| Journal & Weblog | Write to Save Your Life | May 10, 2003 |
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"Everything But the Kitchen posted Tuesday, February 25, 2003: Earlier in the month, after receiving a smooth, newly-smelling, plastic-wrapped laptop for work, I devoted an entire week to reestablishing my system, including installing software, configuring network connections, designating personal preferences, selecting wallpaper and color-schemes, and generally setting the damn thing up so that I wouldn't mind working on it for 8 hours a day, every day of the week. Regardless -- and this may be part of my geek nature -- it was a task I thoroughly enjoyed.
m-w <- drag this to your toolbar, favorites bar, button bar, or whatever you call it (And with a little ingenuity, a similar link for your thesaurus needs (although it's use is by no means guaranteed): m-w thesaurus.) « |
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One thing was missing, though: I had found, mostly though random surfing and slackage, a particular link that when added to the links toolbar, offers a convenient and useful shortcut to Merriam Webster's online dictionary, vastly accelerating the hunt for word definitions (their site can be rather sluggish, as any word snob knows). Stewart at Sylloge offers the following:
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