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July 17, 2008
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I used to wheel a lot. . .

July 18, 2008
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My first several attempts were less than 1 second. I did work up to one 10 second game, but more consistently get 9 seconds. It's all my computer's fault though. The touchpad gets sweaty and my fingers start sticking to it. Yeah, that's it, that's my excuse.

July 18, 2008
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I need a slower computer and a better mouse.

I can't get past 5 secs.

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July 18, 2008
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ok, I tried harder.

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July 18, 2008
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I need a screen capture lesson...

I got 18 seconds on my fourth try.

I used to wheel a lot. . .

July 18, 2008
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Two more tries and I got 19 seconds. My son, Ryan, got 4 seconds on his third try embarassed

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July 18, 2008
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"JohnDF" wrote: I need a screen capture lesson...

I got 18 seconds on my fourth try.

make a window the active window

hold down the ALT key and press printscrn and it will capture just a window.

then open MSPAINT, paste it in and save it off as a JPG.

then you can upload the file.

printscrn is often on the function key row above the insert, delete keys.

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July 18, 2008
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I got up to 11.something, but that's the best I could do tonight.

July 18, 2008
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😀

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July 18, 2008
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Go Dan 8)

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July 18, 2008
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Time to beat it John.

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July 18, 2008
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Thanks Dan. Giving it a try...

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July 18, 2008
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in paint, goto the image menu to attributes and set the width and height really small (like 80 x 80)

when you paste small windows in it won't have a white background.

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July 18, 2008
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Ya, I got that part down, I just didn't care about the borders 😛

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July 18, 2008
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July 18, 2008
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I wish I was working today so I could practice. lol

Best I've gotten so far was about 16 seconds. My desk is made of teflon and I have sweaty fingers too or something like that.

July 18, 2008
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Best I could do so far... Tonight is Friday night and I have nothing to do. 😈

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July 18, 2008
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We're all just lucky that Brad isn't around right now, he'd do it for hours and destroy our times wink

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July 18, 2008
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It's a lot easier with my marble trackball at work instead of the touchpad on the laptop. I managed to get 17.634. I didn't bother with a picture since it wasn't a top score at this point.

17 seconds never seemed so long.

July 18, 2008
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I hear ya...I thought my 20 seconds was going to be like 45 seconds lol

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July 18, 2008
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Woo-hoo...I beat John!

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July 18, 2008
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"Bender" wrote: Woo-hoo...I beat John!

Damn-it 🙁

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July 18, 2008
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Okay...work on this for a while 😀

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July 18, 2008
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"JohnDF" wrote: Okay...work on this for a while 😀

Great, I thought I was going to get to watch a movie or something tonight.

July 18, 2008
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I got 23.875 seconds.

24.093 now.

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