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Welcome to today's edition of the Computer Kindergarten Newsletter.
Today is Saturday, April 7, 2001
In this Issue:
Our Special Passover section featuring websites with history of the holiday, recipes, virtual greeting cards and more
Today's Featured Computer Term: Beta Testing
Today's Topic: Create An Emergency Boot Disk
Progressive Learning Series: Print Only Part of a Page
Today's Featured Website: Historical Timelines
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Passover on the 'Net
A visually appealing site with the story of Passover, why the holiday is celebrated, food, music and a narrative of the Passover Seder.
This site also includes a special section worth checking out: new Passover Seder rituals honoring the contributions of women to Jewish culture.
holidays.net/passover/
Passover.net
Provides information on how to celebrate, say, pray, learn, and eat on Passover. Take a look at the glossary of terms and click on Subscribe for a description and sign-up page for a large selection of newsletters.
passover.net/
Virtual Seder Plate
Take a look at the website Virtual Seder Plate for an explanation of the six dishes and the six symbols of the Passover seder. http://uahc.org/congs/nj/nj006/seder/plate.html
To send a virtual Passover card, try one of the following sites:
marlo.com/heb/pass/passover.htm
bluemountain.com/eng/passover/
greetsomeone.com/march/passover.htm
For some Passover recipes:
holidays.net/passover/recipes.htm
kosher4passover.com/recipes.htm
prevention.com/cooking/recipes/passover/
HAPPY PASSOVER!
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Today's Featured Computer Term: Beta Testing
There are a lot of free programs and shareware out on the Internet that are available for download. Many of the big software companies (like Microsoft) will offer beta versions of their programs before the release date, usually for free.
If you were an inventor, you'd probably want your inventions tested before you released them to the public. In case your invention doesn't work the way it's supposed to. Beta testing is usually the second step in designing a new application or program.
Once a programmer finishes the software, its "beta tested" by real live people who can, in their use of the program, come across and report errors, bugs, or other miscellaneous not so good things. The software author can then make fixes to insure the program is perfect (or closer to it) and ready to be unleashed upon the public.
Microsoft is currently offering a beta version of their new Windows operating system, XP, due to be released in the fall, at a very attractive price. What's important to you is this: if you find a program that's in its beta stage, that means it's coming with no promises. The upfront price may be attractive, but think about the long-term costs and inconveniences that may arise from a non-perfect program.
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Today's Topic: Create An Emergency Boot Disk
What do you do when disaster strikes right at the time you want to do work or play a game on your computer? You sit down, turn the computer on and all of a sudden, the machine will not boot.
Don't panic - it's probably some software you installed that changed a system configuration file and is causing your system to hang.
Be prepared! Create an emergency start-up disk that you can use to boot your system. You can then correct the problem and return to normal operation.
How to Create a StartUp Disk in Windows:
- Click Start
- Select Settings
- Choose Control Panel
- Double click Add/Remove Programs
- Click the StartUp Disk tab
- Click the Create Disk button
Follow the prompts until your StartUp disk is complete.
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Progressive Learning Series: Print Only Part of a Page
Most Windows programs allow you to print part of a document instead of the whole thing. For example, to print part of a page in Microsoft Word, highlight the part you want to print by moving the mouse pointer to the beginning of the section, holding down the left mouse button, and moving the mouse to the end of the selection.
Make sure it's still highlighted - the text will be white on a dark background. Click on File to open the menu, click on Print, and choose Selection in the Page Range area of the dialog box. Only the part of the document that you highlighted will print.
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Today's Featured Website: Historical Timelines
For all the history buffs out there; this is the site for you!
Here is a big list of historical timelines including: History and Culture, Science & Technology, Arts & Literature, Popular Culture & Current Events, and Science Fiction. You can retrace the time lines of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil Rights Movement, Women in History, King Arthur, Ancient Egypt, the Salem Witch Trials, the Titanic, and more!
Check out this large list of Historical Timelines.
http://www.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html |
