Archive for May 18th, 2007

Here is a new startpage site sent to me by John. It’s still in alpha so expect it to do more in the future.

If you are looking for a high gloss startpage, Schmedley may be what you are looking for. This site is the OS X version of Protopage. Some major functions will need to be added before it can compete with sites that have been around for a year or two. For instance, I couldn’t find a way to make a list of bookmarks.

There are also a couple of embedded advertisements on the right side of the desktop. I couldn’t make them disappear so I covered them with a calendar.

Did you know the power button can actually be used to turn the computer off? You can control the specific action of your power button – Control Panel – Power Options – Advanced settings. The default is to shutdown your computer. You can also select “sleep” mode, “ask me” or “do nothing”. You are probably best off to leave it at shutdown, but it is nice to have options.

Laptops are a different monster. My laptop has three different advanced power settings – Power Button – Hibernate Button – Close Lid. I have modified my “close lid” option. I tend to close my computer while I wait for the computer to do something. By default, closing the lid puts the computer to sleep. Because of this, I always change the setting to “do nothing” when the lid is closed.

Five Second Rule – If you have ever crashed your computer beyond recovery, you can always hold down the power button for five seconds. This will turn off the power, no matter how you have those settings in the control panel.

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