Sparse Random Thoughts

Those of you that receive email from me or have been to my Facebook profile might have seen these quotes already, but I wanted to put them here, so I offer a bonus quote in the hopes that you might look over them again. Those who haven’t put up with me quoting these before I hope you’re blessed/challenged/encouraged.
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After much searching I found out that apparently you can delete emails in Gmail using ‘End’, but that it only works in Opera 9.1. I like Opera and would happily recommend it, but I’m attached to my Firefox. So, I am fortunate that I happened upon a comment at LifeHacker pointing out that you can use # (hash) to delete selected emails. While this isn’t exactly what I was wanting, it will make do.

Oh and I updated my Google shortcuts document to include this.

Scholars recently discovered what appears to be a text written as Christ spoke to the disciples after his resurrection. The parchment, containing instructions on writing about his life, is believed by some believe it to be one of the greatest archaeological findings of our time.

“And Christ gathered those whom he loved and said to them, These are my wishes for those of you whom will write of my life:

You must embellish a little to make me stand out as a historical figure, otherwise the tides of history will wash away my story and yours with it. Now I’m not saying that you should make me fly or shine like the sun, but I’m sure you can figure something out.

You must wait at least 10 years before writing anything. This is so the facts become blurry in your mind and future readers will get a lot of your character added to the facts, thus allowing them to know you and me.

You must not collaborate on your writings, this will make it more fun for future readers to figure out which of you have accurately depicted my life and which of you haven’t. Not to mention those of you that already disagree on what I’ve said will have great joy in trying to out do each other to become the more popular writer, thus proliferating your agenda.

Lastly, I want you to realize those after you are going to have their own agendas and might try to hide or cover up some of your stories while making some others the pinnacle of their belief, so work hard on your writings, you’ll want yours to be picked. Plus you don’t want these people to have to do a lot of editing, who knows what they might write.

And straightway Christ departed leaving those he loved to quarrel who of them would give the greatest account of his life. But none of them noticed me already jotting down notes hoping that I not be smote for this actttttaarrrgggghh….”

And here is the KJV for those who prefer it:
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I know for one I’ve become very accustomed to using my mouse quite a bit, and it’s very handy. The question really becomes is it always the best tool for the job? I remember being cable enough to get around Windows 3.1 without need of a mouse, but I’m not sure I could say the same about XP. There are times knowing the keyboard shortcuts has been necessary and others it’s quicker & easier than grabbing the mouse. I’m going to try to re-acclimate to using the keyboard more especially since I’ve learned about some of the features in the software I use or learned of new software.

Shortcuts:
Google Calendar, Mail, and Reader
Firefox
Windows XP

Helpful Software:
Launchy
Texter

Other Great Info:
LH: Keyword Bookmarking
LH: Mouseless Firefox
LH: Supercharged GmailThis Bookmarklet

I’ve posted these as they either are tools I use or apply to them. If you have any helpful tips or links for things you use regularly please share them in the comments.