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7 things I did not know last week

A week on a calendar
  1. If you want to set WordPress to display all posts for a given archive, you can type -1 in the options field instead of the maximum allowed figure. I found this in the instuctions for the excellent Custom Query String WordPress plugin (that lets you set a different maximum number of posts or days for each type of page in your weblog).
  2. The pronunciation of piraha language depends on the gender of the speaker. Men have one more consonant than women (via kottke).
  3. The software company Opera is based in Norway<./li>
  4. The satellite constellation Iridium takes its name from the chemical element Iridium because the projected planning size was 77 (the atomic number for Iridium).
  5. Hitting the Windows and D keys together shows your desktop. I found this out when my fingers did not stretch far enough to open Explorer with a Windows key-E
  6. The 'Delete' option in the right-click drop-down menu of Vista's Recycle Bin deletes the waste basket itself, not its contents (that's done with the 'Empty Recycle Bin' option' instead). You can restore an accidentally deleted Vista recycle bin and hide the delete command from Recycle Bin in Vista.
  7. You are more likely to get acanthamoeba keratitis, a painful eye infection, if you swim or shower while wearing contact lenses.

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