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Stuff from LindaABC Humor Contest Winners and ContestantsFirst of all, thanks to all the readers who sent me some really funny stuff. My choice of what was best and funniest was not easy. Unfortunately, I got some really funny stuff that was not computer-related so it could not be included, but thanks to those that made me laugh. I also got some great stuff that I had already seen before, so that wasn't eligible either. If you want to see all the computer-related stuff that didn't win, you can go to the homepage for this newsletter by clicking on the "home page" link above, then click on the key to enter the lounge, then click on the key to enter the "Chillin' Out" section. The ABC humor is in the section titled Linda's Computer Humor (submitted by subscribers.) Enjoy! Now ... onto the WINNERS! We had a tie!. The first one got the Zboard (custom keyboard) starter system as a prize. However, the second winner lives in Australia, and unbeknownst to me, the Zboard keyboards are not sold in Australia yet, so Ideazon didn't want to send him a keyboard which he would have no tech support for and would possibly not be compatible with Australian keyboard setups. So, I offered him two of my ebooks as a prize instead and he chose Excel 201 and Word 201. Congrats to both of you! Our first winner was "Frankie Boy from the frigid Northeast", who sent me a bunch of entries. My two favorites he sent are: The World's Kraziest Computers, which you can see by
clicking on this link: And a VERY funny mpeg movie called Mamma's Little Helper, which you can see by clicking here. You can either run it from here or download it so you have a copy of your own. Thank you Frankie Boy, for these great submissions. I hope you love your new keyboard! And, our second winner was IKARA (from Australia). He sent these two very funny animated gif takeoffs on Windows' error messages: Install Humor:
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Thanks to you too, IKARA. I hope you enjoy your ebooks! And, everybody else, keep your eyes on ABC for more contests coming up in the future!! And thanks again to all who participated. Here's a cool game you can play on the Internet. It's called The Number Jack. Simple, but one that can keep you busy for hours. I made you another screensaver. Because of all the recent scares about security, I decided to make this one to remind you about the stuff that can get into your computer when you aren't watching. I think it's kinda cute and funny. You can see a sample of it here (just click the Album button to run it.) And you can download the screensaver here. (Just download it to your computer, unzip it, then double click the exe file to install it. If you no longer want it, you can uninstall it from your control panel.)The Newbie Club has updated their popular Registry for Newbies ebook. The new version covers Windows XP. If you are not familiar with the registry and afraid to go in there, this is DEFINITELY the book for you. It's the only book I know of that walks you through your registry in a step-by-newbie-step way, so you can make corrections to your registry without fear. I highly recommend this one. If any of you know my pal, Mac Bagwell, you might be interested in knowing she's moved Martha's Web. So, you will need to update your Favorites to get to her wonderful website. If you are NOT familiar with it, I highly recommend you go there now. She's got lotsa stuff there that will keep you entertained for hours, and also well-informed.As many of you know, Microsoft has an outside support system, known as their MVP program. Any of you who have tried to get help using any of Microsoft's products have probably stumbled across these people on the Internet, offering countless hours of their time helping people for FREE. We have a few writers here who are Microsoft MVPs: Kathy Jacobs who writes all our great PowerPoint articles, Dian Chapman who has contributed some wonderful Word articles to ABC, and Greg Chapman who has given us some really fine geek information. And now, the MVPs have recognized two more of our regular writers: Tina Clarke and Vic Ferri were both invited to be MVPs this year. Tina accepted and Vic declined (though he said he really appreciated the offer). I just wanted to personally congratulate both of them for being recognized for the great support they offer to many. Whether or not they accepted is irrelevant to me .... that they were finally recognized, however, is something I want to publicize here. Tina and Vic ... you have both been extremely valuable to ABC and I hope you know that ABC has ALWAYS recognized your worth! Congrats to Tina on the new letters she now carries behind her name! Tina Clarke, Microsoft FrontPage MVP. J |
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