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THE INTERNET ADVENTURES OF STUPIDMAN #2
By: Stupidman
Stupidman Downloads,Copies a File
Some superheroes drink a potion,take a pill,utter some
magic words. I put my fingers on a keyboard and become
STUPIDMAN.
I am currently reading the free chapters of the new e-book
"Internet Profit Pearls" (IPP). I understand the
explanations of why some popular strategies don't work and
the advantages of some lesser used,yet cost effective
methods. My problem is implementing the tactics. But
apparently I'm not alone.
One tactic is creating a "junk" email address. I went to
a free email service and thought Stupidman needs an email
address. Guess what? Stupidman was taken, in fact the
first three versions were taken. I finally secured a
version but even creating an email address does not come
easy for me.
Downloading the book was easy(at least it was with Winzip)
but then IPP says I have to make a copy. Never having made
a copy my blood pressure begins to rise, but there is a
link to a tutorial site and a brief description of the
steps for copying. Wanting to delay the inevitable and
avoid becoming gaseous dog(see previous articles) I click
the tutorial.
Remembering we have Windows 98, I select it, then "getting
started" and......get the old "the page cannot be displayed
notice". (Sometimes I think this is a cookie that attaches
to me rather than a computer.) After two more attempts I
give up and return to IPP.
For those of you who know what you are doing, this next
passage is really boring and is intended for soul mates of
Stupidman.
Usually my son,Greased Lightning, ignores everything I say
but one time he responded to my mutterings about the wasted
printer ribbon and paper when I would print a 22 page
article and only wanted 3 paragraphs. He responded,
contemptuously of course, by showing me how to select a
portion of the article. Click the cursor (also known as
the curser when your hand twitches) at the top left corner
of what you want to copy, left click and hold,then drag to
bottom right corner of what you want to copy. This
highlighted area can be printed. Now hold the Ctrl key
down and press P. A gray page will pop up, click selection
(it's in the middle on the left side) then ok. If you have
paper in the printer(a future article?) you'll get a copy
of exactly what you want. (Warning: More than likely the
gray page defaults to all. If you get too cocky with this
new technique you will forget to click selection and end up
with 22 pages of stuff).
Using this valuable technique, I copy the instructions on
how to copy a file. (I'm a lot more comfortable with hard
copy in one hand while I hit the wrong keys with the
other.) (In a future article I'll describe some of the
experiences I've had with the Alt key.)
Instructions in hand, I try to copy the file/book.
Unfortunately,as I found out the next day, the instructions
were written for PKzip while I have Winzip. But 30 minutes
later,mostly due to hesitancy and gaseous dog phobia, I end
up with a good copy of the book by following the
instructions within Winzip.(I really don't know how it
happened as the memory is very blurred.)
A word of caution to members of the tribe of Stupidman who
are reading the book. Chapter 3 is very technical and full
of alphabet soup. If you are like me you will be less
stressed if you read the last screen of Chapter 3 (the
material in the yellow box) before you read the rest of the
chapter. (It's ok to do this,it's not like reading the
last page of a mystery when you are in the middle of the
book.)
Coming Soon: Stupidman Brands,Sends Email Attachment
Stupidman Creates SIG File,Opens Lock
The Internet Adventures Of Stupidman
Will Put A Smile On Your Face
www.stupidmanok.com
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About the Author
Stupidman's funny tutorial about building his website from scratch. 16+ sequential articles.
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