Breaking News....

I'll be on a brief hiatus for the next 10 days. After that, I will begin making regular postings once again. I appreciate your continued support, encouragement, and patronage!

Do you own a boat?

If you do, and it's the kind that you can put on a trailer and tow it from place to place, then you'll probably want to check out the "Boat Launch Locator" site. You'll find information on more than 25,000 boat launch locations and the database is growing quickly.

Hit the road and hit the water!

The Clovis Chronicles Project

I'm working on my first fiction novel and I've started posting portions to the Internet. Click here to learn more. You're invited to make comments and suggestions.

Do you own a digital camera?

Ownership of those devices is getting more and more common. If you do own a digital camera, then you should check out the "PhotonHead" Web site. There is more free information there about digital cameras and photography than you can shake a stick at. You owe it to yourself to make sure that you get the very best images out of your camera.

More on "Hot Keys"

Another one of my favorite keyboard combinations is:

CTRL+N

This key combo immediately opens up a new browser window. A lot of folks don't realize that they can open multiple browser windows and use them simultaneously. I hardly ever surf the Web without at least three windows. Some pages/sites take longer to load than others and so while one or two pages are loading, I'm reading the content on another page.

Do you oftentimes find yourself straining to read the small text on a Web page? I know I do. Now, this little tip isn't really a "hot key", but it's close. After a page loads, hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and at the same time scroll the little wheel that is located on your mouse. When you scroll one direction, the text should get larger. Scroll the other direction, the text gets smaller. Simply use this technique to adjust the font size to whatever is the most comfortable for you.

Hot Keys....

As you may well know, most of the programs that run under the Windows operating system can be navigated with "hot keys". "Hot Keys" are a combination of key strokes that perform the same operation as a mouse click.

Why is that important?

Sometimes, it's actually more convenient to just tap a few keys than it is to take your hands off of the keyboard, place your hand on the mouse, move the cursor over the desired spot, and then to click on it.

I frequently utilize "hot keys" while navigating the Internet with Internet Explorer.

Here are my favorite:

ALT+D = This key combo takes you directly to the Address bar where you can quickly type in Web address.

CTRL+ENTER = I love this one. Let's say I want to go to the homepage for Yahoo. I jump up to the Address bar (using the first combo above), then I simply type in "yahoo" (no quote marks please), as soon as I finish typing "yahoo", I press the and keys at the same time. Magically, the "www." and the ".com" are added to the "yahoo", and I'm taken directly to the http://www.yahoo.com/ Web site.

I think you ought to go play with these two key combinations for awhile. I'll post some more tomorrow!

Virtual Views

Here's something a little different. It's a listing of the top 18 most beautiful city skylines in the world. Of course, there are pictures offered up also. Click here to check out the list.