Richard Dawkins – Atheist Superstar

I think Richard Dawkins is ace.  Read The God Delusion.  Three times.
(ok well the last time I sort of just dipped in and out and read the coolest bits).

Was on RichardDawkins.net earlier today… discovered the OUT Campaign (outcampaign.org).  I think it is a wonderful idea – ever since reading TGD I have been a self-styled evangelical atheist.  Here’s the cool logo:

Atheism as chic – LOVE  IT!!!!

Now Richard I am a huge fan, but seriously is that your website URL on the bottom of those (shapely) t-shirts?

Well I guess a guy’s gotta eat, right?

How to paste Powerpoint drawings into MS Word

This is not a How To so much as a how not to.  When you copy and paste drawings between MS Office applications, they travel with all their properties and editability.  Problem is, different applications behave in different ways.

Everyone knows about the time they spent 2 hours trying to make a lovely Powerpoint diagram look like not-garbage in the Word document that was already running late.

How To:

Always paste your Powerpoint diagrams etc into word as “Enhanced Metafiles”.

Edit > Paste Special… > Enhanced Metafile

This will mean they are not editable (who cares?) but are resizeable – including text.  They will look exactly the same as in the Powerpoint screen (yay!) but can be resized with no loss of definition and can be otherwise treated just like a static image.

How to get stains off Caesar Stone

I have Caesar Stone benchtops at home.  CS is very trendy atm, there are versions of it sold everywhere.  I believe this trick works on granite too,.

When you spill red wine on your nice pale CS benchtop it stains.  Simple.  The usual answer is to scrub and use really strong bleachy stuff to try to remove it.  Relax – it’s easy.

Howto:

Use laundry stain remover (we have Preen at home but any brand will do).  Spray it on just like you would for a stain on a shirt.

Wait a few minutes for the enzymes to work.

Wipe off – stain is gone.  Magic.