Matter of Fact

Screenshots in Windows

Matter of Fact — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:41:50 +0000

To take a screenshot with any computer running Windows, press the Print Screen key — or, in the case of my laptop, Fn + F11 (Prnt Scrn) — to copy the screen to the clipboard for pasting in Paint or any other graphics editor.

oneiric

Matter of Fact — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:03:36 +0000

oneiric \oh-NY-rik\, adjective: Of, pertaining to, or suggestive of dreams; dreamy.

laudable

Matter of Fact — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:02:58 +0000

laudable \LAW-duh-bul\, adjective: Worthy of praise; commendable.

Invites Unleashed

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:14:00 +0000

Turns out, the site will hand out a blog to anyone who appears to be running Flock:

Firefox extension:
http://chrispederick.com/work/useragentswitcher/
Link for registration page:
http://wordpress.com/flock/

First, download and install the User Agent Switcher Extension. Then go Tools – User Agent Switcher – Options – Options. In the new window, click Add and enter the following in the User-Agent and Description field:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051019 Flock/0.4 Firefox/1.0+

After you do that, go to Tools -> User Agent Switcher -> and select the user agent you just added.

Go to the WordPress.com site and get your free blog! Enjoy.

via ch0de

Why Fact?

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:10:42 +0000

The truth is this: I noticed that WordPress.com has a four character minimum on subdomains, so I looked up four-letter words on Google and found that fact was available — coincidentally, the blog’s subject and mission turn out to be an incredibly relevant innovation.

WordPress.com Invite Available

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:06:06 +0000

Join the club — leave a comment to get an invite (while supplies last).

Strange Category IDs

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:58:04 +0000

When creating a new Category on the WordPress.com system, categories are assigned seemingly arbitrary identifiation numbers: anywhere from 53 to 2927.

Theme Options Don’t Work

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:49:19 +0000

WordPress.com offers Theme Options for just one of the themes: Kubrick; but when I view the Current Theme Options and Save a change, nothing happens — the changes are not saved.

Meaning of ‘Matter of Fact’

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:40:41 +0000

Matter of Fact means ‘concerned with practical matters’ — a perfect description of the goal for this blog.

Introducing Matter of Fact

Matter of Fact — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:36:22 +0000

Where every entry is one, simple sentence, containing only what you need to know, and no extra fluff (something much-needed in this age of information overload).