Kenja's Newsletter & Updates

Volume 2/ Edition 12

July 10, 2000

Hello again everybody

Welcome to another edition of Kenja's Newsletter & Updates.

We are still on the Summer Schedule. My new projects are coming along nicely, and hopefully everything will be done by the time we resume with the regular schedule of the newsletter at the beginning of September. I really appreciate you having so much patience with me during this time. *smile*

Next issue will be out by the end of the first week in August.

* NOTE* I use Zip Magic to compress Stationery and/or Desktop Theme files into EXE format. If you ever get a password prompt during installation... ignore it and proceed. They are not password protected! For more installation help visit either the Stationery Help or the Theme Help sections.

If you need Java Scripts, don't forget to visit the Steal My Java Scripts section, where you can choose from 23 of the most popular Scripts, test them on the site and then copy & paste them into your own homepage(s).

Visit the Native American Music Shop for great Native American Music selections.

For great gift items visit Kenja's Gift Shop. Gift categories include Fine Jewellery, Gardening Decor, Crystal, Clocks, Brass, Sculptures and so much more. Now with a time-limited Discount of 40% on all items!

The Gift:

The Gifts for this issue are a Stationery with scrolling background, & midi, and Wallpaper (800x600 screen settings) for non stationery users. Graphic for stationery gift was created from ground up with PSP 6.0 tubes, various brushes and filters for effect. Wallpaper gift was created with various filters and textures for effect and is based on a painting by Keith Mallett ©.

Hope you enjoy the Gifts!

Please make note that the gifts are only for actual subscribers to this newsletter and not for visitors to the archive copies based on the net. Gifts are available for a limited time with each issue, roughly about 7 days and will then be removed... so get 'em while you can!

Desktop Enhancements & Stationery:

I don't have too much time to cruise around the Internet right now... just work, work, work, and that is why the link selections are a bit smaller than with the regular newsletters. *smile*. Hope you enjoy what I found:

I found the Wallpaper by Edmond Yang by pure accident. Even though he doesn't have a huge selection of wallpaper, he displays some rather unusual graphics (more on the abstract side), that are most certainly worth a visit.
DeskColor 3.0 is one of those free nifty little programs that lets you clear the background color from behind the text part of the desktop icons. Makes icons look much better on your desktop, even though we as Theme Creators, try to match the color of the overall background on those icons. Sometimes this is not an easy task and programs like this make it so much better. *smile*
Fiolex World of Fine Art is a German site that also offers a section in English. Here you will find loads of great 3-D Wallpaper, Art Cards and Funny Cards, Clip-Art and what they call "Writing Paper", but this is probably closer to what we would think of as stationery backgrounds for different e-mail clients. All graphics are free for personal use and are of great quality and quite unusual.
Clever Software offers 2 Freeware programs. One is a Quiz building program for your website called "WebQuestions", and the other is a Theme and Logo installer called "SUSD Screens 2000". Neither were tested by me, but judging from the screen shots, they seem easy enough to use. If nothing else you can't beat the price. *smile*
Dia, my volunteer who has been helping me with my website, has ventured out and created her own domain at Dia's Dimensions with 247 Stationery in 31 categories. She creates her own graphics for the stationery and has been burning the midnight oil right along with me over the last few months. I think she is getting a real good understanding of what it takes to create and maintain a large website. *smile*
Cassandra's Corner offers some very nice looking 20+ Native American Stationery and 20+ Native American ICQ Skins. She has her site set up with Java script and you will need either Internet Explorer 4.x (or above) or Netscape 4.x (or above) to view the previews (takes some time to pre load the images, so be patient).
Sneugle's Junk Drawer is another one of my accidental finds. They offer plenty of very unusual and great looking Stationery (offered in message format... read installation and usage instructions at her site), PSP Tubes, and a tutorial on how to make Globes PSP.

Stuff for Kids:

Kids are still on summer break and so I thought it might be nice to add something for them as well. Maybe you parents can use some of these programs and/or links to keep them entertained. *smile*

Roxie's ABC Fish 4.0 is free alphabet and number recognition software. This is a full version and not a crippled trial or demo version. Roxie, is a friendly animated talking cat that plays "Go Fish" with a child, but instead of asking for a number, Roxie will asks for upper or lower case letters, or for numbers between 0 to 100. This games also lets you implement your own graphics into the game. Great for pre-school and/or kindergarten aged kids.

Kids Freeware site is as you guessed chock full with all kinds of programs and activities for kids. Best of all... everything offered here is free. The site is broken down into various categories to cover Fun Stuff (toddler aged and up), School Stuff programs, Computers and the Web and of course a section for Parents.

Grey Olltwit's Freeware offers a large variety of entertaining games, educational games and/or books, online games, greeting cards and screensavers for kids. Everything is offered for free and include many of the kids favorite characters of Pooh Bear, Teletubbies, Sylvester etc.

Christina Word v1.00 is a Freeware Word Processing program for kids who are just learning to read and write. This program was created with the suggestions of a seven year old and so should cover all aspects of what is fun for learning (at least from the view of a child). *smile* You will need Windows 95/98 to install this program.

Rub-A-Dub for Windows95/98 teaches kids how to use a computer. It was designed for young children who are just beginning to master the hand-to-eye coordination necessary to use a mouse. Rub-a-Dub also teaches basic computer skills and prepares children for more advanced painting and drawing products. This program is free and a 2.8 MB download.

On the Lighter Side of Life -:)

This time there are two smaller jokes (intended for adults)... hope you enjoy them. *smile*

A Visit to the Zoo:
This guy went to the zoo one day. While he was standing in front of the gorilla's enclosure, the wind gusted and he got some grit in his eye. As he pulled his eyelid down to dislodge the particle, the gorilla went crazy, bent open the bars, and beat the guy senseless.

When the guy came to his senses, the zoo keeper was anxiously bending over him, and as soon as he was able to talk, he explained what had happened. The zoo keeper nodded and explained that in gorilla language, pulling down your eyelid means "*@#$! you." The explanation didn't make the gorilla's victim feel any better and he vowed revenge.

The next day he purchased two large knives, two party hats, two party horns, and a large sausage. Putting the sausage in his pants, he hurried to the zoo and over to the gorilla's cage, into which he tossed a hat, a knife, and a party horn. Knowing that the big apes were natural mimics he put on a party hat. The gorilla looked at him and looked at the hat and put it on. Next he picked up his horn and blew on it. The gorilla picked up his horn and did the same. Then the man picked up his knife, whipped the sausage out of his pants, and sliced it neatly in two.

The gorilla looked at the knife in his cage, looked at his own crotch, and pulled down his eyelid.

Author: unknown

Special Thanks from Grandma:

Grandpa and grandma were living with their son and daughter-in-law. Grandpa noticed that his son had a bottle of Viagra and asked if he could have one.

His son said, "Dad, I don't think you should take one they're very strong and expensive."

Grandpa said, "I know... but I want to try one. How much are they?"

His son said, "They're $10 each."

Grandpa only had a $50 bill but he said he was going to the bank and would leave $10 under his son's pillow that night.

The next morning his son found $110 under his pillow and said "Dad, I told you it was only $10 -- there's $110 under my pillow!"

Grandpa said, "That's okay, -- the other $100 is from Grandma!"

Author: unknown

The Finishing Touches:

Hope you enjoyed this edition of the newsletter, and found lots of useful information. The next newsletter will be published on or around the end of the first week in August (we are still on Summer Schedule). You may share this newsletter with your friends and family or visit the website for the current & all previous Issues:

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