David Crossmier's Weblog

The Secret Histories of Those @#$%ing Computer Symbols

dcrossmier — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:38:46 +0000

Nice… The BlueTooth history was unexpected.
The Secret Histories of Those @#$%ing Computer Symbols

6 Windows Command prompt tricks that make life easier

dcrossmier — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:32:21 +0000

I ran across this tonight. I knew most of them, but a few were accessible in different ways. 6 Windows Command prompt tricks that make life easier

IE vs Firefox – Registry Entries

dcrossmier — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:50:34 +0000

Below is a registry key that can be used for at least Windows XP to determine which browser has been selected as the default browser. I used it in my Perfect Keyboard macros to create an entry on my Launch Browser menu that would be aware of the current user choice.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet]
@=”FIREFOX.EXE”

— vs ———————————————

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet]
@=”IEXPLORE.EXE”

I’ll bet that this registry entry has been present in previous versions of Windows also.

Tags vs Categories

dcrossmier — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:32:30 +0000

Seems I can have both tag and category clouds in WordPress, sweet! I know that tags can be sprinkled anywhere in posts, but what about categories? I see that categories can be hierarchical which tags cannot do by design.

I get a checkbox list of categories when creating a post. I’m putting this post in every category except “Uncategorized”

I have to enter tags manually, separating them with commas. I sure wish it could give me a list of my currently used tags. Perhaps I just haven’t found the list yet… Ah, it has a type-ahead in the tag textbox for currently used tags, but you have to know the first letter of the tag. Better than nothing.

Food Post #2

dcrossmier — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:11:20 +0000

#2 I’m creating a post with the Food and Drink tag to see if it increases the font for the tag list on the site…

Hello world

Food post

dcrossmier — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:10:24 +0000

I’m creating a post with the Food and Drink tag to see if it increases the font for the tag list on the site…

Test Franklin Entry 2

dcrossmier — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:23:01 +0000

This is a test

This is some text in a table in a cell to the right of a blinking smiley animated gif. I want to see if this text will flow around in the cell. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times. I’m going to copy this line of text multiple times.

This is more text outside of the table. This is more text outside of the table. This is more text outside of the table. This is more text outside of the table. This is more text outside of the table. This is more text outside of the table. This is more text outside of the table.

r1c1	r1c2	r1c3	r1c4	r1c5
r2c1	r2c2	r2c3	r2c4	r2c5
This is a cell that has a lot of text in it to see if the cell will wrap to accommodate the long winded words!	row 3 column 2, bold and red.	*Green bold 14 point italic Times New Roman*	Regular Verdana italic
Merged cells here. First 3 columns merged to one.

Vadim’s writing

Notepad also at 24 point.

Tahoma table

Two rows and columns	cyan background

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Honey Baked Ham

dcrossmier — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:37:45 +0000

HoneyBaked Ham is $6.09 per pound today. Publix ham was $4.79 for pre-glazed and $3.00 for the do-it-yourself honey baked glaze, both on sale as of last Wednesday. I used the table below to determine how much ham to buy. Definitely buy a spiral cut ham, it is worth any extra money and saves your arm from carving! We went the cheapest route, buying the ham from Publix and adding the glaze ourselves. It was actually on sale for $2.50 per pound when we bought a few days before Christmas.

People to Pounds Table

People	Pounds of ham	Publix Do-It-Yourself Honey Glaze	HoneyBaked Store in 2007
6-10	8 lbs	$20	$48 – $54
11-15	9 lbs	$22.50	$54 – $60
15-18	10 lbs	$25	$60 – $66

The ham will last at least 7 days in the refrigerator.

Ambigrams

dcrossmier — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:32:36 +0000

I’d never heard of an ambigram before, but like other word-play like palindromes, I found ambigrams very interesting also. An ambigram is a graphic that spells a word as presented, but also in another direction or orientation.

Ambigram.net is an excellent site that has several ambigrams created by the author. The site has gallery pages that have ambigrams of some names including my own. Page 4 has my name, David, that is a Flash program and will rotate when clicked to show the other direction.

Here are some other ambigrams of David/Dave: