Comments on: January 2011 Issue http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/january-2011-issue/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: steverino http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/january-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-13700 steverino Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:03:49 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5162#comment-13700 I use Opera, which among other nice features allows you to zoom pages with the + or - key, and reset to 100% with the asterisk (very easy on the numeric keypad). The best part of this is that is also has a feature developed for its mobile browser that will wrap the text to fill the screen. Otherwise, when you zoom, you will have to scroll side-to-side to read the page; the "Fit To Width" feature will eliminate that problem. Great for blog-reading, or newspaper etc. reading: at 100% find your articles, click on it, zoom to read, then back to the main site and asterisk to see the whole page again. I use Opera, which among other nice features allows you to zoom pages with the + or – key, and reset to 100% with the asterisk (very easy on the numeric keypad). The best part of this is that is also has a feature developed for its mobile browser that will wrap the text to fill the screen. Otherwise, when you zoom, you will have to scroll side-to-side to read the page; the “Fit To Width” feature will eliminate that problem. Great for blog-reading, or newspaper etc. reading: at 100% find your articles, click on it, zoom to read, then back to the main site and asterisk to see the whole page again.

]]> By: mariposaman http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/january-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-12776 mariposaman Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:40:09 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5162#comment-12776 You can make text larger or smaller by using Control key and your scroll wheel on your mouse. If you do not have a scroll mouse you can use Control key and the + and - keys. The Readability app looks interesting. You can also use text to speech programs. Highlight the text you wish to "read" and it will speak it aloud to you. Invaluable for long winded (and I mean that in a nice way, maybe I should say weighty) tomes your are wont to pen. It allows one to do the dishes or trim one's toenails while enjoying your words. The free versions usually come with a robotic sounding voice that sounds like Stephen Hawking, but you can buy upgraded voices that sound surprisingly human, complete with sexy accents of your choice. You would think Hawking with his money could afford an upgrade instead of using the free Microsoft Sam voice to communicate. I do watch Hoarders, and I have become convinced I am one myself. I think everyone likes hoarding, it is just these people are out of control. Museums and collectors of all kinds are refined hoarding in that they hoard stuff of perceived value and display it in nice surroundings, instead of accumulating garbage in a house too small to hold it all. Museums have dried dead bodies and preserved dead animals on display, while the hoarders discover their mummified kitty that disappeared years ago under a pile of garbage and we recoil in disgust. You can make text larger or smaller by using Control key and your scroll wheel on your mouse. If you do not have a scroll mouse you can use Control key and the + and – keys.

The Readability app looks interesting.

You can also use text to speech programs. Highlight the text you wish to “read” and it will speak it aloud to you. Invaluable for long winded (and I mean that in a nice way, maybe I should say weighty) tomes your are wont to pen. It allows one to do the dishes or trim one’s toenails while enjoying your words. The free versions usually come with a robotic sounding voice that sounds like Stephen Hawking, but you can buy upgraded voices that sound surprisingly human, complete with sexy accents of your choice. You would think Hawking with his money could afford an upgrade instead of using the free Microsoft Sam voice to communicate.

I do watch Hoarders, and I have become convinced I am one myself. I think everyone likes hoarding, it is just these people are out of control. Museums and collectors of all kinds are refined hoarding in that they hoard stuff of perceived value and display it in nice surroundings, instead of accumulating garbage in a house too small to hold it all. Museums have dried dead bodies and preserved dead animals on display, while the hoarders discover their mummified kitty that disappeared years ago under a pile of garbage and we recoil in disgust.

]]> By: Charlie Nunzio http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/january-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-12152 Charlie Nunzio Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:09:45 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5162#comment-12152 Success is not measured by the position you're in but by the obstacles you have overcome. Please know your TWD fans respect and admire you. Success is not measured by the position you’re in but by the obstacles you have overcome. Please know your TWD fans respect and admire you.

]]> By: TC Brown http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/january-2011-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-12112 TC Brown Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:25:46 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5162#comment-12112 Well, thanks for the push. Had gone to bed last night with a self-promise to get up early and start digging out from under the piles of papers accumulated in my front room. Had found my free chair and was reading your January edition, only to feel rebuked from not having lived up to my self-promise. Enjoy The Word Detective immensely. ~tcb Well, thanks for the push. Had gone to bed last night with a self-promise to get up early and start digging out from under the piles of papers accumulated in my front room. Had found my free chair and was reading your January edition, only to feel rebuked from not having lived up to my self-promise.

Enjoy The Word Detective immensely.

~tcb

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