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The Web in 60 Seconds: DIY Screensavers on Windows
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Charles Pappas
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Jan 23, 2004 07:02 PST
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The Web in 60 Seconds newsletter for Friday, January 23
In this issue:
*Gotta-Have: Magic Hotkey
*Free-loader: Tutorial Outpost
*The Missing Link to... Mad Cows and Congresspeople
*Word Spy: White Food
*You'll Laugh Your Mouse Off: State of Disunion Interactive Crossword
Puzzle
*Today's Feature: DIY Screensavers on Windows
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*Today's Gotta-Have: Magic Hotkey
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*Today's Free-loader: Tutorial Outpost
Do you want to improve your graphics and multimedia creation skills?
This fine resource serves up hundreds of free tutorials, covering Adobe
Photoshop, 3D Studio Max and Flash. Each tutorial includes step-by-step
instructions and illustrations.
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*Word Spy: White Food n. Processed foods such as white sugar and
all-purpose flour, or starchy foods such as potatoes, rice, and pasta.
For all your jargon, lingo, & argot needs, go to The Word Spy:
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*The Missing Link to... Mad Cows and Congresspeople
"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the
streets and frighten the horses," said Victor Hugo. Yes, but what if
Congress stays indoors and calms down the mad cows instead? Or to be
more precise, the mad cows' owners? I mean...
Go here for the rest:
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/missing_link
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*You'll Laugh Your Mouse Off: State of Disunion Interactive Crossword
Puzzle
An eight letter word meaning "Bush's brain."
Answer: Karl Rove
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http://madkane.com/crossword_sotu_speech.html
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*Today's Feature: DIY Screensavers on Windows
If you want a top-notch screensaver-makign program, try Screensaver
Maker. But if you want to try out something bare bones and free first,
let Windows XP and Windows ME do it for you.
Both operating systems let you make your own screemsaver.
First, right-click any empty area of your desktop. Next, when the menu
pops up, choose Select Properties and after that select the Screen Saver
tab.
Under Screen Saver, click on the down arrow and and then choose My
Pictures Slideshow (XP)or My Pictures Screen Saver (ME).
After that, hit Settings and Browse to find the folder that contains
your photos or graphics. The screen saver you're creating by doing this
will automatically include all the pictures in the folder. You can also
set how fast the pictures should change and the size of the pictures.
Screensaver Maker
www.myzips.com/details.phtml?swid=4251
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