davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

Shortcut

If you frequently open the Device Manager, place a shortcut to it right on your Start menu for one-click access. It beats having to open the Control Panel, double-click System and select the Device Manager tab every time. Right-mouse click the Start button and select Open to open the Start Menu folder. Right-mouse click inside

Desktop Clutter

If you want to show the door to the InBox, Recycle Bin, or Microsoft Network, here’s how: Run REGEDIT and drill down through the layers to find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Desktop\ NameSpace Click the plus sign (+) next to NameSpace to reveal several numeric fields. Clicking on any one of these will

The Weakest Link

I spent the day yesterday on the NBC lot next to the Tonight Show studio (Yes, I saw Jay.) taping an episode of the new, syndicated, daytime version of The Weakest Link. The daytime version only offers a maximum of $75,000 instead of a million, there are six contestants per show, and the host is

“Some people are born on third base and think they hit a triple.”
Lou Holtz

Still Alive

Whoa! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. Didja miss me? I know you did. I’m still alive and kicking. I have a gazillion stories to tell. So much has happened lately! Stay tuned …

Revisions

Oof! It took a lot of work, but I finally converted all of my main blog to MovableType. All the comments were imported, too, so I’m pretty happy about that. Now every little piece of this domain is converted. I can finally get to blogging again. And finding a job.

Big Game

Big Game

Beginning next week at South Carolina, the fourth-ranked Gators go on a three-game stretch that will determine their season. Lose once, and any hopes of another Southeastern Conference championship, a trip to the Rose Bowl or the national title are history. Win them all, and even with the confusing Bowl Championship Series Formula, anything is

Win?

This is going to be an amazing game! Someone is going to have to win. Vanderbilt (0-5 in the SEC) hosts Kentucky (0-6 in the SEC) Saturday to play for last place in the SEC East …

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.