<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com</title><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:37:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Open folders with a single keystroke: a free shortcut feature built into Windows</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/open_folders_with_a_single_keystroke_a_free_shortcut_featur.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/open_folders_with_a_single_keystroke_a_free_shortcut_featur.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=open%5Ffolders%5Fwith%5Fa%5Fsingle%5Fkeystroke%5Fa%5Ffree%5Fshortcut%5Ffeatur</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a nifty shortcut that&#39;s built into Windows: do you find yourself opening a given folder frequently? How would you like to use ctrl-alt-someletter to be able to open it? It&#39;s free and easy. check out http://www.jeetblog.com/create-k]]></description></item><item><title>Yet another keyboard tip repository, and a useful one to share</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/yet_another_keyboard_tip_repository_and_a_useful_one_to_sha.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/yet_another_keyboard_tip_repository_and_a_useful_one_to_sha.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yet%5Fanother%5Fkeyboard%5Ftip%5Frepository%5Fand%5Fa%5Fuseful%5Fone%5Fto%5Fsha</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s yet another useful keyboard tip repository: Windows tip of the dayAnd today they happened to share something I didn&#39;t know about getting Windows (XP in the tip, and Vista in a comment I just left) to help you see underlined letters for]]></description></item><item><title>keyxl.com: another keyboard shortcut repository</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/keyxlcom_another_keyboard_shortcut_repository.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/keyxlcom_another_keyboard_shortcut_repository.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=keyxlcom%5Fanother%5Fkeyboard%5Fshortcut%5Frepository</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s another repository of keyboard shortcuts for various programs, by program, category, and platform: http://www.keyxl.com]]></description></item><item><title>Firefox tip to perform quick searches of any site with a single address bar keyword</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/firefox_tip_to_perform_quick_searches_of_any_site_with_a_sin.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/firefox_tip_to_perform_quick_searches_of_any_site_with_a_sin.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=firefox%5Ftip%5Fto%5Fperform%5Fquick%5Fsearches%5Fof%5Fany%5Fsite%5Fwith%5Fa%5Fsin</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you ever find yourself frequently searching a site (like Amazon, or some knowledge base of a product you use or support, or a mailing list archive), this is a great way to do it in a single keyword.]]></description></item><item><title>Looking for internal links/anchors on a page? Look for &quot;A ID&quot; or &quot;DIV ID&quot; in addition to &quot;A NAME&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/looking_for_internal_linksanchors_on_a_page_look_for_a_id.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/looking_for_internal_linksanchors_on_a_page_look_for_a_id.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=looking%5Ffor%5Finternal%5Flinksanchors%5Fon%5Fa%5Fpage%5Flook%5Ffor%5Fa%5Fid</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you're ever looking to create a link to some internal content within a page (perhaps someone else's), you may know to use (or look for) the A NAME tag, but you may be surprised to learn that A ID or DIV ID work, too. I was and will explain here.]]></description></item><item><title>When the google toolbar spell checker is unavailable in Firefox, note that FF has its own</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/when_the_google_toolbar_spell_checker_is_unavailable_in_fire.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/when_the_google_toolbar_spell_checker_is_unavailable_in_fire.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=when%5Fthe%5Fgoogle%5Ftoolbar%5Fspell%5Fchecker%5Fis%5Funavailable%5Fin%5Ffire</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Did you know that Firefox has its own spellchecker? I didn't, until I found I couldn't access the Google Toolbar spellchecker in a pop up window while in Firefox. Here's a solution and a tip.]]></description><category>google</category><category>toolbar</category><category>firefox</category></item><item><title>Ever need to zoom in on your display, as a presenter or just while reading?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/ever_need_to_zoom_in_on_your_display_as_a_presenter_or_just.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/ever_need_to_zoom_in_on_your_display_as_a_presenter_or_just.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ever%5Fneed%5Fto%5Fzoom%5Fin%5Fon%5Fyour%5Fdisplay%5Fas%5Fa%5Fpresenter%5For%5Fjust</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whether you're a presenter or just someone who struggles reading small type on a web page or within some tool on on your entire desktop, there are at least two useful (andeasy) solutions you should know about.  I offer them here.]]></description><category>tools</category><category>keyboard shortcuts</category></item><item><title>Got a Treo? Want to stop hitting the touchscreen by mistake during a call?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/got_a_treo_want_to_stop_hitting_the_touchscreen_by_mistake_.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/got_a_treo_want_to_stop_hitting_the_touchscreen_by_mistake_.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=got%5Fa%5Ftreo%5Fwant%5Fto%5Fstop%5Fhitting%5Fthe%5Ftouchscreen%5Fby%5Fmistake%5F</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you have a Treo 700 (Palm or Windows), there's a quick and easy solution to the challenge some face of hitting the touchscreen by mistake during a call and dropping it doing something else unexpected. You can disable the screen during a call.]]></description><category>treo</category></item><item><title>Never run out of Ipod juice (battery power) again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/never_run_out_of_ipod_juice_battery_power_again.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/never_run_out_of_ipod_juice_battery_power_again.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=never%5Frun%5Fout%5Fof%5Fipod%5Fjuice%5Fbattery%5Fpower%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Boost your Ipod battery life (bt double, triple, or more) quickly, easily, and relatively inexpensively with the Nyko iBoost.]]></description><category>ipod</category><category>tools</category></item><item><title>Cleaning out individual auto-suggest URL entries in IE (6)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/cleaning_out_individual_autosuggest_url_entries_in_ie_6.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/cleaning_out_individual_autosuggest_url_entries_in_ie_6.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cleaning%5Fout%5Findividual%5Fautosuggest%5Furl%5Fentries%5Fin%5Fie%5F6</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many know the major browsers offer a means to clear out all the history of pages you've visited, etc. But what if you just want to remove just a couple URLs? I have several URLs popup for a given site where I want to just see a couple I use often.]]></description><category>tools</category><category>keyboard shortcuts</category></item><item><title>Determining the time, easily, anywhere in the world with TimeAndDate.com</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/determining_the_time_easily_anywhere_in_the_world_with_tim.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/determining_the_time_easily_anywhere_in_the_world_with_tim.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=determining%5Fthe%5Ftime%5Feasily%5Fanywhere%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fworld%5Fwith%5Ftim</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ever have to coordinate time with someone half a world away? It can be confusing, even if you know the "GMT relative offset"--and especially if you don't. Wish you could just say it's 3pm here, what time is it in x? You can, with timeanddate.com.]]></description><category>tools</category><category>travel</category></item><item><title>Keyboard shortcut for moving to the address (URL) bar in IE (7 and earlier)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/ie_addressbar_kbd_shortcut.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/ie_addressbar_kbd_shortcut.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ie%5Faddressbar%5Fkbd%5Fshortcut</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some may have come to use the Ctrl-F4 key in IE 6 and before to move the cursor to the browser address bar, but as of IE 7, that closes the window (which makes sense in the multi-window tabbed interface). But what to do? There's an alternative.]]></description><category>keyboard shortcuts</category></item><item><title>Solve the problem of long URLs breaking up in emails</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/avoid_url_break_in_email.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/avoid_url_break_in_email.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=avoid%5Furl%5Fbreak%5Fin%5Femail</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm sure you've experienced sending an email to someone (or a group/list) where you offer a URL, and someone receiving it complains "you're link is broken". But the problem is just that their mail program split the line. Here's an easy solution.]]></description></item><item><title>A couple of Google Groups tips: getting email notifications, and finding your messages/threads</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/google_groups_tips.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/google_groups_tips.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=google%5Fgroups%5Ftips</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you use Google Groups, you may encounter a couple of challenges that I did today regarding getting notifications of posts to threads you're participating in, as well as finding messages you've written. Here are some tips.]]></description><category>google groups</category></item><item><title>Might your fax machine be sending things upside down? Think about those receiving your faxes digitally</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/upside_down_faxes.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/upside_down_faxes.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=upside%5Fdown%5Ffaxes</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You may not think about this if you only receive faxes on paper, but if you send them to someone receiving them digitally, you could make their life easier if you take care to send them right-side-up. Let me explain.]]></description></item><item><title>Problems with Google Desktop with IE? Try Firefox and note other points I share.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/googledesktop_fails.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/googledesktop_fails.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=googledesktop%5Ffails</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After enjoying Google Desktop's ability to search my local machine so quickly and effectively, it started failing recently with "page cannot be displayed" errors. Happened to you? Various remedies have been suggested. I wanted to share some thoughts.]]></description></item><item><title>Ever find an email gets sent before you really meant it to? You can probably control that.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/stop_immediate_email_send.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/stop_immediate_email_send.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stop%5Fimmediate%5Femail%5Fsend</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ever been annoyed while writing email when you hit send by mistake (before finishing the note) and the email is sent immediately? It may be something you can control in your mail client. Here's how to do so in Outlook.]]></description><category>email</category><category>outlook</category></item><item><title>Printing out a tool&apos;s online help: without doing it one page at a time</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/printing_online_help.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/printing_online_help.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=printing%5Fonline%5Fhelp</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you ever want to print out the online help for some tool, you may notice that you can print any page in the help, but what if you want to print many or even all of the pages? While you could print them one page at a time, there's a shortcut...]]></description><category>printing</category></item><item><title>Recording your screen, to give or get help</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/recording_your_screen.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/recording_your_screen.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=recording%5Fyour%5Fscreen</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Are you aware of the various alternatives for creating a visual recording of your screen, with voice-over or other callouts on the screen? There are many. Some are free, some commercial. Here are some pointers to them.]]></description><category>screencast</category><category>tools</category></item><item><title>Need to remotely access a computer but don&apos;t want to pay for PCAnywhere? Check out LogMeIn, free</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/logmein.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/logmein.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=logmein</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ever have need to remotely access a computer? such as to access home from work, or vice versa, or to access a remote server for work? There are several alternatives, but if you prefer or need something like PCAnywhere, here is a free alternative.]]></description><category>tools</category></item><item><title>Do people find your emails or blog entries long-winded? Here&apos;s help...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/writing_more_concise_emails_and_blogs.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/writing_more_concise_emails_and_blogs.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=writing%5Fmore%5Fconcise%5Femails%5Fand%5Fblogs</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ll be the first to admit that I&#39;ve had problems with writing emails or blog entries that are too long and/or have more detail than some readers wanted to bother with. Perhaps you, like me, understand the problem from my perspective: I just]]></description></item><item><title>Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Office Apps</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/office_keyboard_shortcuts.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/office_keyboard_shortcuts.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=office%5Fkeyboard%5Fshortcuts</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of keyboard shortcuts.  If you use MS Office products (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, and so on), you too may be frustrated by so many icons and toolbars with no seeming keyboard shortcut. They're probably there. This will show you how.]]></description><category>keyboard shortcuts</category><category>outlook</category><category>powerpoint</category><category>word</category></item><item><title>Don&apos;t miss out on the many powers of the Google Toolbar (some hidden buttons, some new context menu options, and more)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/google_toolbar_1.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/google_toolbar_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=google%5Ftoolbar%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you're a user of the Google toolbar, are you getting the most out of it? There are hidden gems. IF you don't know what it is, let me also tell you why you should definitely add it, to either IE or Firefox.]]></description><category>google</category><category>toolbar</category></item><item><title>Looking for some tool or service? You may find it free, at these sites (I needed an email reminder tool)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/freebies.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/freebies.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=freebies</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I decided I needed to get an email reminder service, as I was missing the appointments set in Outlook and my phone, so I did a search to find one. I was pointed to a couple sites that offer links to dozens (even hundreds) of free products and service]]></description><category>tools</category><category>tipster</category></item><item><title>Wish you could &quot;snooze&quot; a reminder on your Blackberry: you can, it&apos;s just not enabled by default!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/blackberry_snooze.htm</guid><link>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/blackberry_snooze.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://tipicalcharlie.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blackberry%5Fsnooze</comments><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some folks who use a Blackberry complain that they miss the feature other PDAs have, where when an appointment reminder displays, they'd just like to be able to hit a snooze button for some number of minutes. But it's not there on a BB...or is it?]]></description><category>blackberry</category><category>tipster</category></item></channel></rss>