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  1. “And of the ones Grandie grew in the garden just so they'd have some to cut. ”

  2. “Beautiful !! Irises always make me think of Grandma's yard. ”

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  4. “Deer and antelope?? ”

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Kindle Reset Instructions

Kindle

I love the blog “Free Kindle Books and Tips“. I find all kinds of great free books because of this site. I know that one of these days I’m going to need to know how to reset my Kindle and I’ll need [...]

How to manage templates in 2007 Office programs and in 2010 Office programs

So, you created a new template for Word. Whether it is a letterhead file or a template for your school reports, you need Word to be able to find that file when you select “New” to start a new document. By default, user templates files are stored in the following location:

In Windows XP

C:\Documents [...]

Add some text to a Word Document

Create a new, blank document. Hit your Enter key a few times, then type:

=rand()

and hit Enter. This provides some sample text.

 

How do I change my wordpress URL back to its old settings « tips for techies

How do I change my wordpress URL back to its old settings « tips for techies.

Go to your MySQL Command Line Client

Enter password that you used when you set up wordpress.

You will see a mysql> prompt.

Select wordpress database by typing “use wordpress” or whatever wordpress database name you used.

mysql> UPDATE [...]

Create a rule to make all the mail from a contact a different color

If you have a contact whose email you want to have STAND OUT, you can create a rule which will make all mail from that contact show up in a different color.  I know this works in Outlook 2007.  I don’t have 2010 to test it there. 

Start Outlook. Click on your Inbox. Click [...]

Converting Videos to iPod format with Subtitles

A couple of people have asked how I’ve been able to put some of our movies onto Ray’s iPod/iTouch with subtitles, so I thought I’d write a post here for them. 

 

The software I use is called Avex DVD to iPod Converter.  You can download a free trial of the [...]

Add a shortcut to the “Open” window in Windows

Since I keep forgetting how to do this, I thought I’d add it here where I can find it again.  This is one of those geeky posts that no one will care about, but this is a good place for me to put it.

 

1.Enter the OPEN command (or click "Open Folder" icon), and [...]

Using htaccess

I have to save this information and I figure if I put it here on the blog, I’ll know how to find it again.  Anyone reading the blog for family info can just stop here.  This is completely self serving.  I’m going to outline how to use htaccess to redirect from a subdirectory to the [...]

Testing SharpMT

I’m testing out a new blogging tool I found. (It’s not really new to the internet, just new to me.) It’s called SharpMT. It was originally designed for MovableType and TypePad blogs. I’m currently using the PC version, but if this work, then I’ll try the mobile version from my phone.

Password Woes

I got a panicked phone call the other morning from a friend of mine.  It seems someone (her 4 year old is the prime suspect) changed the admin password to her Windows XP operating system.  She couldn’t get past the log-in process to get to any of her files.  She needed to access files, which [...]