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| Nov. 25th, 2007 02:29 pm Win Stuff On Your Shopping Lists @ Kaboodle.com (Drawings Daily) Win Stuff On Your Shopping Lists @ Kaboodle.com (Drawings Daily) First and foremost Kaboodle is safe:
kaboodle.com | Web Safety Ratings from McAfee SiteAdvisor 
* Read About Kaboodle's Mission (it's short n' sweet)
- "...Finding and keeping track of one's favorite products online [shopping lists] and deciding what to buy..."
- You can create separate Shoppings Lists for any objective: So-n-So's Birthday, Stuff I Reorder Often, Books I Want, Best Games for my New PS3, or whatever.
- Because you can share your saved lists, you have an easy way to:
- Let others know what you want, and
- Get advice from others on what's best to buy, and
- See what others are buying that are similar, or
- Collaborate with others and copy from each other's lists with a magic button "
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 Look at my Kaboodle Profile (enlightened411) (it's public) to see how I've limited what shows to protect myself. I suggest that you not enter your birth year to protect your identity (in the event they ever get hacked).
I hope you'll come back later and "  " Add me as a Friend from my Profile.
* Get the Kaboodle Buttons and Sign-up
(I recommend a random password mix of letters and numbers)
For either Internet Explorer (IE)  Or for Firefox (FF) 
* The Kaboodle Wish-A-Day Contest
Kaboodle Wish-A-Day Contest (Every day from Thanksgiving to Christmas, one or more people will win items from their wish list...)
(You'll also see these links @ the bottom of that page)
* On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!!! Build some Shopping Lists!
* How-to Invite Someone to Join Kaboodle
* Tips n' Tricks
- We don't know if they'll award you everything on your list, and that being the case, I suggest putting only the most expensive items on your list (for now).
- Click on a couple of Ads at their site. Will it improve your chances? (who knows...) What if we were to add each other as friends? Add me as Friend.
* Got Questions?  Frequently Asked Questions
* Wanna' See New Products or Happenings @ the Blog? 
* Can't Decide between Similar Items? Add the items and Take a Poll!
* The Home Page: Kaboodle.com
| * My Wish List Slide Show: | [ -Removed- due to incompatibility with LiveJournal.com ]
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( If you appreciate all the hours I spent researching n' composing this article, consider Adding me as Friend or  Add this page to your fave Bookmark Manager )
Have fun, and may you uncover True Happiness in every corner of life.
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| Jun. 7th, 2007 06:20 pm OVERFLOW Software Review (Mac OS X) (amended as of June 13, 2007)
See Overflow Developer's Page for Full Detail: Stunt Software - Overflow
My Review of OVERFLOW (more than a Dock Extender) | Rating: ****/5
(legend: "App" - Application | "OF" - Overflow)
I've been using Overflow for 6 months. It's an indispensable tool for extending the dock; for organizing my projects, applications, folders and files; and for letting me create Finder portals to my folders. It's a real time saver and so EASY to use.
* Pluses - Overflow is great for:
(+) ORGANIZING my things into groups (called categories). For example I have one for "Apps I'm Test-Driving" and another for "Gaming" (All groups open from the same window)
(+) Organizing all my project stuff (folders, files, even apps) into a single category (per project)
(+) Show/Hide Hot Key Activation (I use [F13])
(+) Optional Navigation of items from the keyboard
(+) Activating items by a SINGLE Click
(+) AUTO-HIDING after I click on something (OR if I click outside of its window)
(+) Acting as an extension of the Dock
(+) Letting me REDUCE the number of Dock items
(+) SAVING me gobs of time
(+) For letting me do ALL these things with Overflow:
(+) Create Finder Folder Portals: D&D Finder items onto my Folders there (to have them Moved or Added to target Finder Folders)
(+) D&D Finder items onto applications there
(+) View & Access ALL Folder Finder contents à la right-click (control-click)
(+) Reveal items in Finder
* Other Pluses:
(+) *Tip* - I can sort a Finder window (in icon view) in the Order I wish and then D&D multiple items from there to OF. They will then be Added in the same Order!
(+) Can Add single or multiple items via standard File Dialog
(+) The developer has been very responsive to my questions and suggestions
(+) Offers student and veteran discount
* Minuses:
(-) NO Undo, for when I accidentally delete the wrong item (oops)
(-) Can NOT D&D to a OF Folder Alias (must use original folders)
(-) If you have it set to "Always Show Item Titles" in Preferences, you Can NOT see complete Titles if they're lengthy. Turn this option OFF and then you will see full titles when you mouse-over things.
* My Sample Screen Shots:
* What's Missing? Well here are some missing features that I think would make it an even BETTER gem of a product:
- Title Tooltips should appear for all items with Truncated titles
- D&D Finder items onto OF Folder to Create Finder Aliases (with [apple]+[option/alt] keys)
- D&D Web Page URLs
- D&D & Store Text Snippets (or Images) from the Web or Documents
- Show all Active Apps in the OF Toolbar so that we can futz with them too!
- When we D&D an item to a folder or app and hold it there briefly (1 sec?), bring the folder or app to the FRONT for us so that we can THEN Drop the item onto the app document.
- Sometimes, navigating the world of Mac Finder can be a bit tedious in getting data where you need it to go. A really useful enhancement, that would help here, is the capability to D&D an Overflow Item from its window (in Finder-ese fashion) to Move/Copy/Alias its Finder Source to a different Finder folder (without removing it from OF). This would be a real godsend ... Overflow on Wings.
* Summary: Overflow is an indispensable tool for every Mac OS X user.
* Want More? See many more favorable reviews for Overflow...
Thanks Stunt Software and MacUpdate - I'm buying another copy today for a family member who just graduated from Marine Corps boot camp.
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| May. 6th, 2007 11:27 am OpenOffice.org - Free MS Office Suite Alternative OpenOffice.org (acronym: OOo) is a FREE MS Office Suite alternative - do NOT download it from any site that is charging for it!
* What is OpenOffice.org?
OpenOffice.org is both an open-source product and a project. The product is a multiplatform office productivity suite. It includes desktop applications such as a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a presentation manager, and a drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to those of other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office. (source: VersionTracker.com)
For example, OOo works with MS Word documents. You can open Word documents, edit them and save them in Word format. You can also create new Word documents.
* How does OOo compare with MS Office?
MS Office is a productivity suite including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook. OOo likewise includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program and a presentation manager that function just like Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Moreover, OOo permits you to work with (and even create) original MS Office document formats!
OpenOffice.org is a good product and millions of people are now using it instead of MS Office.
* How do I know it's free?
Click here to read the latest press release from OpenOffice.org.
OpenOffice.org software is provided under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) and may be used free of charge for any purpose, private or commercial.
* Where should you download it from and why? VersionTracker.com
VersionTracker is the #1 site for downloading and evaluating software for all platforms (Mac, PC, Unix, etc.) and they always have the latest software versions available.
Some websites I have checked are *not* offering the latest version of OOo and there are very critical security patches applied to the newest version.
Official VersionTracker page for Downloading OpenOffice.org:
* How Often Should you Check for OOo Updates at VersionTracker? Once a month using the download link above.
* How Can I Donate to OpenOffice.org?
Click here for Contributing Funds to OpenOffice.org
We strongly prefer that people become contributors. In most cases, being a contributor will go much further than a monetary donation. However, for those who cannot offer time, we would gladly accept a monetary donation to the project.
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