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iGoogle – Play a Space Invaders Clone

09 Nov

Blast invading aliens and UFOs from the comfort of your iGoogle page.

Nostalgic for the good old days of video games, where chomping creatures went wild in mazes, an ape tossed barrels, and two movable lines bounced a block around the screen?

Add a clone of “Space Invaders” to your iGoogle page with the “Invaders” gadget. Groups of aliens come marching down the screen towards Earth; it is your job to successfully defeat wave after wave of these nuisances. UFOs occasionally fly by; shoot them for extra points. But I bet you know the rules already……

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[MODIFIED] Sites to Browse – Misc – Paper Toys of Superheroes, Stephen Colbert, Garfield, Peter Griffin, More

30 Oct

Cubeecraft offers free papercraft toys you can download and make without the need of tape or glue.

Looking to add a little bit of “truthiness” to your desk? Maybe you want the wisecracking Bender from “Futurama”? What about a truly silent “Silent Bob”? Or maybe you’re an iPod/iPhone game fan and would like Om Nom from the game “Cut the Rope”?

These and other papercraft toys can be downloaded from Cubeecraft. The site includes other fan art such as the Playstation, NES, and Dreamcast video game systems, plus superheroes including Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Batman. Westley, Buttercup, Inigo Montoya, and other characters from “The Princess Bride” are represented, as are cartoon characters currently or formerly featured on “Adult Swim” such as Frylock, Space Ghost, and Dr. Zoidberg. There’s even one of Craig Ferguson’s robot sidekick Geoff Peterson….

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Zip and Unzip Software – Drag and Drop Archive Extractions Via ExtractNow

30 Oct

ExtractNow supports drag-and-drop archive extraction, and it can monitor folders for new archives and automatically extract them.

ExtractNow is a freeware archive extraction tool for Windows. By dragging archives from Explorer, you can extract multiple files simultaneously, including .arj, .cab, .lzh, .rar, and .zip file types. Resulting files are placed in the same directory as the archives, or you can choose a default directory.

Options and features include keeping the window on top (useful if you plan on doing a LOT of downloading and archive extraction), performing activities after archive extractions such as removing the original archive files or moving them to a “Processed” folder, and monitoring folders for archives and automatically extracting them. You can add right-click context menu extensions to Explorer to queue or extract files, if desired….

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Google Chrome – Search a Term by Highlighting It, with Autocomplete

30 Oct

The “Highlight to Search (by Google)” extension to Google Chrome lets you search by highlighting text and clicking a pop-up magnifying glass.

Google Chrome users: when you see text on a web page that you would like to research further via Google, are you tired of copying the text and pasting it into the Address Bar? Or, even if you know that you can right-click selected text and choose “Search Google for”, wouldn’t it be nice to have Autocomplete features here so you can refine your search query?

The “Highlight to Search (by Google) extension offers an alternative way to search. After installation, all you need to do is highlight text on a webpage and a magnifying glass appears. Click it and a search box appears with AutoComplete features. Click on your term or a related one and a new tab appears with results of your search query from Google. It’s that easy….

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Microsoft Outlook 2010 – Show More Calendar Months in the Right Pane

30 Oct

Configure Outlook 2010 to show more calendar months in the To-Do Bar on the right side of the application window.

On the right side of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 window is the “To-Do Bar”. By default, this shows the current calendar month, upcoming appointments, and a list of Tasks.

If you would like to, at a glance, see the next calendar month as well in the To-Do Bar, perform the following tweak. You can add even more months, though this will require a higher resolution / window size to view them all. Also, simultaneously viewing more months may push the appointment and Task displays off the screen….

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Microsoft Word 2010 – Make Paragraphs Stand Out with Drop Caps

30 Oct

Drop Caps can make the first paragraph of a chapter or document section stand out, and they are easy to make and customize.

Many books and other documents incorporate the use of an initial at the start of a chapter or section; this is a stylized first letter that stands out from the rest of the text.

With Microsoft Word 2010 you can easily add an initial to the left of a paragraph, as well as a drop cap, an initial in-line with the text (see the screenshot to the right for an example). …

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Microsoft Publisher 2010 – A Variety of Underline Styles

30 Oct

Underline text in a Publisher 2010 document with dots, dashes, waves, and more.

Underlining text in a Microsoft Publisher 2010 publication is easy – just highlight the text and press CTRL+U, or click the U button from the “Home” tab in the Ribbon.

Did you know, however, that you can change the underline style, including underlining text with dots, dashes, and waves? It requires just a few clicks:…

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Backtrack Your Mistakes by Allowing More Undos

30 Oct

If PowerPoint 2010’s Undo feature doesn’t remember enough edits, force it to remember up to 150.

While frantically putting together a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 at the last minute, you’re bound to make some mistakes. Don’t worry – you can easily undo edits by pressing Ctrl + Z. In fact, PowerPoint by default remembers up to your last 20 edits, so if you make a mess of things you should be able to recover. (Of course, you should still save your work often, and perhaps create backup copies at different stages of your presentation editing.)

For many people 20 edits is enough. However, if you need PowerPoint to remember even more edits (up to 150), the following tweak should help:…

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Microsoft Excel 2010 – Change the Default Font for New Workbooks

30 Oct

Tired of every Excel 2010 workbook using 11 point Calibri as the default for cells? Change the default font for all new workbooks.

Just as in other Office 2010 applications, Microsoft Excel 2010 has a default font for new documents – 11 point “Body Text” (Calibri). While you can change the font for individual cells or groups of them, what if you grow tired of every new spreadsheet using this standard font? Maybe you want to use Arial or Verdana, or want cells a little larger so they are easier to read?

1. Select the “File” tab in the Ribbon….

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Microsoft Outlook 2010 – Force Spell Check to Occur Before Sending Emails

30 Oct

To help avoid embarrassing mistakes, configure Outlook 2010 to always spell check your e-mail before sending it.

Microsoft Outlook 2010 automatically corrects many common spelling errors via its AutoCorrect features, and words not found in the dictionary are marked with red squiggles. However, if you type up a quick e-mail and press the “Send” button, it can be easy to glance over possible spelling errors.

You can configure the software to automatically spell check documents once you hit the “Send” button, displaying dialog boxes as it finds possible misspellings and asking you how to correct them. While running a spell checker automatically won’t guarantee your documents will be free from errors, it probably won’t hurt. Plus, if you’re in a hurry and have to get an e-mail sent ASAP (errors or not), you can abort the spell check operation….

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