Archive for 'General Interest' Category
Remove Text Formatting and Paste Unformatted Text
How many times have you copied something from a web site and found that you also copied the formatting that you really didn’t want? Or you copied from one document to another and included unnecessary formatting. It can be very frustrating at times, can’t it? The standard method of copying (Control>C) and pasting (Control>V) brings [...]
Password Brain Drain
How many passwords do you have? In any given month you probably enter over 100 different passwords to access e-mail, bank accounts, favourite retail sites and other assorted stuff. Now, that can be mind boggling if you have more than one password to remember. According to security experts you should choose a different password for each [...]
Happy New Year 2009
May I wish each and every one of you a very Happy New Year 2009. As we look forward to 2009, and think back to what has happened globally in 2008, may I wish for you: Light at the end of the tunnel. Joy in a world that seems so joyless. Love and peace when [...]
The Thrifty Sewer
Have you ever gone into one of your fabric cupboards or drawers to find something and more or less shook your head in dismay, wondering how you had ever managed to store so much in one cupboard or on one shelf? Then you never do find what you are looking for as it isn’t where [...]
Thanksgiving Day in Canada
Canadians, it seems, are a very quiet patriots, and at times it can seem we aren’t proud to be Canadians, but look at a group of Canadians when the first bars of “O Canada” begin to play! Oh, yes, we are proud to be Canadians! Our Canadian Thanksgiving is on October 13 this year, as [...]
Embroidery Tip – Reading, Talking and Learning!
These may not be the three “R’s” that you knew as a child in school, but one of the most important things you can do when learning about your embroidery machine or accessories for the machine, find suggestions as to how to embroider a project you are working on, perhaps a good type of stabilizer [...]
How to learn a new program – Search Engines and Mailing Lists
Do you have a new software program that you need to learn how to use? Have you purchased a new Vista computer and now want to know how to use some of the new features in Vista? There are several ways to learn about new software programs or operating systems, but the key to learning [...]
Embird Tip – Aligning Designs in Editor
Have you ever merged two or more designs into a hoop and wanted to have them align perfectly or have you ever tried to align a row of text with a design? There is an align tool in Embird that is very easy to use but quite often overlooked. With the align tool, you have [...]
Font Engine plug in for Embird contest winner!
The winner of the free Font Engine plug-in for Embird is Jackie Sage. Congratulations, Jackie, I know you are going to enjoy Font Engine. Jackie’s name was picked from the list of those who entered the contest ,using a random number generator at Random.org. She was thrilled to win and told me that she had [...]
My Thread Box Contest – and the winner is …
Mary Pozdnekoff Congratulations, Mary and I know you will enjoy My Thread Box. Thank you to all who entered the contest and be sure to keep tuned for further give-aways. I am very grateful to the people who provide these products to me so I can share my enjoyment of them with the lucky winners. [...]