Meter

Member since: Apr 11th, 2006

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Xitami provides an alternative to Apache (Download Squad)

Aug 7th 2006 10:34AM The free version of the Abyss Web Server from www.aprelium.com is what I have been using for the last several years, and I think it's mighty sweet. It supports all the good things a Web server is supposed to, and it has an http-based configuration interface to spare you from config-file hell.

Stop Word 2007 from adding space between lines (Download Squad)

Jul 19th 2006 10:12AM I think you need to clarify between "spaces between lines" and "spaces between paragraphs." In the academic community, double spaces between lines and the same amount of spacing between paragraphs (with the first line indented) is the most common standard. Examples can be seen at for APA and for MLA.

The standard I see most commonly used in business communication is single spacing between lines and double spacing between paragraphs, with no indentation. Most users implement the double spacing between paragraphs with two hits to the enter key... effective, but not very semantic. Oh, and please oh please oh please do not extra-space the paragraphs *and* indent the first line. That's totally like wearing white in January.

I use Word 2003 and OpenOffice and have templates set up in each that use styles to configure the spacing, etc. as needed for the type of document. While it takes a bit of time to set up styles and templates to behave exactly as you want, in the end it saves a *lot* of time and frustration. Now I almost never have to reach for the formatting toolbar or (worse!) formatting menu items.

The "Jonathan" reborn? (The Design Weblog)

Apr 11th 2006 7:14PM I am so glad you found this! I had been trying to pull the "Jonathan" out of the dusty recesses of my rotting mind for ages. I first saw the "Jonathan" in ID magazine when it was initially revealed, and what I thought of it then I still think today: a cute but over-literal stretch in attempting to simplify through analogical semantics. Ditto the "Bookshelf".