Weekly Pick 1.1

An awesome video we stumbled upon! It’s pretty cool, reminds us of how we areall one…

Tutorial 1.1: Internet Zoom

As many of you may be squinting to read this line, and as I have had a request for larger text here at Shrapnol, I have decided to enlighten any and all readers to a quick and easy solution (for me and you…).

Assuming your on a windows computer, as I am unsure of how to do this on a mac, there is one very easy way to enlarge or shrink the page you are looking at.

1. Simply hold down the control key
2. The press the “+” key to zoom in, and the “-” key to zoom out.

Note: Do not zoom in too far when viewing the this blog, as when you are ridiculosly close, the graphics are slightly off….Although I doubt anyone would want to zoom in that far.

The above technique works on Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari for windows (although not as well as the others), however, it does not work with Opera.

Some common Oxymoron’s:

45. Act naturally
44. Found missing
43. Resident alien
42. Advanced BASIC
41. Genuine imitation
40. Airline Food
39. Good grief
38. Same difference
37. Almost exactly
36. Government organization
35. Sanitary landfill
34. Alone together
33. Legally drunk
32. Silent scream
31. Living dead
30. Small crowd
29. Business ethics
28. Soft rock
27. Butt Head
26. Military Intelligence
25. Software documentation
24. New classic
23. Sweet sorrow
22. Childproof
21. “Now, then …”
20. Synthetic natural gas
19. Passive aggression
18. Taped live
17. Clearly misunderstood
16. Peace force
15. Extinct Life
14. Temporary tax increase
13. Computer jock
12. Plastic glasses
11. Terribly pleased
10. Computer security
9. Political science
8. Tight slacks
7. Definite maybe
6. Pretty ugly
5. Twelve-ounce pound cake
4. Diet ice cream
3. Working vacation
2. Exact estimate
1. Microsoft Works

Submitted by Peter Fenn

—Pretty Funny Stuff Huh? Just had to pass it on after it was posted in a comment.

Summer Journal 7/23/08

Today, I spent the day helping out at my mom’s work in Rancho Santa Margarita, by packing meals for the meals on wheels program, doing secretarial work, and some accounting.

I was then dropped off at Circuit City where I spent about 45 minutes browsing Xbox 360 games and accessories, PSP games, Computers, and TV’s. As I have been saving up for a laptop, I spent quite a bit of time in the laptop section where I came up with two clear contenders.

Laptop Links:

1. HP Pavilion dv6928us 15.4″ Widescreen Entertainment Laptop
2. HP Pavilion dv6910us 15.4″ Widescreen Entertainment Laptop
3. Laptop Comparison

I then wandered over to Walmart, briefly reviewed their software, games, and hardware before being picked up and heading home.