How to Open Excel 2010 Spreadsheets In A New Window

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Here’s a quick trick for all the Excel 2010 users out there that like to work with multiple monitors, or simply desire to have more flexibility when working with spreadsheets. By default, when you open a spreadsheet (.xls or .xlsx extensions, usually), Excel will try to reuse any existing Excel window you have open. This is probably because Microsoft felt it was more resource-friendly, in the end, but in doing so, the user loses the flexibility of working with windows. Instead, they have to work with pseudo-windows within a sandbox. What if you wanted to have two copies of Excel: one with one spreadsheet, and the second with another? If you have Excel open, and you try to open it … Read more

How to Set Google as the Default Search Engine In Internet Explorer

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UPDATE: As of November 25, 2016, I have a video tutorial for this. The written post continues below. Internet Explorer has matured quite a bit since the release and subsequent infamy of its 6th version, IE6. Over the years, Microsoft has made many changes to the way the browser works, and overall, I’d say they’ve been successful in delivering a better browsing experience. However, they’ve also formalized certain parts of its configuration, and as a side-effect, it’s not always easy to make changes that are fairly straight-forward in one’s mind. A good example of this is changing the default search engine that’s used by the address bar. When IE is first installed, it comes with Bing pre-configured as the only … Read more

Update #5: New Hal-Con 2013 Interviews, Portal 2 Video

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People of the internet, hello! How are things? Good? Everything shiny? Glad to hear. On my side, I’m happy to the report numerous new additions in this update. One exciting little tidbit is that I’m down to one last Dragon Con 2013 video, and though it’s not fully finished yet, it will be ready quite soon! I’m also set to attend another convention, shortly, and that’ll mean more interviews in the near future. In fact, overall, I’m ramping up production in all of my content creation plans. It’s an exciting time! Added four Hal-Con 2013 interviews: Steampunk Beast Big Bird and Evil Elmo Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear (Attack on Titan) Robin Added the second part to my Portal 2 Let’s … Read more

Google Chrome: An Error Has Occurred: Could Not Create Download Directory

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As a devout user of Google Chrome, I was surprised to discover that all of a sudden, I couldn’t install any extensions. The developer in me (who communicates in binary, by the way) knew that it was probably a permission-related issue that had something to do with my download folder. But, being a creature with many other things to do, I avoided the problem for a while – I had other things to deal with. That is, until today, when I really wanted it to work. So, here’s the error message as I saw it: Solution And here’s how I solved it. I clicked on Chrome’s menu button – the three gray line icon to the right of the address field. Then … Read more

Update #4: New Dragon Con 2013 Interview, Transcription, Let’s Play Series, Facebook Page

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Hello again! This update will list what I’ve accomplished over the past month or so. Once again, the limiting factor here is that I can’t reveal everything I’m working on. You can expect more information about some of these additions in future posts. Added one more Dragon Con 2013 interview: BMO. Something unique happens in the middle of that interview, so look for that when watching. I even wrote a blog post about it, and transcribed it soon after uploading. Added the first video in a new Let’s Play series, one where I play through a friend’s Portal 2 map. Expect a post about this initiative in the near future. Launched a new Facebook page to represent my content creation … Read more