http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/ A sidelong glance at the computer age.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/261829If you've noticed, each of my blogs carries a little weather girl in a box now. This is a freebie. You can have one, too. Go to www.weatherpixie.com and customize your person. You can then copy the html code and load it into the template for your blog. Have fun.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/243312Although this sounds like one of "those" ads, it's the real thing. If you have excellent writing skills (punctuation, grammar, and spelling), can type or key steadily and accurately at a fast rate (80 wpm or above), and want to work at home, either full-time or part-time, I have something that...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/237371It seems I've been sitting at keys forever, and, in fact, it has been about 46 years. It started with an Underwood manual typewriter, progressed through electric and electronic typewriters, electronic typesetting machines, and into computer keyboards. I've had some interesting jobs and have loved...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/228544Here are a few little helpers I’ve gathered along the way. Hope they are helpful. F5 - Refreshes the screen Spacebar - Page down on a web page Shift + spacebar - Page up on a web page Alt + Left Arrow - Back to previous web page Alt + Right Arrow - Forward to next web page (like the "Forward"...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/201002Just when I thought I have been through every Internet addiction, I found a new one. It's poker. Not any old poker game you might find on your computer or even the Internet a couple of years ago. Nope, it's Texas Hold 'em, just like they play it on TV, with celebrities like Ben Affleck, Coolio,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/199291Here is what it's like where I work. I posted a note on our internal bulletin board about the Campbell's Click for Cans. All sorts of charitable notices, and other notices involving items for sale, just about everything, have been listed there. Here's what one woman responded: "I think I'd be...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/199232Today, Nov. 11, is the last day to click on the Chunky Soup thing. The Packers are ahead. Get your vote in by midnight to make it count. Good luck!http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/198700In case you haven’t discovered these Internet charity donation sites, they have all been around for more than a year and are worthwhile. One click a day is what’s requested and allowed. I keep them in the links section of my home page so it’s easy to remember to click each day....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/195472Here, I offering a few tips for novice eBayer sellers, assuming you already have the basics of creating an ad. If you have bought anything on eBay, you have probably formed some preferences on how you like to see things handled. This is not the only way, but it’s my way. Shipping and Handling It...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Witchflower3519/194471It worked! After much messing around with Ctrl-ALT-DEL, my computer finally ran the thorough ScanDisk. It found a ton of errors and problems and (hopefully) fixed them all. I know I should have run Defrag right away, but I'm going to do that when I sign off tonight and go to bed. Hoping this will...