Number 261 - February 2005

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Wide Ranging Material    Again this month the articles carried in this issue cover a wide range of subject matter ranging from beginner level users to old timers.    Like cookies? How about the Computer Cookies? Read about these ubiquitous features of web surfing in the Beginners section.    In the Communications section Vinny La Bash's Googlewhacking introduces the game of entering a keyword into Google's prompt box and getting only one response. Think it's easy? Read up on it and try it!    Then Steve Bass comments on how The Internet has become a neccessity in our lives.    In the Operating System section Vic Laurie gives sound advice in Basic Windows Maintenance on relatively simple steps you can take to keep your computer working well.    In the article entitled Cars, Computers and Blinking Lights in the General Interest section, Charles Bouvard tells us how he researched and solved the baffling performance of some accessories after replacing his car battery. He reverse-engineered a procedure not included in the owner's manual but which is part of a mechanic's trainig.	If you are a budding web designer you may be interested in the advice given by Jennifer Kyrnin in her article about Cutting Edge Web Effetcs.    In the Hardware section Burton Shane comments in The Naked Truth on what we seem willing to put up with just to use our computers. In the same section, Ken Fermoyle discusses the Universal Serial Bus (USB) in some detail.    Ending the Hardware section Sandy Shapiro resurrects an article Recycling Your PC written in 1991 about resurrecting old discarded computers Recalling a Spreadsheet Fix    Under the heading Spreadsheet Notes & Tips your editor describes how he recovered old files which he couldn't access. For years he has used macros (called .XQT commands) with this venerable and reliable old spreadsheet to maintain his ongoing accounts, income taxes, even net worth. However after a recent computer upgrade he lost this capability. Here he tells how he used an old newsletter to recover from this disaster. Radio Broadcast    Sandee Gimblett alerts us that computer author Kim Komando's program is broadcast locally on Saturdays from 1 to 4 pm on 770 AM radio. She also has a website at www.komando.com
Number 262 - February 2005