Jerry's Tips

Last Update: 12/17/03

Some favorite sites:

subject: Internet Public Library
Internet Public Library homepage...the following connections are found through this page
http://www.ipl.org/

subject: Dinosaurs on exhibit at the University of Michigan
Videos, research material, and resources....
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/exhibit/dino/

subject: Internet Public Library
Books for young children to read on the web
http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/StoryHour.html

subject: Hourly updated weather radar

http://www.intellicast.com/weather/abi/radar/

subject: Weather radar explained
http://www.intellicast.com/help/

subject: Music sites: Midi Music great sounds

I guess not everyone likes Midi music, but I do.

First download and open Crescendo to take advantage of the good sounds .... what are you waiting for, go buy some good external speakers, some with quality ... they are not going to wear out are they ... I guess that depends on how loud you play them.   When you play any of the pieces from the web it will then be on your hard drive in the Windows/Temp/Internet temp directory ....no problem. Just erase the ones you don't want. If you are short of disk space then copy the others to floppies. You can create a Music folder and keep a collection of all your music files and play them anytime you like by double clicking on the icon. You can use them later ... attach them to Norton's Disk Doctor .... let the music play while your computer works for you.

subject: Send a color postcard or a multimedia postcard
http://www.kodak.com/digitalImaging/pictureThis/picThisHome.shtml

subject: Now, where did I see that on the web?
So you lost the address to that web site you liked and forgot to mark it as a favorite huh?
Well, go to Explorer and look in Windows/internet temporary/ folder and you will probably find it there along with all the other stuff you been accessing on the web ... you didn't know you were leaving tracks(a history) of your surfing did you? When you find it just double click on it and next time select it as a favorite.

subject: An entertaining startup

Select the music site on the web and make notes on your favorite midi pieces. Write down the name of the music piece and the file name ... especially the file name. Such as RAZARA.MID or demo0013.mid two real interesting choices you will recognize as you play them. After you listen to them, they are then on your hard drive.
Next go to My Computer icon and build a new folder on drive C and name it Music.   Close My Computer and go to your Explorer. Use Explorer to move all mid (midi) files to your new Music folder. You can make you startup on Win95 a bit more interesting if not challenging. If you have Norton's Utilities for Win95, put Norton's in your startup folder. Make it one of your startup programs.   Through Norton's Utilities select one of the midi files to play as Norton's checks your drive. Read you Norton's Help feature about selecting sounds. Don't call me dude, I don't do free tutoring either (except for what little you can glean from this feature).    I am in the computer consulting business so I do charge for my services. These notes are so good though you won't need any help will you? :-)

Subject: Speaking of sound

You have external speakers, right. You should be hearing a loud ring through your external speakers when your mail arrives. If you are not hearing any sound (and want to) then check the following:
(1) See that the speakers are plugged in to the proper place in the back of the sound card.
(2) Speakers have to be turned on at the speakers on some units. Some have more than one               switch. Especially those that use batteries. Don't do like me and forget to turn off any                 battery powered ones when you are through using them. The next day you will have to buy          another set. I guess batteries are getting more difficult to build, their prices seem to go up           real often.
(3) In Win95 click on the volume icon on the task bar, set the volume at about 1/2 to 2/3 setting         if you want to hear for some distance.
(4) Go to My Computer icon, select Control folder, select Sound icon, scroll down and look to         see if a sound is selected for incoming mail. If it is set on none then pick the sound you want           to hear.
(5) Keep you e-mail box open but minimized and you should hear any incoming mail even when           away from your computer or while surfing, word-processing, etc.

  (6) If you are using Win 3.x, go figure. You will have to tell me.

Feature presented by Jerry Davis
Eastland Internet's Central and Southwestern Sales Representative

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