Move your computer screen to just below eye level. Your eyes will close slightly when you’re staring at the computer, minimizing fluid evaporation and the risk of dry eye syndrome, says John Sheppard, M.D., who directs the ophthalmology residency program at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.
Here is a list [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by pdone
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Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a Maryland State Trooper sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. He thinks to himself, “This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!” So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.
Approaching the car, he notices there are five [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2008 by pdone
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Several months ago I introduced my recommendations for refined language. I suggested that we begin in the English language to eliminate and consolidate unnecessary letters like c and x. Instead replacing them with existing letters like k, and s respectively.
With lackluster performance among the English speaking world - I figure we should start on smaller [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by pdone
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This may be of little interest to many of you, but I have been partcipating in a Geographic Information System (GIS) Graduate Certificate program. I am nearly half way through the program and already begin to understand the depth this science deals with. I’ve decided on the following classes to finish the program:
Fall 2008:
GEOG 563 [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by pdone
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It is probably me, but the past several days everywhere I go seems to be bombarded with this song called Hey Delilah by Plain White T’s. They (he?) is a pop band that sings a catchy tune about a guy whose girl has gone off to school in New York City. If you haven’t heard [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2008 by pdone
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As discussed earlier in February 2008 - I have been working on publishing a new domain. It i finally alive and independent all on its own. My new domain www.pauldone.com is up and running. Right now it only has a half-baked draft of a resume - but more is coming.
Click Here - Tell the World
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by pdone
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You designed your Excel spreadsheet so that you will be able to keep track of your products’ prices and part numbers, and you applied the Text format to the Part Number column — yet every time you enter a part number into a cell, the Smart Tag pops up with a Number Stored As [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by admin
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Word 2007’s Quick Parts promise to save you time with one-click formatting. However, if the available building blocks do not match your document needs, you’ll spend more time than you would like reformatting them. Fortunately, Word lets you add your own custom building blocks so you only have to reformat them once.
For example, suppose you [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by admin
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When designing an Access application, don’t neglect to plan for the ToolTips! ToolTips let you provide context-sensitive help wherever and whenever needed. To access your ToolTip help, simply move your mouse pointer over a control on the form and the Tooltip will appear with help on that control. Not only can ToolTips cut down on [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by admin
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Visit almost any database forum and ask whether you should use Access to support a data-driven website and you’re bound to start a wildfire! It’s almost as much fun as watching a debate on the superiority of surrogate versus natural primary keys. You see, many database and IT professionals reject Access as nothing more than [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by admin
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