A twist on the Two For Tuesday offerings: two sentences from an article that I wanted to share. It's about FREE software for easy clean-up.
This comes from a sidebar to an article by NEWSDAY’s “Personal Technology” guru, Lou Dolinar (May 18th, page F2): “Three free utilities I highly recommend to get rid of junk on your computer: For daily use, try Clean-Up, (stephengould.org). Aimed mostly at protecting your privacy, it gets rid of cookies, caches and history lists, though it also will free up a lot of disk space. A nice feature is that you can protect cookies from sites you visit regularly.”
(I did not try the Clean Up because I'm a wimp. Terrified that I’ll screw things up and clean everything off my computer while trying to free up disk space.)
Two lines I wrote but had to rip out of my work in progress: “The arriving state trooper gave me a finger salute off the broad brim of his hat and said, ‘Eckhardt,’ which I took to be his name, not some foreign greeting. I watched as he and Sheriff Carver argued over who had primary jurisdiction.” The reason I ripped them out? I had to tighten up my plot and reduce my characters. The sheriff had a key role, the trooper was an expendable character. C'est la vie!
Update: Miladysa's selections are here and Travis Erwin's are here. Thanks for sharing your 2 cents.
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Poor Eckhardt :[
I downloaded the free software 'Spybot' the other day and discovered 23 'advertisement' spies on my computer!
I've posted my Two for Tuesday on Miladysa :-D
Oooh...but Eckhardt sounds like a very cool guy! I hate it when that happens. I'm still hanging onto a character I know I must kill off.
As for computers...who knew they'd require frequent mopping?
Here are two sentences I read, from The Killing of the Tinkers by Irish Ken Bruen (these two are some of his longest sentences!): "The lads were in possession. Two sat on a fat guy on the floor."
Here are two I wrote: "The wet surface reflected the small Victorian houses lining the block. Inside them, I was certain, relaxed families dealt with everyday problems, like whose turn it was to feed the dog."
Nice verbiage, Lois and Nan.
Lois- Bruen's a chatty Cathy, practically William Jamesian. Couldn't you have edited it down a bit? : )
Miladysa- I was also thinking Alas Poor Eckahrdt, we hardly knew ye.
I read:
"It's far too hard on my delicate skin." He smiled, holding up hands and arms that were lined with layers and layers of thin scars.
- from Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, one of Tor's free ebooks which I'm reading on my new Kindle (yay!)
I wrote:
She put the high-powered binoculars down onto the seat next to her. Twilight was too far along to use them anyway.
Mine are up. Don't you hate it when you have to ax a character you've already investing time in creating?
Lois- I really like the tone your sentences set.
Clare2E - Really good binoculars gather more light than the human eye, and therefore could see better in twilight. just a bit of food for thought.
I appreciate the tip, Travis! I think we're still okay, since she's also gotten too close to need them, but good to know.
Cookies usually take relatively little space on your machine. It's better to control cookies through your browser. (You ARE using FireFox or Safari, aren't you?!!!)
The ideal browsers allow you to keep cookies you always want around (womenofmystery.net, criminalbrief.com) and ban cookies you never want (juicyguys.com). Hey, I'm only reporting what's what on your computer!
Don't know about Nan's set-up. I'm a Firefoxer and just use the tools menu for that. I know you didn't see juicyguys on mine, 'cause I'm rigorous about clearing 'private data' and history. Sure, if you really, really looked... But I though you were a white hat, Leigh.
Thanks all for the advice on cookies and internet safety. I use Mozilla Firefox. Sounds like that's a good thing!
My biggest problem is that my brain does not compute. I can write, but I'm missing a computer chip in my brain. If anyone has a spare, I'll be glad to get it implanted!
Maybe Trooper Eckhardt can help me find my missing chip!
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