tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71819434148751155252024-03-18T21:22:22.775-07:00Curious Reasoncogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-26290955702301801522019-09-15T17:37:00.000-07:002019-09-15T17:37:27.703-07:00<div>
<span style="background-color: #; color: #f4cccc; font-size: large;">Excel Printing Size</span></div>
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If you're having trouble adjusting the print sizes in Excel, you might try adjusting the printer's own properties. You can do it within Excel by clicking:<br />
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<li>File</li>
<li>Print</li>
<li>Printer Properties (a link)</li>
<li>Instead of Factory Defaults, choose General Everyday Printing, then OK.</li>
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cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-75417443238893266182014-12-18T14:47:00.000-08:002014-12-18T14:47:28.531-08:00Android Battery Help: Solve gtalk_async_conn wakelock with Factory Reset<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Is gtalk_async quickly draining your
Android's battery? Factory reset works for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Back up your data
first. Contacts, images, music, and apps may be backed up by HiSuite or some
other application.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After reset, for
me, PlayStore wouldn't work right, because my Wi-Fi was not connected fully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I finally got all
of my apps set up, and my battery shows full again! Also, the phone works
faster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Time will tell if
gtalk_async shows itself again (I don't know how it happened in the first
place).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-63014836467616266142013-06-19T17:04:00.002-07:002013-06-20T07:29:17.215-07:00Essay Writing Method<br />
What is your essay about? <br />
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1. Write a sentence that tells what your essay is about:<br />
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"My essay is about people texting and talking on cell phones while driving."<br />
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2. Read your sentence, and then start asking questions:<br />
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"What about being on a cell phone while driving concerns me?"<br />
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3. Write complete sentences that answer question #2:<br />
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"Danger exists when people are distracted while driving. They might hit pedestrians, miss lights and signs, have a slower reaction time, and swerve their car."<br />
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4. Ask questions that support the information in question #3:<br />
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"How do you know danger exists when people are distracted?"<br />
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5. Look up the questions somewhere such as Google or the library:<br />
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Using their cell phones, drivers' reaction times are delayed as much as having a blood alcohol level of .08 percent (illegal in some states).1<br />
<a href="http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp">http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp</a><br />
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18% of distraction related fatalities in america reported cell phone use.2<br />
Texting takes your eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds. At 55mph, that's like driving blindfolded the length of a football field.2<br />
<a href="http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/index.html">http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/index.html</a><br />
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(Don't forget to credit these sources at the end of your paper.)<br />
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6. Go back to question #2, and choose another answer:<br />
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"What can people do to stop texting and using a cell phone while driving?<br />
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7. Write complete sentences that answer question #6:<br />
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"Send a text or call the person before you get into your car, to let them know you can't communicate then. Turn off your phone while in a vehicle, so you won't be tempted. Have a passenger text or call for you."<br />
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8. Write complete sentences what you learned or concluded from your paper:<br />
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"Prioritize the dangers of driving above cell phone communication. The consequences are important."<br />
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9. Summarize and generalize your points:<br />
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"Cell phones, that are convenient for socialization, have their proper time and place. The risks while driving are too important, since driving takes valuable attention."<br />
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10. Go back to your sentences and see where you may express your ideas better. Use a thesaurus to get the word that closely represents your thought. Run your text through a grammar and spellchecker.<br />
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11. Use transition words to tie ideas together.<br />
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12. Think of a title that gives the main idea in a few words.<br />
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Here's the essay I wrote:<br />
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Driving Distracted from Cell Phone Use<br />
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Communication by cell phone is popular for its convenience. However, a concern exists whenever cell phones are used for texting and talking while driving. <br />
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Of primary concern is distracted driving, that spurs various dangers. Pedestrians' safety is jeopardized. Lights and signs are missed. Slower reaction times increase. Vehicles swerve from inattention.<br />
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This problem is real. Using their cell phones, drivers' reaction times are delayed as much as having a blood alcohol level of .08% (illegal in some states).<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span> Also, texting takes your eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds. At 55mph, that's like driving blindfolded the length of a football field.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span> Significantly, 18% of distraction related fatalities in america had reported cell phone use.<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span><br />
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To reduce these statistics, drivers (and pedestrians) could change their habits to stop texts and calls while driving.<br />
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For example, text or call the person before you get into your car, to let them know you can't communicate then. Also, turn off your phone while in a vehicle, so you won't be tempted to answer if you receive a text or call. Finally, have a passenger text or call for you.<br />
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Seeing the bigger picture, we may prioritize the dangers of driving, above cell phone usage. The consequences are serious, especially for pedestrians.<br />
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Indeed, cell phones, convenient for socialization, have their proper time and place. The risks while driving are substantial, and we all benefit from more attentive drivers.<br />
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For good information about writing a paper:<br />
<a href="http://www.43things.com/entries/view/2801789">http://www.43things.com/entries/view/2801789</a><br />
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Footnotes:<br />
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This post is a response to the YouTube video:<br />
How To write An Essay (HowToBasic response) .<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFdqkkFw4lA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFdqkkFw4lA</a><br />
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1.<br />
<a href="http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp">http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp</a><br />
2. <br />
<a href="http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/index.html">http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/index.html</a>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-67780636033162936262013-03-19T14:59:00.000-07:002013-03-19T15:16:04.105-07:00WordPad Template - RTF No PermissionDo you want to open WordPad with the font size and style you choose? Or, has MSWord stolen the file association for RTF (rich text format), so your text file won't open in WordPad? Here's the fix:<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Open WordPad, choose the font style and size you want (and any other options), and then choose 'File/Save As'. Type any name you want (I used 'template'), and then 'OK'. Go to where you saved this file, and right click on it to choose 'Send to (Desktop)'. Now its shortcut is on your desktop.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4UXCvWN7J3wKxmfCa3vmxf5gmIuTyuPFGUBG9yKyluMacOx7iTrQdptWhTO_87osQ-jewdBlMw9_3eS_Rdw7EoWpnCpSXxQ3aT2mhkPXmu1IbriRrMTUBSt8dfNlw6mmdb53_xDigLpI/s1600/openwith.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" psa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4UXCvWN7J3wKxmfCa3vmxf5gmIuTyuPFGUBG9yKyluMacOx7iTrQdptWhTO_87osQ-jewdBlMw9_3eS_Rdw7EoWpnCpSXxQ3aT2mhkPXmu1IbriRrMTUBSt8dfNlw6mmdb53_xDigLpI/s320/openwith.bmp" width="270" /></a>Right click on its desktop shortcut to choose 'Open With'. Select 'Choose Program'. Click WordPad in the list. Then, make sure the box is checked that says, 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file', and click 'OK'. </div>
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When you use this shortcut to write a new document, make sure to save whatever you type as a different file, by choosing 'File/Save As', and typing a different filename. That way your RTF shortcut will always open up blank (without text). To make it easy to find, you may drag this shortcut into the Quick Launch on the taskbar, or into the Start Menu, or copy/paste it into any folder you choose. </div>
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I used this method because my privileges to change file associations were blocked. Since I only needed one type of file changed, this worked for me.<br />
<br />cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-23340076327153163082012-04-11T08:11:00.001-07:002012-04-16T13:49:54.139-07:00Start Button: "Open All Users" and "Explore All Users" Context Menu Disable<div textalign="justify">
<p>Right clicking on the Start button in Windows gives a context menu that contains "Open All Users" and "Explore All Users". Since I didn't need those two items cluttering my menu, I Googled and found that I could remove them through Group Edit.</p>
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<p>So, when I opened gpedit.msc in Run, then "User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Start Menu and Taskbar/Remove common program groups from Start Menu", I disabled it.</p>
<p>This did remove the context menu for All Users. However, disabling this setting will also remove the All Users program groups that show in your "Start/All Programs" menu (workaround below). This means that many of the program shortcuts installed on the computer probably won't show up anymore. The reason is that many programs, upon installation, <i>do</i> put their shortcut groups in the All Users profile.</p>
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<p>If you want to see what resides there, open Window Explorer and go to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs". Now, if you still want to disable the common program groups, there is a way to still see the shortcuts from the All Users profiles in your "Start/All Programs" menu.</p>
<p>Remember, though, that programs that install after this change will probably install their shortcuts into the All Users folder, and your user profile won't be able to see them (yes, this Group Edit change only works for your own profile, not other users, since it's located in the "User Configuration" in Group Edit).</p>
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<p>Just copy the Shortcut folder from the All Users profile, and then paste it in your own profile. Example:</p>
<p>In Windows Explorer, copy "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Yahoo! Messenger"
to "C:\Documents and Settings\your profile name\Start Menu\Programs"</p>
<p>Make sure you *copy* and not cut, as other users on the computer won't be able to see the shortcuts if you do.</p>
<p>If you don't like the change, you can reverse it immediately by choosing "Not Configured", for the common groups, in the Group Editor. If something isn't clear, please leave a comment.</p></div>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-76525140237069845582011-12-06T17:18:00.001-08:002011-12-06T17:51:43.469-08:00Change Wave PCM<div textalign="justify">
Are you looking for a wave to pcm converter? I spent too long Googling the simplest way to convert .wav files to pcm, and it's actually not a conversion, but a format.<br />
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The <font style="color: #cc33cc;">Sound Recorder</font> program in Windows will format sound files if you do the following:<br />
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• Click Start button/All Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/Sound Recorder.<br />
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• Click File/Open and find the path to your .wav file. Open it.<br />
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• Click File/<font style="color: #cc33cc;">Save As</font> and find the <font style="color: #cc33cc;">Format</font>. Press the <font style="color: #cc33cc;">Change</font> button, and choose the Format and Attributes that you want from the dropdown menus. Press OK, then Save it in the location of your choice.</div>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-41941659855864956362010-12-21T17:30:00.000-08:002010-12-21T17:44:42.781-08:00Easy CSS/HTML Page Part 3<div align="justify">We should discuss how CSS influences HTML, and vice versa.
CSS has style organizations put together in classes and id's.
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</p><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">class = .nameofclass { }</span></div></li><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><p align="justify">
</p></span><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">id = #nameofid { }</span></div></li><p align="justify">
</p></ul><div align="justify">
A class uses a period before the name of the class. An id
uses a hash mark (pound symbol) before the name of the id.
The class form styles many types of areas, whereas the id
form usually styles one specific area.
HTML calls (tells the browser to look in the CSS for) these
classes and id's, with this form:
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</p><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><div class="nameofclass"></div></span></div></li><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><p align="justify">
</p></span><li><div align="justify"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><div id="nameofid"></div></span></div></li><p align="justify">
</p></ul>
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So the CSS needs a class or id name that the HTML can call,
to style a box's position, size, or look. If the CSS class or
id was missing or wrong, the browser would ignore the call,
and display the box/area however it can. The same goes for a
missing/wrong class/id within the HTML.</div>
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These class or id names also shorten the HTML code (which is
already pretty long). We can call the same class many times
for different areas, with just one name. Then, those areas
are styled with the exact same position, size, and look. </div>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-19700688161569972052010-12-17T05:31:00.000-08:002010-12-21T16:47:02.730-08:00Easy CSS/HTML Page Part 2<p></p>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Welcome back. Our created page is a dark background with light text. In the top CSS, we changed the font color with the 'color:#', and the background color with the 'background-color:#'.</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">So, we can see that these css values are labeled similar to what they change. The beginning part of the css tag tells us where the objects are on the page, like the 'body'. To put the location, and the object being changed, together, we'll have:</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">body {background-color:#333333;color:#eeeeee;}</span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The curly brackets contain the changes of whatever is being changed, inside the 'body' part of the page. The six digit number after the colors are a hexadecimal code for digital coloring (2 numbers each for Red, Green, and Blue). The Hexadecimal range is <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">0123456789abcdef</span>.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Just change the numbers and save, then refresh your browser. You'll see how the color changes. Closer to zero is darker, and closer to 'f' is lighter. If the RGB values are close together, it'll come out grayer. RGB values that are further apart are a more saturated hue.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Also, we changed the size and look of the font (text). The part of the tag that contained 'font-size:1em;' changed the size to 1em (unit). The 'font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;' part of the css changed the look of the font to what style the browser would display first, probably Verdana. The 'sans-serif' means a font without special decoration, but probably still the Verdana font (just without decoration).</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">We can tell that there are default colors and text fonts that are already there, even before we change them. So just know that when we see text that isn't changed, even though we changed the css, the browser isn't reading our code correctly.</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">This happens if we forget curly brackets, forget a semi-colon at the end of a value, omit a proper dash -, or have misspelled tags. That's an easy fix, since we can Google for our particular tag's attributes.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Remember our CSS format for tags is <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">tag{element:value;}</span>. That's pretty simple, if we understand where and what to change.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">We'll need to tell all browsers how to read our css/html code, since all browsers are different. If we don't, the browsers will go into what's called 'quirks mode', which will display our code according to old standards that are not part of a single web standard.</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The way we tell our browser this information is through a Doctype, or document type. It goes first in our page, before anything else, which makes sense, as browsers read from top to bottom of the document.
Use this Transitional Doctype:
</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">
<a style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)" href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"></a>
</span>
</p><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Paste it above the <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"><html></span> tag at the top of our document.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Next, we may want to move our text around the page. This is called positioning. We need to know from where to move the object, text, etc. Do we move it from the edge of the browser, or from another object?</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">We can differentiate the position with the terms, 'absolute' and 'relative'. Also, we can move things within other things. That would be 'padding'. Moving things away from other things is called 'margin'.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">So we don't get confused with all the terms, let's slowly change our code. Let's add a class to change the style of a box (division):</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">.one {position:absolute;}</span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Paste this right above the closing <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"></style></span> tag. We're telling the browser we want to position a box (division) from the side of the browser (absolute position). We can see the box better if we put a visible, solid one pixel border around it:</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">.one {position:absolute; <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,255)">border:1px solid;</span>}</span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Just add the border part where I have in the code. We also need to tell our HTML code where, in the document itself, to put this box. So, we can see that our position in the code also affects our position in the browser. Put the html division around our text:
</p><div style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204); TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="color:#00cccc;"><div class="one"></span>main stuff (content) here<span style="color:#00cccc;"></div></span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The class="" part is telling the html to look in the css for a period with a name after it, like '.one'. That way, html knows what that division is supposed to look like, and positions it according to css. The name of our class is 'one', and the css symbol for class is the period.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Next, go back to the '.one' class in css, and add a margin (outside) around the box, 1em wide:</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">.one {position:absolute; border:1px solid; <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,255)">margin:1em;</span>}</span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Paste the margin where it goes in the css; save document, then refresh browser. Our new box should have moved right and down from where it was. The margin pushed it 1em from the top and side of the browser. Let's move it even more:</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">.one {position:absolute; border:1px solid; margin:<span style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,255)">20</span>em;}</span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">After saving and refreshing, the box should now be much farther from the top and sides of the browser. How about giving some space inside the box (padding)?</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">.one {position:absolute; border:1px solid; margin:20em;</span>
<span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,204,255)">padding:10px;</span>}</span>
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The division box is now wider around the text (if it's not, save document and refresh browser). The padding placed a ten pixel width all around the text, <i>inside</i> the box.</p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
</div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Therefore, margins move the box around (outside), and padding moves the content (inside) of the box. Think of the browser as a box, and the division as a box inside of that. Boxes within boxes is mostly the idea of CSS positioning.</p>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-85654828747726001752010-11-17T18:25:00.000-08:002010-12-17T13:11:13.435-08:00Easy CSS/HTML Page<p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Hey there. CSS and HTML are just letters, that mean a
webpage that can be adjusted easily, to look however
you want. Here's a simple example to get you started:</span>
</p>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><html>
<head><br/>
<title>the page's title</title><br/>
</head><br/>
<body><br/>
main stuff (content) here<br/>
</body><br/>
</html></span>
<p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Above is the HTML page that you'll save with the
extension .html - you can save it from some simple
editor like notepad, by showing all the files, and then
saving, otherwise it'll save as a text file. Optionally, when saving, you can place
quotes around the file, like "mypage.html", that will save it as an html file.
</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">
</span></div><p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">So that was the HTML part. Now we can write the CSS
part:
</span></p>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><style type="text/css"><br/>
body {<br/>
background-color:#333333;<br/>
font-size:1em;<br/>
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif;<br/>
color:#eeeeee;<br/>
}<br/>
</style></span>
<p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Now, you can put this CSS right above the closing
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"></head></span> tag of the HTML file. So you
can see that we need to let the browser see the CSS
stuff first, before it sees the main content in the
body.
</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">
</span></div><p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Then, open up a browser, like Internet Explorer,
Firefox, or Safari. Go to the file open, and look for
your .html file that you saved on your computer. Open
the file, and you'll notice the dark background color,
with the lighter text (font).
</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">
</span></div><p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">You could learn HTML and CSS if you like. Another way
is to just absorb it from making pages do different
things that you want. The basic commands (tags) you'll
need are what we wrote above.
</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">
</span></div><p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Each HTML tag has this form:</span>
</p>
<center>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><tag></tag>
</span></center>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The first one is the opening tag, and the last one
is the closing tag. Likewise, the form for CSS is:</span></p>
<center>
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">tag { }
</span></center>
<p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">The first word is what you're trying to change, and the
curly brackets hold the changes between them.
</span></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">
</span></div><p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Next, there are separate parts of the HTML page, like
the html, head, title, and body.
</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family:verdana;">The <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><html></html></span> tag
simply means to begin writing html page tags, telling
the browser where the html is (between the html tags).
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:verdana;">The <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><head></head></span> tag
holds any information the browser needs to know about
the main content in the body (especially CSS styling).
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:verdana;">The <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><title></title></span> tag is
the text you'll see at the top of the browser (where
you drag your browser around, and minimize/maximize, or
close it).
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:verdana;">The <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><body></body></span> tag is
the main body of your content, that holds the text and
pics of the subject of your site. This is the part that
the CSS in the head section controls.
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:verdana;">The <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><style></style></span> tag
tells the browser where to look for CSS (between the
style tags). What <em>type</em> of style is the
<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">type="text/css"</span> , meaning the browser
should look for text and CSS styling within the
content.
</span></li>
</ul>
<p align="justify">
<span style="font-family:verdana;">Stay tuned as I explain the CSS stuff between the curly
brackets. It basically has to do with fonts, and how
they look. Then, we'll learn about adding a doctype and
moving things around in the page (positioning).</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://curiousreason.blogspot.com/2010/12/easy-csshtml-page-part-2-welcome-back.html">Part 2</a>
</span></p>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-4828877068575062542010-02-16T18:35:00.000-08:002010-02-17T20:41:35.157-08:00Positive Persuasion: an Idea for Sellers<dir>1.You're reading some very interesting information, and then...
the next sentence tells you 'buy the e-book', or, 'signup to
read the rest of the story'.<br/>
2.Perhaps on the computer, you worked hard
with something you'd like to save.
Because it's the insane trial version, though, the program won't allow saves; you need to purchase the full version for that 'feature' to work.</dir>
<dir> These sales tactics are annoying. I'm not buying; not
because that service isn't something I need, but just because
my time is already invested, and the seller withholds its outcome.</dir>
<dir> Usually, these selling persuasions are a surprise, with no
warning. Won't I therefore, negatively react to a suggestion to purchase or signup?
Just as aggravating, the parts that are missing from trials are
usually intrinsic and basic to the trial's use. What enticement
do I have to purchase a seemingly broken product?</dir>
<dir> Should sellers choose to market to personalities like mine, a change
of strategy would be this: If your trial is free, make it 100% free, with
full operation of features (or don't call it 'free', or don't offer at all). Should you offer information, offer what parts you're willing, and state at the title that it's only partially complete.</dir>
<dir> Overall, don't use a sales pitch that's a surprise. It's like a bill, that, from the outside, looks like a check. Keep the interest going by being up-front about offers. Merchants know that part of selling is persuasion. To me as a consumer, that should be <i>positive</i> persuasion, based on an already positive interest in their product.</dir>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-50420990003050079402009-08-26T18:21:00.000-07:002009-08-26T18:36:12.045-07:00Pepsi is Smarter than Coke<p>I used to be a "Coke man".
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzVlZDP6MP6SbaUWLFW-GfxfEJM7CqVsWZsRfZgttc0pqu7c1GqJNLpwek6mOO9F55K6QrswLcfoloXaWwYRrjwUfH8PuUWwrutZO4xHHjZtDtvEdKwVEnUEtOuqYR3eykj9l8POnZapf/s1600-h/coke.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 67px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzVlZDP6MP6SbaUWLFW-GfxfEJM7CqVsWZsRfZgttc0pqu7c1GqJNLpwek6mOO9F55K6QrswLcfoloXaWwYRrjwUfH8PuUWwrutZO4xHHjZtDtvEdKwVEnUEtOuqYR3eykj9l8POnZapf/s320/coke.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374450353890276402" /></a> I drank Coca-Cola, and didn't like Pepsi. Now, since Pepsi has been on sale, and the rest of my family likes it, I have got used to Pepsi’s taste. When I drink Coca-Cola, I realize how its taste is more of a grey area. Coke leaves behind a residue. To me, Pepsi now has a strong flavor, and seems more liquid than Coke.
<p>Plus, I’m beginning to get attached to Pepsi’s blue can, which
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiELzLnn-Ha5NJk1axnQRuyeFqOrwNRyeFEUmVT9k7Lq6vtAeOoAlEJQG-f21Duf6tcbyBN235G9skNcYfRfxNds2VVmcbNsg_KLmmJgLb11mLmPgggP5nGiJKxNLcBDc9517hbHfaCWx7/s1600-h/pepsi.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiELzLnn-Ha5NJk1axnQRuyeFqOrwNRyeFEUmVT9k7Lq6vtAeOoAlEJQG-f21Duf6tcbyBN235G9skNcYfRfxNds2VVmcbNsg_KLmmJgLb11mLmPgggP5nGiJKxNLcBDc9517hbHfaCWx7/s320/pepsi.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374450521086274418" /></a> seems odd. Before, when I drank Coca-Cola only, the red can meant a sort of strength. As Pepsi’s can is blue (really red, white, and blue), it makes me think Pepsi keeps a low profile. It’s as if Pepsi knows its goodness, and doesn't need all the hype. So I think Pepsi is smarter than Coke.cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181943414875115525.post-74105399054817519322009-08-06T15:11:00.000-07:002009-08-06T20:50:55.512-07:00Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus - Who Are They?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRzpTjZJTciP88Dms0OaU3ARZ5fpHxWKb_EaOjRw0J0znXW-9EGCIbh5hBJ28ybxOO8pU929BAoobCEY8lmfIZ3eYZ2QlhmFHRBAUcJAcOwT_WZ2BHfkLuN3VZRGTwhZN7PB4LX2b-DQ1/s1600-h/3548_miley-cyrus-vanessa-hudgens%5B1%5D.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRzpTjZJTciP88Dms0OaU3ARZ5fpHxWKb_EaOjRw0J0znXW-9EGCIbh5hBJ28ybxOO8pU929BAoobCEY8lmfIZ3eYZ2QlhmFHRBAUcJAcOwT_WZ2BHfkLuN3VZRGTwhZN7PB4LX2b-DQ1/s400/3548_miley-cyrus-vanessa-hudgens%5B1%5D.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367003084444379858" /></a>
<p>Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, et al, are young women who, by nature, need attention. Indeed, part of the reason they are actresses is their propensity to elicit attention, and hopefully, approval. Another reason Hudgens and Cyrus are able to entertain is their natural beauty.
<p>Unfortunately, Hollywood has a history of exploiting young women. This becomes a 'double whammy' for beautiful young actresses. They enjoy the attention of others, but not for the purpose of 'sexploitation'. Yes, young actresses tend to dress suggestively, but that's a fashion trend of the times. As young actresses attempt to garner the love they subconsciously desire, through beauty and flirtation, Hollywood markets their provocative attributes as sexual innuendo.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkq4hQC8EamV9p18Q0qtbShJvcE-sm6CQdBe5lX9DXeXk-QBwfsppM2P0w0GLx6PtZdXYFP1Ckhj2QvElWYY0JFk2lTBT85JY9wYLwTyyiOddpwxaPMiU9Upq_nR9F9n9W8A3PmuYlKzoL/s1600-h/Scene_Slate.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkq4hQC8EamV9p18Q0qtbShJvcE-sm6CQdBe5lX9DXeXk-QBwfsppM2P0w0GLx6PtZdXYFP1Ckhj2QvElWYY0JFk2lTBT85JY9wYLwTyyiOddpwxaPMiU9Upq_nR9F9n9W8A3PmuYlKzoL/s400/Scene_Slate.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367011515899600418" /></a>
<p>People buy into the lust and adulterous thoughts Hollywood elicits through young actresses. Hudgens and Cyrus, although differing in personalities, share a pressure similar to that of prostitutes. This pressure to perform, at the expense of their morality, and thus the stress of shame, debase these young women. With their high salary, the girls are blackmailed into showing more of themselves for sex. No, it's not the actual act, but still, their mere appearance satiates desire in those who display, and desire, young girls like Hudgens or Cyrus.
<p>If we can look beyond the audatious behavior of young actresses and debutantes, we might understand that these young women are victims. These girls need the loving attention they crave, not money, gifts, clothing, and idolization. Hudgens and Cyrus are people with minds, hearts, and spirits. I hope people get to know the real women inside young actresses. I also hope people see the reality of Hollywood's pimp mentality.</p>cogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09751158188901578254noreply@blogger.com1