Why the option was omitted is anyone’s guess, but the fact is that it’s gone.  I did a search on the Internet and found a few solutions that were all going to cost me.  Now, I’m not averse to paying for good software, but this didn’t warrant  any expenditure.

I searched a bit further, and found an extremely simple solution that not only is free, but doesn’t require any additional software at all.

First of all, through Control Panel, –> Folder Options make sure that “Show hidden files, folders and drives” is selected.

Now, right-click on the toolbar and select Toolbars –> New toolbar…   This will open up a folder selection window.  Select ‘C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\windows\StartMenu\Programs\

That’s it.

The new item appears on the right-hand end of the Toolbar:

Click on the double arrow ‘>>’ and away you go.

Growth in ad sales was quite spectacular up to March of last year, but then the recession hit.  Since then, revenue has plummeted month by month.

Sales for last month were up on the previous month (only by 1% but I’m not complaining), and forecasts for this month show another slight rise.

Are we finally out of the storm?

Monthly sales.

First and foremost, it should be pleasing to the eye.  It should also reflect the general content of the site, so that a simple glance at the screen should give an idea of the type of site it is.

Customising a theme can be simple or difficult, depending on how far you want to go.  My philosophy is to take a theme that is as close as possible to my final desire, and then to make the minimum of changes.  Head Rambles, for example has been through a couple of modifications.  It is now heavily customised to the point where the original theme is almost unrecognisable.

As I said before, I wasn’t too happy with the theme here.  I felt it was time for a radical overhaul of the entire site, both in look and name.

Why chose “A Pipe and a Keyboard”?  Mainly because it sums up my necessities for writing.  It is a personal site, with quite a bit of technical stuff, so the pipe represents the personal, and the keyboard represents the technical. 

I chose the design for its simplicity.  I like the simple layout, which doesn’t detract from the content, and apart from a few minor tweaks to the font, the only big change I have made (so far) is to substitute the banner image.  There are a few changes to be made yet, of a minor nature, such as additional navigation and tweaks like that.  I’m not too sure about the image, as yet.  I know the pipe looks a little unusual, but it is the pipe I generally smoke, so it deserves its place on the Internet. 

It was a lovely theme, but I always had a feeling that because it was so good, it somehow got in the way of the content.  Was the site here because I liked the look of it, or because I had something to say?

I have decided to switch to a new theme.  I’m not saying that this theme is any worse than the last one, but I feel it concentrates more on the content, rather than just shouting “look at me, amn’t I beautiful”.

I have a few tweaks to do to it yet.  I have already darkened the text, and I want to increase the font size a little.  I had an interesting time setting Windows Live Writer to reflect the new theme as it is a complex one.  It is essentially two themes – the base theme is Desk Mess Mirrored, but there is a child theme installed on top of that – Desk Mess Multi, which provides one or two extra knobs.  I had to revert to the base theme before I could get WLW to reflect the theme, and then set the site back to the child again.

So far, I like it, but then it has only been up for a couple of hours.  Time will tell.

Any thoughts?

Is the world going to end on the 31st December?

Why are they giving us a countdown?

Go into Google homepage and click on ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ (without anything in the search box).

You’ll see what I mean.

Hmmmm.