Computers

February 25, 2010

Filler Text in Word

Here's a great tip that I found on the Official blog of the Microsoft Word product team. Seems like a good blog to visit often if you use Microsoft Word and want to get some good information.

Quick Tip: Filler Text

It's super easy to put generic text into a Word document for all of your filler text needs (especially useful during demos and presentations). Just start a new paragraph and:

1. Type "=rand()" and press Enter for three paragraphs of text
2. Type "=lorem()"and press Enter for three paragraphs of random characters that approximate a normal distribution of letters know as Lorem Ipsum

February 02, 2010

Breevy

I have been looking for tool very similar to TextExpander by Smile on my Mac. This is a great text replacement tool that allows you to type in some characters and the text gets replace. For example if I type in tx it gets replace with Thank You.

TextExpander is great, but its for Macintosh Only. Which is a problem since at work I use Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

I am currently testing Breevy, by 16 Software. So far the application works great! I am not seeing any performance issues with my computer. I run Visual Studio 2008, Outlook and several different browsers and don't see any performance hit by using a text expander program.

The application is very easy to install and can be access by clicking on the icon in the Task bar. The Typo Auto Correction is very cool as it automatically replaces misspelled words in any application.

I am still testing it out to see if its worth purchasing it for $29.95. I am liking the results that I see thus far, and I think that it will definitely help my performance at work. My trial period ends on March 1st.

January 13, 2010

GLFE.EXE Application

If you find any of these files in your C:WINDOWSTemp directory:

GLFE.EXE, GLFC.EXE, GLFB.EXE, GLF855.EXE, GLF12.EXE, GLF10.EXE

They are from the Weather Channel Application. It is safe to delete these temporary files, they are just uninstall applications that were created when you closed out of the Weather Channel during your computer start up.

October 22, 2009

Windows 7

Today is the launch of Windows 7. Let's see how this will help Microsoft in the long run. Both for the company and for people adapting to the new operating system. Some of the reviews I have read seem to think that Microsoft has redeem it self.

Microsoft closed at 26.58 yesterday and they currently have a Market Cap of 237.31B. Apple closed at 204.94 and they have a market cap of 184.39B.

October 20, 2009

Apple II at the Smithsonian.

Someone at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History doesn't like Apple. Click on the image to see a larger view of a exhibit at the Smithsonian. Notice the price of the Apple I. 

Someone at Reddit told me that the price is correct, and that its not some trick that someone at the Smithsonian did. I can't believe that to be true, but there is an old brochure that shows the price of the Apple I as the same as the one in the Smithsonian.

Next time I'll double check my facts before posting it.