Sometimes we just need simple tools to check or fix things. I ran across this web site that has links to tools that are either free, or almost free. I don’t know about you, but I am definitely downloading them when I get home tonight!
http://tech.msn.com/downloads/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=8772825>1=40000
Prepared to be pinged!!!!!!
You’ve all heard of the nifty little software for creating tutorials, right? Camtasia? The thing is, you need to buy it. Well, this little program was just too good to be true. Sooooo…… someone created an open source version. Meaning, it’s free! Oh, NOW I have your attention. Okay, here’s the details:
CamStudio
http://camstudio.org/
It records both video and audio on your computer and compresses the files to .swf files (meaning you can upload them to YouTube!!!). Hurray open source!
Okay, while you are looking at the web site, I’m going to play with my CamStudio. See you in YouTube!!
In an effort to refresh my memory about ‘this->’ pointers, I came across a wonderful blog site chock full of stuff about PHP and MySQL. They also cover Javascript, CSS, and lots of other stuff as well.
O.M.G. – I get these emails from BOXX Technologies all the time and today I actually took a moment to read the most recent.
3DBOXX 7550 Series Workstation:
Only for a measly $3,515.00. *choke* *gasp* Oh wait….ONLY $116.70/month! I’m in trouble. Do I really need all that processing power to run Second Life? Well…
I have been considering how to speed up my processor. I know, I know, upgrade memory. Did that. Got the highest video card I could get without upping my power supply. However, my poor motherboard can only handle 4 of the 8 pipelines that my graphics card has. And lately, Secondlife has been crashing or freezing in busy areas. Yes, I could get a new motherboard…
But still….the 3DBOXX looks so enticing. I could use it for graphics and video editing, too. But would I use it enough to justify the costs?
While I’m deciding, all of you computer geeks can check it out for yourself at this link.
Yes, there IS hope! Found this great web site to answer your computer-related questions.
Someone asks me something I don’t know? I run to this web site, find the answer, and come back with the information looking like I really know what I’m talking about. Shhhhhh…don’t tell anyone. 
Boxes with rounded corners!!!
There are lots and lots of CSS code out there for creating boxes with rounded corners, but many I tried didn’t work (perhaps I was missing something?). The ones that did work for me seemed to be the ones that use a single image or parts of a single image. The boxes can “grow” vertically, but usually are set in width. One such site that creates the image for you and gives you the HTML and CSS code is: http://www.spiffybox.com/index.php?
Note that the width and height are set in pixels, not percentages. The height needs to be set at max of whatever you’ll need as the resulting box can always be smaller, but not larger. The width is fixed. So if you want, create more than one width and save them as .png files. You will need to adjust the width in your CSS to accommodate the width of your box. Please note: They have two “width” settings, one for IE WIN, and one for Mozilla/others. To get the IE WIN version to work, put an underscore in front of “width.” So “width” becomes “_width.” Also note, the IE WIN “width” needs to be 15 pixels larger than the image width.
So yes, you do need to be familiar with CSS. If you’re playing with creating rounded boxes, you need to know it anyway. Go to the site, play with the numbers. Try it out. Worked for me!
