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Shortcut to the Windows Desktop
Feb 17, 2010 Technology 1 Comment
If you have been using Microsoft Windows for a while you are probably familiar with the “Show Desktop” icon on the Quick Launch Toolbar. Clicking on the “Show Desktop” icon does exactly that. All open windows will immediately be minimized and the Windows Desktop will pop into view.
But what if your Windows installation isn’t displaying the “Show Desktop” icon at the time, or you want to show the desktop without removing your hands from the keyboard? The answer is simple: Just press the Windows key (between the CTRL and ALT keys) and the letter D at the same time. Windows-D does exactly the same thing as clicking the “Show Desktop” icon, only faster since you don’t have to move your hand from the keyboard to the mouse and then click on the icon.
Of course if you prefer clicking on the icon, that’s certainly your prerogative. That’s the method I use most often myself simply because my hand is usually on the mouse anyway.
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911 dispatcher helps save his own son’s life
Feb 17, 2010 My thoughts on... 1 Comment
Imagine that you’re a 911 emergency services dispatcher and you answer a call from a frantic mother who’s infant son is choking to death. Would you be able to keep your cool long enough to help the mother on the other end of the line get the child breathing again? Now, imagine finding out that the frantic woman is your wife and the choking infant is your own child. How would you react?
Dispatcher Chris Scott of Olympia, Washington recently found himself in exactly that situation, and as you can see in the following video he did quite well indeed – even though he was still in training at the time!
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Mystery billboard shows up in Minnesota
Feb 10, 2010 Things I like 3 Comments
Check out this video for a good chuckle…
For an ever-growing percentage of the American people, the answer is a resounding “YES!!!”
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Squire Parsons sings Beulah Land
Feb 8, 2010 My thoughts on... Leave a comment
In my opinion, Beulah Land is one of the most beautiful gospel songs ever written. Featured in the video below, the legendary Squire Parsons did a wonderful job singing Beulah Land in front of an appreciative audience at Heritage USA back in 1987. I hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I do.
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AmericanCarQuotes.com
Feb 8, 2010 Sponsored Posts Leave a comment
Shopping for car insurance is about as much fun as watching the sun rise high into the desert sky, but AmericanCarQuotes.com makes it fast and easy to find the best policy for you at a competitive price. In addition to their easy to use quote forms, they also offer a primer on automobile safety as well as information that can help you determine your precise auto insurance needs while helping keep your car related expenses to a minimum.
As in the real world, the Internet is replete with companies selling automobile insurance, and at first glance they all appear to be pretty much the same. This means of course that you’ll really need to to do a bit of research in order to find a car insurance policy that meets your unique needs without breaking the bank. A great place to start it AmericanCarQuotes.com. And while you’re there, be sure to read their excellent article explaining the cost of insurance coverage.
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Snow in the mountains
Feb 6, 2010 Things I like Leave a comment
Although I’m not that fond of cold weather, I do enjoy the beauty of a good snowfall. Cheria and I have taken and published many photographs of wintry scenes over the years, but we enjoy seeing the fine work of others as well.
Today’s “Picture of the Day” on TodaysPhoto.org features a spectacular winter scene captured in the mountains of western North Carolina by photographer Bonnie Reynolds. It is quite beautiful, and if you would like to check it out for yourself you can simply click here.
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Piano lessons from Yoke Wong
Feb 6, 2010 Sponsored Posts Leave a comment
If you have ever dreamed about learning to play the piano but are unsure of your ability to do so, piano master Yoke Wong has created a series of intuitive, easy to follow and highly entertaining lessons that you can take in your own home, and at your own pace. These self-taught piano lessons are available both on DVD or as online courses, and Ms. Wong offers a number of online beginner courses absolutely free.
Traditional piano lessons are often dry, boring affairs, but according to a number of glowing testimonials the lessons available on YokeWong.net are engaging, entertaining and easy to follow and understand. I have taken traditional piano lessons in the past with decidedly poor results, but after checking out the multimedia lessons offered by Yoke Wong, I feel inspired to give it another try.
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Snow, snow and more snow
Feb 4, 2010 My thoughts on... 1 Comment
Back in the 1970’s those of us who were blessed to live in the Appalachian Mountain region endured some pretty harsh winters. It seemed like we received a major snowfall at least once a week, and since the daytime temperatures rarely made it above freezing the snow we got never seemed to melt. In fact, the 70’s was such a cold, snowy decade that many prominent scientists began predicting the impending return of yet another ice age.
Now, fast forward to the turn of the century. All of a sudden the same scientists who were predicting the arrival of a veritable global deep freeze just a few short decades earlier changed course and began warning a gullible population that we should scrap the notion of cooling temperatures and prepare to bake as the earth heated up like a gigantic greenhouse.
Many of these scientists (along with a few sleazy politicians such as Al Gore) quickly discovered that they could become incredibly wealthy by instilling into the average folks an intense desire not to burn up, and they began to deliver stern, never-ending warnings that it would indeed happen, and fast, if we failed to take immediate action to stop it.
But now the folks have caught on to the hoax thanks to a plethora of hacked emails that show that climate data have routinely been altered (and in some cases deleted) in order to show a pattern of global warming where in fact one does not exist. Oh, and the fact that a large percentage of the earth’s population can look out their windows this winter and see snowfall after snowfall reminiscent of those back in the 70’s didn’t help their cause either.
Now I’m not one to become overjoyed when I see another round of the white stuff hitting the ground or watch the mercury drop to rock bottom, but I do get a little chuckle every time I see another blizzard hit pretty much any locale where Al Gore’s private jet touches down on a runway.
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