Page 10 Diablo Blue September, 2001
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Pre-Meeting Game News by Craig Peterson, DVPC |
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Last month's winner was Vera Krauss. She had 85 correct words. Vera, you can pick your prize up at the next general meeting.
Vera is one of the best players we have in the club, but we know there are those who can provide a challenge for her. See Peggy, Stan (or whoever is at the table when you enter) and get your puzzle. Be sure you turn it in before the first speaker (yes, those who come early get more time to work on it), and one member will get a prize. Good luck!
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From the Deals Guy... |
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nal hard drive configurations, it's capable of using Windows, Linux and other OSs. Uses a headpiece or a wrist-worn flat screen for viewing. All this for a mere $3995. Think they would give us a discount? Nahhhh!
I received e-mail from Walter Belt of Alamo PC Organization asking a question and was fascinated by his signature; an animated pen writing his name. I asked how he did it and he said he wasn't that good. However, he exposed me to a world I was completely unaware of -- all kinds of animated signatures. It's worth a peek, if for no other reason then your curiosity.
Some people won't be happy with an animated gif running on their machine that started without their permission, which is the case with these animated signatures. On the other hand, many may be unaware of it as I was, so I thought I would pass along just one of Walter's sources. I won't insert any into this column, just a URL to visit. Even though I'm fascinated with all this, I decided to remain a bystander. You'll be fascinated when you visit the following URL: members.home.com/rblwood/signature.html. Russ's Web site offers many free names, but others must be bought. I e-mailed Russ about a discount for the column and he said most of them are free, but would offer a 50% discount to a limited amount of people who needed signatures that aren't free by mentioning Bob Click.
Next month, I'll have more URLs to obtain free animated signatures, so if you have a source, send it to me. These might make a good topic for your graphics SIG.
I received this announcement. It's not free like the last clipboard, but I'm passing it on because it sounds very good. Here's the memo:
"Dear Valued MemTurbo Customer: we're writing to let you know about a special offer we are extending to MemTurbo customers. We are currently offering our flagship product, ClipTrakker, at a 71% discount to people who have purchased MemTurbo from us. Normally retailing for $34.85, you can add ClipTrakker to your utility chest for only $9.95! To obtain the special $9.95 offer (a $24.90 savings), please visit this link: [My readers get this deal, even if you don't have MemTurbo]. store.yahoo.com/sharewareonline/clipforregme.html.
"ClipTrakker is the must-have clipboard enhancement/replacement: It automatically tracks every piece of data that goes on the clipboard for later use. Generates graphical thumbnails for each clipboard snapshot. Supports complex OLE data types natively, not just text or pictures. Single-keystroke quickpaste into active application. Includes scrapbook-style-tabbed pages for organizing clipboard snapshots, in-place editing of clipboard, multi-format export capability. Very easy to use and extremely powerful!
"Remember that URL, password, picture or piece of text that you had yesterday or last week
