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Themed Ad Units Off

I turned off Themed Ad Units because I didn’t like the way they looked. They were shown on pages randomly. When I had multiple ad units, they would theme one of the units and not the other. On some loads, neither were themed. The problem was that the themed ad units had specific colors, including…Continue Reading…

Sizzly.info

Today I registered the domain sizzly.info with NamePros.com. I need to keep track of these things. I’m starting to neglect some websites while focusing too much on others. It’s Christmas eve. My uncle is visiting, and I’m going to spend time with friends and family. So I’ve resolved to get off the computer now. Hopefully…Continue Reading…

DreamWriter T100

I recently was handed a DreamWriter 100 to fix for use by an elementary school class. It looks like this: I removed the old Ni-Cad rechargeable batteries that were inside of it (I suspect it also has the charging circuitry, so it could recharge batteries inside of it), and put in alkaline AAs. However, a…Continue Reading…

Google Wireless Mouse

Since I’m an AdSense publisher, Google sent me an awesome little Christmas gift. This is an assumption, however, because they didn’t include a card or note. But it’s addressed to my name, so it’s surely for me. The box says: “From your friends at Google”. Everything came neatly packed in a stylish red zippered book-like…Continue Reading…

wininet.dll was not found

I went to my friend Steven’s house and fixed his computer. The problem was that a virus infected wininet.dll, and thus Norton Antivirus deleted it. Windows can’t work without it. Only the Task Manager would open, whether you tried a regular startup or Safe Mode. So I did some File -> Run’s and poked around…Continue Reading…

CSS Tutorial Tip

I wasn’t really clear on what the pound (#) and greater than (>) symbols meant in CSS code. From nemesis1: Child Combinator The child combinator is the greater-than symbol or right angle bracket (>). Using it to combine two simple selectors means that elements matching the second simple selector should be selected when they are…Continue Reading…