In short a good presentation should have:1. A headline2. A villain3. A simple slide4. A demo5. A holy smokes moment...http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/oct2009/sb2009106_706829.htm

So, I had the dreaded stuck "hand" tool in MXFireworks 2004 (yeah, I know, way behind, I work for the govt....) where I absolutely could do nothing except move around using the hand tool.After much googling, here are the responses I came up with (and I now share in hopes of helping somebody else) :The first three are duhs, which didn't work for me ;-)Turn off conflicting software/clear memory

• Restart the software (Fireworks, Photoshop, etc.).
• Restart your computer
• Turn off any Macro products you might be running

Reset your preferences -- Ah -ha!

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There are probably multiple ways to do this (friendfeed, google reader, etc.) but I'm already posting from twitter to facebook. So, throwing in another tool that I use (and love -- but really only as a personal bookmark service) del.icio.us, I discovered that I can now bookmark in del.icio.us and then send to twitter. Using the post from twitter, I can then send it right on over to facebook (using one of the twitter to facebook apps).

Interesting idea -- an online backup service (mostly pay-to-play) but twitter backup is free.http://backupify.com/

Question of the day: Has anyone seen the following error when you try to open a pdf file:There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired.My answer (I have lots of experience with bad PDF files... long story .. not my fault, though, I was just an innocent bystander...

This post will cover 2 things: how to disconnect your facebook status from twitter and how to set up selective tweeting to facebook.Selective tweetingIn facebook, there is a great application called selective twitter status, which gives you control over which of your tweets go to facebook. Once you add selective twitter to your facebook account and link your twitter and facebook accounts together, all you do is tweet (post) to twitter but add #fb at the end. Selective twitter will then ONLY send those tweets with #fb to facebook.It works great, but...

A few free web tools:http://freetools.edublogs.org/

I haven't had any problems watching Hulu using Firefox3, but I did have the occasional problem with sound on Firefox2.x.In the earlier version, I sometimes had to un-install and re-install the flash add-on. Anyhow, since upgrading to Firefox 3. (now 3.1), I've had no problems....but for those watching Hulu with no sound, here is more help.http://getsatisfaction.com/hulu/topics/obtain_picture_but_no_sound_on_free_video

Hearwho.com is a free online service which converts text (type it in or copy + paste) to a downloadable audio mp3. Choices include: male or female voice, English or Spanish language, and then a couple of choices for quality. I'm not sure how well it works with a large chunk of scientific or medical text, but still an interesting project.http://www.hearwho.com/----Very cool!

Uh-oh, I sometimes take the easy way out (i.e., use whatever format is supported by the software I have in front of me)...Text & Clipart -- GIF or PNG formatScreenshots from Window -- PNG formatVideo & Photographs screenshots -- JPG formatThe article explains it more and also includes images comparing quality.http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/best-file-format-for-screensho…