Windows Fonts, How to Disable, Install & Remove

Do you use a word-processor? Are you a Windows user? Do you have hundreds of fonts you don’t use on your system?

I certainly did and as a writer it was becoming more tedious every day to keep scrolling up and down the drop-down list for the few fonts I use. Have you ever noticed how there is always a font you use near the top and bottom of the list? Well I decided to clean up the number of fonts installed on my Windows XP system and the following is the methods I used.

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Here is a little quote I found to be particularly interesting and quite informative at the same time… what do you think?

“A tenant .. is a partner in business who will open up the shop each morning and lock it up at night. They will look after security and inform you of potential problems in the business. They will cut the grass, rake the leaves, shovel the snow, pay all the utilities. They will even pay all your mortgage payments and taxes. Then, in the end, they will relinquish all monetary interest in the business and walk away, leaving you with the profits.”

Tim Johnson, Co-Founder, Real Estate Investment Network

What A Teacher Makes

by Philip King

What follows is a little different to my usual ramblings and is based on an item I read online 091218 at baconbabble.

Having read the item I decided it would be an idea to expand upon the topic, after all, like doctors and nurses most teachers around the world are over paid, under worked and just plain lazy.

The famous phrase, “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” in my opinion begs the questions, "can do what?" and "will teach what?".

As we move though life we remember the significant periods and events. If we ignore the traumatic events, memories of which are basically forced upon us, who are the people, other than family, that we remember? I think most will answer in a similar manner … the doctors, nurses and/or midwife that delivered your children, the dentist who removed your first tooth, the doctor who gave you a sweet just for saying, "ahh" and of course your school head master / mistress plus your most hated and most loved teacher.

So, lets begin the exercise, a teacher is asked the question, "What do you make?" with the expected response being related to the mighty dollar (no slur intended). But what does a teacher really make? The following are some of the answers I’ve received … please feel free to add your comments.

Make Your Site Sell

Get your Free Downloadable Internet Marketing Book before the offer ends.

In 1999 when the book ‘Make Your Site Sell’ by Ken Envoy, an internet marketer, was first launched, the book was hailed as the most complete guide to internet marketing available and sold over 100,000 copies and debuted at the low price of $17.

The book that was coined, “The BIBLE Of Selling On The Net”, can be yours for FREE.

Although a little dated, much of the information contained within this book is timeless. Indeed, Mr Envoy was well ahead of his time in understanding the importance of having frequently updated content on a website.

When you download the book, ignore the stuff on search engines as it is out of date, but the rest of it is very good. The book is a little long, over 800 pages, but well worth reading.

The book can be downloaded from http://myss.sitesell.com, the link for the book can be found at the bottom of the page.

Ideas worth spreading

Just found two very interesting videos by behavioural economist Dan Ariely.

In the first video Dan asks, "Are we in control of our own decisions" and shows how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions.

In the second video Dan discusses our buggy moral code and the hidden reasons we think it’s OK to cheat or steal (sometimes).

To see the videos click here

Amazing Free Software

As you know, software can cost a fortune and good software can be so costly it’s simply unaffordable for most people. But, thanks to the likes of Sun Microsystems, Google, Sourceforge contributors, WordPress and many other kind hearted entrepreneurs there are 1000’s of software applications completely free which perform as good or better than their costly counterparts.

This listing is just some of the free software I use on a daily basis and there is lots more free software available to you. I will add, delete and modify the list as time goes on.

To see the current listing click here…

Windows XP Day in Notification area

XP Clock

Isn’t it strange how we overlook the simple things.

I wanted to show the day as well as the time [day & time] in the Windows notification area. By default I have only the time showing. I know if you pass your mouse cursor over the clock the date will be displyed in a small popup, but I just wanted the day and time showing (I seem to be loosing track of the days, they just keep slipping by without me noticing).

I tried several freeware and shareware alternatives but none seemed to fit the bill, then at the very last moment (why do things always happen a the last moment, why can’t we have the last moment first) I accidentally made the taskbar taller by dragging the top edge upward and there before my very eyes is the day of the week.

Another alternative is to move the taskbar to the side of the screen instead of the foot of the screen. This has the added advantage (for me anyway) of enabling the full time, day, date display and the ability to display far more icons without the loss of screen space. Though I must admit it’s as confising as … at first.

Wow, it’s that time already … see you next time.

Soundbooth to Captivate WAV import problem solution

Problem

It would seem there is a problem between Adobe Soundbooth, Adobe Captivate and various other sound editing software packages when using WAV files. I have tried for hours today to import WAV files from Soundbooth to Captivate. As far as I can tell, the problem is with the WAV file output from Soundbooth, other programs don’t seem to like it.

Welcome

Hi and welcome to the first day of my first attempt at blogging using WordPress 2v8.