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REFERENCE MASTERPOST WOAH

text tricks; click the <html> button in the corner

makes things smaller. the more you use, the smaller it gets.

<big> same applies with big

makes things go up up up up

makes things go down down down down

makes underlines (only seen on blog pages)

go here for ｓｐａｃｙｗａｃｅｙｗｏｒｄｓ

z̗̟̻̫̼͓͂ã̤̬͓̼͓̔̐̇͑ͩ̀l̯̜̰͐̒ͪg̺͎͈̍o͍̫̬̤ͭ ͍ͩͤ̈́a͇̘͙̼̠̪̣ͨ̾̍̿k̼ͣa̯̮͇̟ͫ̑ͤͭ̔̊ͣͅ ͌͆s̮̫̼͖̫̖̐̆ͦc̎ͪÃ͔̬̘̫̣̮̮̂̉͗R̈́Ẏ̖͕͚̱̩̠ ̫̝͎̞͖̄T͔̎͊̍ͪ̔E̲̞̽ͨ̿̑X͓̜̩̖̜ͦ͊T̹̥̰̊̎͂ found here

here and here for ƒαηcу/սռﻨƈօժε †εχ† (☞ here for unicode symbols ☜)

upside down text? oɯəlqoɹd ou

of course, those are the basics. <code> makes things monospaced and <pre> puts your text in a grey box.

other;

need themes? NEED THEMES? HERE’S A THEME REC W/ 4000+ THEMES AHHHHHH

japanese emoticons? (◕△◕✿)

things that look like japanese emoticons but are cute lil gifs?

anything else you need help with? a blog full of tutorials just for all the sweeties out there!!!!!

#101

xnessamatthews

Tumblr text HTML reference

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Hey, I can’t lose this okay.

Homoglyph can do things like:

Ｔｈｉｓ

ᎢᎻᎥᏚ

ｅｔｃ

Unicode text can do things like:

ⓣⓗⓘⓢ

ｔｈｉｓ

тнιѕ

sıɥʇ

αη∂ мσяє

For your text to look like this

You go to <html> and type

Inserting link <a href”link”>text</a> ends link

Break in line (like for poetry and stuff or whatever) <liv>

For your text to look like this

You go to <html> and type <code> text </code>

Small text with text here

Big text with <big> text here </big>

Center text (idk it works for sbar) <center> txt her </center>

Down text with text

Up text with text

Bold text txt

Italic text txt

Strikethrough <s> txt </s>

#102

writingquotes-deactivated201509

There’s a phrase, “sitzfleisch”, which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was a painter, and he used to say, “If the muse is late for work, start without her”. You have to be there. You have to be there, and do it, and grind it out, even when it is grinding and you know you’re probably going to rewrite all this tomorrow.

Peter S. Beagle (via fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment)

Peter Beagle is wise.

(via zquidward)

htmltips

Falling snow

Exactly what it is, want snow falling down your page? Just copy and paste the code.

credit

#code #java

Quick access to your most recent sites: Making taskbar icons work for you

I have a routine in the morning. (I've bored you with it before...)

Wake up

Bathroom

WYSL1040.com

Coffee

I have limited time to get ready for work and coffee is MUST HAPPEN so I want to do the other steps quickly. So rather than opening Chrome and clicking my favorites bar and finding the site, I cheat.

I right click on my taskbar Chrome icon and there is the list of recent sites! Here is an image:

I simply click on the site I want and BOOM! The site opens and I'm free to go make coffee!

#Taskbar tips #computer #computer tricks #computer shortcuts

To the Right, To the Right: Opening up your screen by moving your taskbar.

Your taskbar is essential to working with your computer. It shows you what programs you have open. It has toolbars if you've set them up.

Your taskbar defaults to the bottom of your screen. Some people even put their taskbar on auto-hide... (I hate auto-hide.)

I like to have my taskbar on the right-hand side. Here's how you move your taskbar:

Your taskbar starts out on the bottom of your screen and it is locked.

You can unlock it by right-clicking in the taskbar and unchecking "Lock the Taskbar."

Then, just drag the taskbar to where you like it.

I like having the taskbar on the right. It is easier to see what programs I have open. You can even drag your open programs into a different order by simply dragging and dropping on the taskbar.

Give it a try.

#computer #computer tricks #101 #taskbar

Flash Magic: Making Chrome open your favorite pages as soon as you open Chrome

WYSL, Site Tackle, tumblr, YouTube... Every morning I go to my computer and open Chrome and I go to WYSL to stream the broadcast, Site Tackle to check my site statistics, tumblr because I'm addicted and YouTube to check my stats there too...

I don't actually have to open each of those sites though, because I have Chrome set to flash them open whenever I open the browser. Here's how:

Open Chrome and click on your "triple bars" to get to your settings:

Once you click "Set pages" it will open up this page:

Enter the URL of the pages you want to open automatically. Once you have entered a URL, click in the white space around the box. (Clicking in the white space sets the URL and opens a new box.)

Keep entering URLs until you have everything you want.

Next, close Chrome and open it again.

All of the sites you entered will pop open in separate tabs!

#computer #computer tricks #browser tricks #201 #browser

Free PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc!

Computers used to come with great programs already installed on them. However, as the price of computers comes down, and as more and more things are done in the cloud, computers come with less and less software pre-installed. Google has the ability to create documents and spreadsheets and presentations but they aren't the only game in town. Enter OneDrive! Microsoft has really tried to compete with Google in the cloud by offering their products at no charge. Simply visit:

https://onedrive.live.com/ to get access to all of these great programs for FREE!

#computer #101 #Microsoft #OneDrive #Free software

Smart Word Box: Knowledge is power!

Did you ever want to know the name of a song but you didn't know who made it? Sure you know a couple of lines (or maybe just one) but you haven't heard it in a couple of years. How in the heck are you going to find it?

As Candace advised Phineas and Ferb, "Ask the Smart Word Box!"

What did she mean? Basicaly---Google it.

That sounds so cliche but it's true. I Googled one line of lyrics from a song I heard 14 years before and I found it in the third search result!

It may take some finesse and a few different searches but you can find almost any information you need. From recipes, instruction sets, videos, walkthroughs and more, you can find what you need. I even find what I need on the go but Googling from my phone.

My family Googles medical issues, music, and even how to edit videos and photos. Much of what I have learned has come from different searches I've done.

The next time you need any information, ask the Smart Word Box. It has the answers to almost anything

#computer #101 #internet search

Clean and Tidy: Using folders to your advantage.

Does your desktop look like this?

It may seem like a "no-brainer" but folders can help make your desktop more efficient and can help you find what you are looking for quickly.

To create a new folder, right click on your desktop. Then click "New" then "New Folder."

This will create a new folder on your desktop.

Now you can rename the folder to anything you want, such as "School Papers," "Music, " "Pix from the picnic," etc.

Now all you have to do is drag all of your files in to the appropriate folders.

Your desktop will look much more like this--easier to manage and much easier to find your important documents.

#computer #computer tricks #101 #folders

Did you ever have one of those days where your computer would just NOT behave?

You click here it does that...

Sometimes you hit the screen and make up a few interesting words and then you turn the stupid thing off and walk away.

You say to yourself "I'm just not a computer person!"

The thing is, you might actually get along with your computer if you knew what it was doing.

I can tell you right now in just one simple sentence what your computer is doing... Your computer is doing exactly what you told it to do.

I'm not being a jerk here. Computers can't do anything without a command. Therefore, you must have told it to do something. The trick is to figure out what you are telling it.

While computers do speak in binary code, you don't have to learn that language to communicate with your computer.

Each click of the mouse is a command, but sometimes that command is not enough. For instance, if you have an icon on your quick launch bar/taskbar, you can simply click it once to get it to open. If you click it twice it will open two of that program. However, if you have that same icon on the desktop of your computer, you have to double click it to open it.

Why? The reason is actually simple, on the taskbar the icon is set to open on a single click so that you can access it faster. On the desktop the icon is set to open on a double click so that you can single click it to select/highlight it if needed.

The same is true of many other functions. The trick is to learn what each command does so you can anticipate what your computer will do when you send that command.

The next time you click somewhere, ask yourself "What am I telling the computer to do?" You are likely to find that you and your computer understand each other better.

#computer tricks #computer #101

One of the many reasons Google is cool: File Sharing

Not everyone has a Google account, but everybody should… There are probably other programs/systems, etc that might be able to do some of the things that Google can do but none are as smoothly integrated and easily portable as Google.

Here is what I love best about Google—Google Drive!

Google Drive is a great way to store documents, images, music, videos, etc, but that isn’t the best part. Once you have loaded your files to Google Drive, you can share them with anyone you choose! Depending on the item, they can download it, edit it, or even collaborate with you on it! This is really great because it is difficult to send large files via email.

Google Drive is also great because you can create documents, spreadsheets and presentations and share them with others so you can work together.

All you have to do is

Create a Google account.

Once you have an account, go to www.google.com.

Click on the 9 dots in the upper right.

Click on Drive.

That’s all there is to it. You can start uploading and creating and sharing all sorts of files!

Note: While I do like to use Google Chrome, it is not necessary. You can access all Google Apps from browsers such as, Internet Explorer and Firefox. Also note, though, that you will probably need to use an upgraded version of those browsers to get full functionality.

#Google #Drive #computer tricks #computer #201 #file storage #file sharing

A Really Cool Photo Effect:

This is sometimes known as Touch of Color, where part of the photo is black and white and part is color. I used www.befunky.com, a free online photo editing tool, to create this effect.

This is a picture of my niece, Kaylee, with a butterfly that landed on her.

I achieve this effect by loading the image into www.befunky.com.

I then turned the image black and white.

However, before I applied the black and white attribute, I used the "paint" tool in the black and white attribute pop up. Here is an image to help:

The paint tool allows you to trace the area you want in color. That tracing turns that area back to its original color. You will want to trace carefully so that you don't color in the parts you want to be black and white.

Once you are finished, click "apply" and then save the image. That's all there is to making a unique and beautiful picture!

#photo editing #102 #web resources #computer

I LOVE the Snap feature of Windows 7 and 8. It lets you view two windows side-by-side. It's really easy, too; you just click and hold the top of one window with your mouse and drag it one way and grab the top of the other and drag it the other way.

However, you can also use your keyboard to do the same thing. You can press the Windows key and the left or right arrows to "snap" the window into a side by side position!

#Keyboard shortcuts #computer tricks #computer #101

I often have times where I open two webpages by using tabs. In the animation above I opened 3 webpages.

Sometimes I need to see two of the webpages side by side so I can compare them or copy and paste from one to the other. I can do that by dragging one tab into its own window.

It's a really simple process. Open the sites you want in separate tabs. Then left click and hold on the tab you want it its own window and drag it to where you want it.

They animation above shows 2 screens (I'm fortunate enough to have two screens to work with.) However, if you are using Windows 7 or 8 you can also drag the screens so they sit side by side using a feature called "Snap."

Another cool thing you can do is drag that tab right back into the window it came from.

Give it a try. It's a useful thing!

#Browser #Browser tricks #101 #computer #computer tricks

gerdperez-blog

15 Keyboard Shortcuts for Lazy People

Found this on the internet and it definitely enhanced my ‘computer productivity’ if that’s what you want to call it. Hahaha but seriously, this will help you one way or another.

Check them out!

Another quick tip about highlighting text

In an earlier post we talked about double clicking on a word to highlight it. That makes it ready for copying and pasting. But what if you want to highlight a whole sentence or paragraph.

It's easier than you think. Simply triple click on the first word. It will highlight the whole paragraph.

Here is an image to help:

#highlighting #computer tricks #101 #computer #keyboard shortcuts

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