After upgrading to the latest and greatest Adobe Acrobat Reader
(5.05), I encountered an error message when I was using a Web
based reporting tool at work. (…)

Lockergnomie Patrick Kingsley has a heap of help for those of us
who have ever faced a complete reinstallation of Windows 2000 or
XP: “Regarding the difference between a Quick and Full format…
the error check is only part of the overhead that occurs when you
perform a Full format; the other significant portion of the
overhead occurs as the block and sector structure is laid out and
written to the entire disk, which does not occur when you do a
Quick format. (…)

I recently got a “newsletter” from somewhere which I
had never signed up for a newsletter. (…)

Received from a random user this evening:
“I was running the Linux Mandrake 8.2 Install and I donÂ’t know what I did
but it brought up a command prompt about “global destruction”. (…)

I love e-mail. I look forward to checking my accounts every morning. (…)

Ya know how some people say that downloading digital music from
the Internet leads to more frequent media purchases? I didn't
believe them. (…)

Lockergnomie Eric Ose knows about a rather unique download that we
haven't featured in years; it's definitely worth checking out
again: “QNX is a full operating
system. (…)

And another geek drops his
two cents into the bit bucket: “Linux, while it has its own bugs,
is 10 times better then Windows has ever been. (…)