20010309 Lockergnome Windows Daily

03.09.2001 GnomeREPORT

Download Jake Ludington now. Well, at least -- the TrueType interpretation of his scribbles. So, how can you make your own fonts? My favorite package is FontLab's ScanFont. I started using it a couple of years ago; other font creation tool interfaces seemed to be outdated and clunky. If you don't want to spend too much on something, check out Data Becker's Your Handwriting (although it doesn't have half the options of the FontLab product). We had to update the Gnomedex PDF with a cleaner Microsoft logo. I decided to order the LogoArt CD Set. They sent the requested logo immediately (knowing that the CDs would take a few days to arrive); minutes after receiving the image, I dumped it into ScanFont and pumped out a single-character TTF. It was ready to be loaded and embedded into the PDF. Totally awesome. I can't wait to get the other logos!

Microsoft Stinger Screen Shots -- "Windows XP will eventually merge consumer and business operating systems from Microsoft into one. [It will] replace Windows 2000 and Windows ME -- and will do so with style. [The] screen shots we've seen from XP feature the new Luna theme, which transforms Windows into a very Mac-like user experience... with glossy colors, new and snazzy 3D icons, and a whole lot of other graphic deliciousness."

Inside Windows XP -- "Windows XP will ship first in a 32-bit Personal Edition, then in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Professional, Server and Advanced Server editions. The 64-bit versions will run on the new Intel Itanium® (IA-64) and American Micro Devices (AMD) "Hammer" (X86-64) 64-bit processors. The 32-bit versions of the Professional will run on dual processor systems and the Server and Advanced Server editions on multiple processors, while the Personal Edition will only support a single processor."

Chris Pirillo

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RKRun v1.1.0.5 [769k] W9x/2k FREE

http://raykrueger.tripod.com/files/rkrun.zip
http://jump.to/raykrueger/
http://screenshot.lockergnome.com/rkrun.png

{Aliases to launch apps} Ya gotta love a program that celebrates keyboard shortcuts. I do, anyway. Define an alias to run any application (or open any Web page) on-the-fly with RkRun. It's a programmable command launcher (lke "Run" in your Start Menu). Instant access without icon hunting. Who could ask for more than that? You could flail to LOCKERGNOME.COM with "L" -- instead of opening your browser, selecting the Address field, en... you get the picture. You probably visit sites other than ours. I don't know why you would, though. Lockergnome has everything. NOT!

Desktop Manager v0.056 [358k] W9x/NT/2k FREE

http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/byronm/files/DesktopManager.zip
http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/byronm/dm.html
http://screenshot.lockergnome.com/desktopmanager.png

{Desktops at your disposal} It's the story of a lovely PC who was bringing up four very lovely desktops. But this manager can also be used as a shell replacement; instead of Explorer, you could use this. Toggle back and forth among four different desktops; all of your open apps don't have to be squished into one stifling screen anymore. The desktops appear at the bottom of your screen near the system tray for single-click access. Each desktop can sport a separate resolution, color scheme, and wallpaper. Time to throw away the Start Menu for a more modular environment.

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FileVault v1.81 [299k] W9x/NT/2k FREE

http://www.parisien.org/down/fv-w95.zip
http://www.parisien.org/

"Places a number of user selected files in a single self extracting / self decrypting executable file called a File Vault. A File Vault can be sent easily to anyone over the Internet and only accessed with your password. The recipient of a File Vault does not have to have any special software installed to decrypt or access a file vault. Each File Vault is totally self contained. This makes for easy attaching, receiving and general use. FILE VAULT USES THE BLOWFISH ALGORITHM. File Vault allows you to open the vault, access the files, then close the vault which performs a secure wipe of the files from the disk surface."

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((( HOT SWAP ))) Remember the first scene in "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" when Indiana Jones grabs the idol and tries to replace it with a decoy without setting off any booby traps? That, my friends, was the ultimate "hot swap." You see, in computer terms, that's when you replace a component on your computer while the computer is still running. The computer, however, doesn't realize this; it keeps working as if nothing out of the ordinary is going on. Obviously, this kind of quick exchange should only be tried by someone in the know. Otherwise, your computer will respond by rolling a large boulder at you... or making you star in a very bad sequel. Hot: USB cables. Not-so-hot: serial, SCSI, and parallel cables.

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NetBloke

http://www.netbloke.com/

{An Aussie's perspective} It's like an Australian Lockergnome. Actually, aside from the fact that he offers a FREE e-mail newsletter with useful information, he does it with an Australian flair that this poor Iowan just doesn't have. He even defines Australian slang words for those of us who are out of the loop... or in an entirely different loop. It never hurts to add a new voice to your Inbox -- especially one with such a lovely accent. This Aussie's for you, even if you don't come from the land down under. Where women click and men chunder. Not sure what that means? Well, I guess you haven't been reading your Netbloke lately, eh? Oops. That was awfully Canadian of me.

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Coming from the "Choosy Moms Choose GIF" Department, fellow Iowan Tasha Crouse indexes an ink-saving idea. "While working at the library, I get a lot of people who are frustrated when they go to print a Web page because they think they have to print all 5 or so pages of the Web site, when they only needed one paragraph. Someone showed me you could highlight just what you need, then when you go to 'File' and 'Print,' put a dot in the circle next to 'Selection' and it will only print the part you highlighted. As long as I've used a computer, I never realized that little option was there." Most people didn't know that, so it's good you brought it up. We might also take note for Internet Explorer's printing options for pages which are in frames. Flip to the Print dialog's "Options" tab; there you'll see "is laid out on the screen," "only the selected frame," and "all frames individually." Heck, you can even "print all linked documents" or just a "table of links." I just hope your printer is up for it!

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