Publication Date: November 4th 2004
ISSN 1445-1360
In this issue you will read:
Editorial: November 4th 2004
Definition: GNU
Software Savvy: The Gimp: Image Editor
Quotable: Ellen DeGeneres said...
Software Savvy: Copernic Desktop Search
The Great Australian Joke: Part Two: What Aussie legends are made of...
G'Day Blokes and Sheilas!
As always I am busy, but not busy enough to not answer all your emails. Thanks for them all!
A few of you really liked the Aussie Joke last week, and my Dad has told me to hurry up and get part two out! I cannot upset him so I have it at the end of this issue.
Since I started using PHP Multiple Newsletters many of you have told me you have been subscribed a lot longer than it says at the bottom of the newsletter. Do not fear! When I imported your email addresses in to the database it used the date I did it as the subscribe date. Also the date format I use is Australian, where we use DAY - MONTH - YEAR. So I hope that clears that up for you!
If your in the states, regardless of the outcome of the Presidential election, aren't you glad the political ads are over? Thew parties spent over $600 Million on them, triple that of the 2000 race.
Have a bonza day!
Nathan Allan
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GNU is a type of public license that allows for community development of a program. It was born out of the Linux community.
Basically it is a license for a program that is freeware, where developers can feel free to add and change the program to make it better, then releasing these changes back to the community.
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For some time now I have dropped behind on my version of Adobe Photoshop. With the amount of use I got out of it there was just not the justification in upgrading. Plus regardless the cost of upgrading was prohibitive. So I needed to find a free or cheaper solution to my occasional need for an image manipulation tool.
The Gimp was actually recommended to me a long time ago by an old Sausage user and friend, Nathan Mathias. I never really got in to it at that point as I had the latest and greatest version of Photoshop. However it has come a long way since those days.
It is a funny name, GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. Don't let the name confuse or put you off as this is one powerful program!
With all the features you would expect of a high priced editor, this program will exceed the needs of most users.
The tricky part of using the Gimp is when you first install it you need installers on your system. This makes it a two part install. Installers for Windows are available from here.
Name: The Gimp
License: Freeware
Version Reviewed: 2.0.5
File Size: 6.78Mb
Supported Operating Systems : 95/98/2000/NT/XP
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Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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After last weeks Google Desktop review NetBloke subscriber,Tom suggested I take a look at Copernic Desktop Search. So I did!
This seems to be a much more developed product that has taken a few more steps than Google Desktop. Its interface is a normal application window rather than using your browser. I believe this allows for a more logical layout of information and features.
My complaint as with Google Desktop, is the fact that my Eudora is not indexed by the engine.
With a 2.3Mb download this is a hefty size for this little free application. However if you need to find files or data quick this is a great alternative to Google Desktop. At the moment I think I will stick with Google though.
Visit: Copernic Desktop Search
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Walking to school, no matter what the weather. When writing 'I love...?..' on your pencil case, really did mean it was true love. "he loves me? he loves me not?" Running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Pitching the tent in the back or front yard. Jumping on the bed. Ghosts stories with the next door neighbors. Pillow fights, spinning round, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for the giggles. The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. Cricket cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. Eating raw jelly, making homemade lemonade and sucking on a Funny Face, Paddle Pop or red Icy Pole.
Remember when there were only two types of sneakers - girls and boys. Dunlop volleys with the green 'n' gold or blue and the only time you wore them at school was for "sports day." Bloomers in primary school and Scungies under netball skirts. You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents! It wasn't odd to have two or three "best friends" and you would ask them by sending a note asking them to be your best friend. You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve and pretended to sleep for the tooth fairy.
When nobody owned a pure-bred dog. When fifty cents was decent pocket money. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10c. When nearly everyone's mum was there when the kids got home from school. It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb. When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at the local Chinese restaurant with your family. When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed her or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! Some of us are still afraid of them!!!
Remember when decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo" or Dib-dib's, scissors-paper-rock. "Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly". Terrorism was when the older kids were at the end of your street with pea-shooters waiting to ambush you.
Part Three the finale next issue.
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