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Ides of November Try a new web-based email client, Disable pop-ups in Mozilla, an easy way to undo, Google news, Another fun word game, and a Recipe for your leftover turkey. |
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Ides of October How to quickly add contacts to Outlook, Install Mozilla, An easy way to organize your Windows start menu, Download Mozilla, and Play a fun word game. |
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Ides of September How to find all your messages using Outlook Web Access, Open multiple browser sessions, A shortcut to re-opening recently-used documents, Avoid telemarketing phone calls by signing up at the Wisconsin No Call List, and Make a visit to the Invisible Lilbrary. |
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Ides of August Color-code your Outlook messages, Shrink the buttons on Internet Explorer, Use the Windows Task Manager to un-freeze an application, National Technical Information Service (NTIS) documents searchable at no charge, and the 1947 vocational guidance film "Your Life Work Series: The Librarian" |
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Ides of July Print your Outlook calendar, Adjust the size of text on a web page, "Dumpster dive" in your PC's recycle bin for deleted documents, "Marketing the Worth of Your Library", and a Google mirror & the 2002 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest awards. |
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Ides of June Demystifying e-mail acronyms and emoticons, Cleaning shortcuts out of your SysTray, The right way to shut down your PC, The Top Ten Most Useful Medical Web Sites, and Librarians in Music. |
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Ides of May A shortcut to add an address to your Outlook contacts, Using your browser's History to re-find web sites, Run defragmenter to keep your PC's hard drive in good working condition, Borrow audiocassettes of programs held at the 2002 PLA Conference, and meet a Jedi librarian. |
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Ides of April Create a new Outlook appointment from an e-mail message, Print just a selected passage from a web page in Internet Explorer, Create shortcut icons on your computer's Desktop for frequently-visited web pages, The "Does It Work?" web site, and A new series of waterproof books designed to be read while in the bathtub. |
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Ides of March Customizing Outlook by adding new columns to a folder's view, How to import your Netscape bookmarks into Internet Explorer, A shortcut to open any recently used document, The Librarians' Index to the Internet Tax Time 2002 web site, and The 3rd International Edible Book Festival. |
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Ides of February Keyboard shortcuts in Outlook, Tips on using your web browsers back button, Windows Drag and Resize tutorials, "A Few Good Web Sites: What's New, What's Fun, and Sites I Absolutely Couldn't Live Without", and Libraries and bookstores where you can curl up with a good cat. |
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Ides of January Move messages to folders using Outlook Web Access, How to add a personal toolbar/links toolbar to your web browser, How to customize the Windows taskbar, Library Lovers' Month, and If cats had a book group. |
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| 2001 | The
Ides of December Set Outlook menus to show all options, Differences between the Netscape and Internet Explorer web browsers, Customize menus in all Microsoft Office products, Internet Librarian 2001 Conference presentations on the Web, and A behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings movie from a school librarian who was an extra on the film |
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Ides of November Using the Outlook Global Address Book, Opening a link in a new web browser window, A shortcut to the Desktop, Best Free Reference Web Sites 2001, Send a fun e-greeting card from The Australian Library and Information Association |
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Ides of October Moving to Microsoft Outlook 2000, How to print parts of a framed web page, Locate lost files on your PC, The Historical New York Times Project, and And Now, 12,000 Words From Our Sponsor. |
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Ides of September Send the same e-mail message to many using blind carbon copy (Bcc), Use the reload/refresh button to make sure you're viewing the most recent version of a web page, Keyboard shortcuts in Windows, and librarians' bumper stickers. |
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Ides of August Beware spam e-greeting cards, Customizing the Netscape Personal Toolbar, Passwords, Links to choosing an ISP (Internet Service Provider), and An entertaining approach to encouraging people to return their library books on time. |
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Ides of July Chain letters, hoaxes & urban legends, How to get rid of "pop-under" ads, Using the Windows Task Manager to stop stuck applications, Get to know the invisible Web, and "Rupert Giles and Search Tools for Wisdom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
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Ides of June Sending URLs in e-mail messages, Setting print preferences in your browser, Customizing the Windows Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar, and the "Genealogy-Patron-From-Hell" |
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Ides of May Word-wrap in e-mail messages, Secrets of the reload button revealed, Shortcuts to recently used documents, The Harry Potter Lexicon, and "Stuff Librarians Find as Bookmarks" |
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Ides of April Signature files in e-mail messages, Netscape's History list, a Disk Defragmenter for Windows NT workstations, Bibliozine: The E-magazine for Librarians, and "Cataloger's Revenge" |
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Ides of March Make sure to use correct e-mail addresses, How to print pages that refuse to print, Disk Defragmenter utility for Windows 95, "'Food for Fines' Drives: Positive PR That Works!", and Internet Bumper Stickers. |
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of February The Ides-ster was out sick with a cold, so no Ides was published this month |
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Ides of January Winnefox-L and other electronic discussion lists, Cookies, Taskbar options, how to "become a 'god/goddess of library display," and "Hit Me, My Lovely: A Mystery Incorporating the Fifty Most Popular Internet Search Terms of the Past Year" |
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| 2000 | The
Ides of December Creating a mailing list, Enlarge the type on Web pages, Change the font size in Windows 9x/NT, WLA Conference programs on the Web, and Book-themed electronic postcards |
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Ides of November Recent computer viruses and how to handle them, "backing up" on even when the back button doesn't work, how to get to the Windows Desktop quickly, Google, and Hell's Librarians |
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Ides of October A shortcut for e-mail attachments, a Netscape Basics tutorial, how to make "screen shots" of error messages when you need tech support, PLA programs on audiocassette, and is Willard Library haunted? |
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Ides of August Replying to e-mail messages correctly, opening multiple sessions of Netscape, locating any file on your PC, American Library Association annual conference programs on audiocassette, and "I am the Very Model of a Computerized Librarian". |
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Ides of July How not to send HTMLized e-mail messages, How to delete unwanted buttons from the Netscape 4.x Personal Toolbar, Clean unneeded icons off your Desktop, The If You Like... Handifile, and Finding books by color |
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Ides of June Size matters (in e-mail messages), Customizing the Netscape 4.x Personal Toolbar, Minimizing applications quickly, Health Web sites for the library worker, and Miss Charlotte Brown, Librarian, Goes Mad. |
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Ides of May Saving drafts of e-mail messages, Stopping animated images on Web pages, Tracking down missing files on your PC, Entrepreneurial Libraries: Bright Ideas for Today's Libraries, and The very last page on the Internet. |
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Ides of April Forwarding messages, Increasing the font size in Netsape, Cutting and pasting tips, PLA 2000 Conference programs on the Web, and an Interview with a Search Engine. |
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Ides of March Word-wrap in e-mail messages, Re-accessing recently used documents, Daylight Savings Time and bookmarks, 8 ways to celebrate National Library Week, and "Nation's Teens Disappointed By Banned Books" |
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Ides of February Your e-mail signature file, Web sites that are slooooow to load, The solution to tiny Taskbar buttons, Magazines' Web sites, and Horrible book puns |
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Ides of January Alternatives to listservs, "Unjamming" Web pages as they load, Using the scroll bar effectively, Ideas for Library Lovers Month, and the Cyrano Server Valentine generator |
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| 1999 | The
Ides of December E-mail folders, Changing your Web browser's start page, Windows Tip of the Day, Speechbot directory, and NORAD Tracks Santa Claus |
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Ides of November Including URLs in e-mail messages, Rogue Web sites, Create project folders on your PC's desktop, Encyclopaedia Britannica Web site, and "Library Girl" |
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Ides of October Creating attachments to e-mail messages, Optimizing the width of columns; Sample library policies for the small public library, and Reference question contest winners |
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Ides of September Netiquette refresher, Desktop shortcuts to Web sites, the Ten Commandments of Tech Support Callers, ALA Annual Conference Cassettes Web site, and "No cellphone, no pager, no e-mail, no fax" |
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Ides of August Canning spam, Personalizing the Netscape Personal Toolbar, Cleaning out Windows Tray Lint, The Your Nation Web site, and "Banswork: a New Integrated Library Application Suite" |
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Ides of July Backing-up e-mail messages, The 404 Research Lab, Windows shutdown procedures, WISDOT's Detour & Construction Information, and IFLANET Library Humour |
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Ides of June Finding e-mail addresses, Organizing bookmarks, Telnet, WILSWorld99 conference URLs, and the Patron Saint of the Internet |
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Ides of May E-mail attachments, Creating and editing bookmarks, Interrupting print jobs, WAPL Conference URLs, and Thwart not the Librarian! |
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