READER
FEEDBACK...
Q. "Hey,
you never told us who ended up sending the best birthday card to you!"
A.
I
received a whole lot of cards... some of the conventional paper type and some
electronic via the WEB. All of them were great.
If I have to
select only one as the winner, I guess it's gonna have to be the one from Tommy,
age 8. With daddy's help, he picked out the following card for me...
FRONT 
INSIDE 
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A close
second place were all those really nice cards that had such beautiful words
about me. I thank you for those heartfelt sentiments.
And a very
special thanks to George. The savant portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in
the movie "RAINMAN" is based, in part, upon George. He has savant syndrome and
is blessed with a talent of calendar calculation. You might remember him
from his appearances on "60
MINUTES". Many years ago I told George that my birth date was July
25th and he, without fail, calls me each year on July 25th and reminds me that I
was born on a Saturday. He, additionally, tells me the date that I first
met him and what the weather was on that date. There's only one
"George" and I'm proud to call him my friend.
Many thanks
to all of you who were so kind to send me your greetings on my birthday.
Until
next week, this is your
computer guy, changing the world one computer user at a time.
Best
regards,
Adam
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They are not on EBay or Yahoo auctions. These items and thousands more have been put up for
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WEEKLY IN
DEPTH...
Disk
Defragmenting
We've covered this before but it's worth repeating.
The more you use your computer, the more scattered your files become as they get rewritten to your hard drive.
Disk Defragmenter in Windows will optimize your hard drive by efficiently reordering the data. Once started, the utility will run by itself for a few hours, so don't plan
on using your computer during this process.
To run Disk Defragmenter, do the following:
1. Single-click the Start button, mouse-over Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then single-click Disk Defragmenter.
2. Select the drive you'd like to defragment and hit the Settings button.
3. On the Disk Defragmenter Settings menu checkmark "Rearrange program files so my programs start faster" and "Check drive for errors." Hit OK to go back to the first screen.
4. Hit OK to begin the process.
5. For a graphical representation of how it works, hit the Show Details button.
6. Come back in a few hours after the process is finished.
And remember
to do this every few months.
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Good.
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