November 2004 - Posts
Ever wonder how you would look on South Park? Now you can find out.
This is me.
My DSL connection slowed to a crawl last night and was still that way when I woke up this morning. After trying modem resets three times, I went to the SBC Northeast - SNET forum to see if anyone else in my area was having the same problem. MrFixitCT, a former forum moderator, suggested resetting the router as well. Bingo!! I was back to normal speeds right away.
Imagine what it would be like if more than 95 percent of all print publications, from textbooks to popular novels to magazines and daily newspapers, were simply unavailable to you. For millions of people worldwide who are blind or have other print disabilities such as mobility impairments or learning disabilities that prevent them from using traditional printed materials, that limitation is a fact of life. It doesn't have to be that way.
Last week, the Microsoft Accessible Technology Group (ATG) hosted a three-day international forum called, "Libraries for the Blind and Print Disabled: Moving Toward a Digital Future," which attracted library representatives from around the world and featured a keynote address by Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect.
Gates talked about the advantages of digital technology over traditional analog formats, such as audio tapes, explaining how digital technology can lower the costs of converting and distributing content, enable libraries to share information more easily, and make more information available to more people. Gates also pointed out that digital formats often provide a better user experience for people who are blind or have print disabilities, allowing many different people to access the same information online simultaneously and making it easy for individual users to locate specific information within texts.
I just had to pass this on ...
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder.
John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued,
"May I ask what the turkey did?"
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! To all who celebrate the holiday.
Microsoft is expanding its security bulletin program to provide all customers with advance information about upcoming monthly security updates. Starting this month, the TechNet Security site http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx will publish a general summary of planned security bulletin releases three business days before each regularly scheduled monthly bulletin release.
The next Security Bulletin Advance Notification is scheduled for Thursday December 9, 2004, and will outline information for the Tuesday December 14, 2004, security bulletin release.
An error occurred accessing your FrontPage web files.
When trying to import or publish a file with a size greater than 1 MB, you receive the following error:
"An error occurred accessing your FrontPage web files. Authors - if authoring against a web server, please contact the webmaster for this server's site. Webmasters - please see the server's system log for more details."
Read this article for some possible causes and solutions:
http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/tutorials/error_1mb_files.htm
How to create a "Pick List" page with a dropdown list and generate a detail page
http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/tutorials/picklist_with_dropdown.htm
Enjoy!