I’ve use a dual monitor layout on my work computer and quite often I will have one monitor that has virtual machines or remote desktop sessions running and often have my other windows maximized on the other monitor.  I’ve found it kind of annoying to have to click in the different windows as I move back and forth between the two monitors and so I did a little digging and found that Vista has the “Ease of Access Center” that allows you to easily (read: no registry hacks) set the focus follows mouse feature.  Now when I move my mouse back and forth between the monitors I can start typing right away.

Here is what I did:

• Press the Windows key and type “ease of access”
• Select “Ease of Access Center”
• Scroll to the bottom of this screen.
• Click “Make the mouse easier to use”
• Check “Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse”
• Click “Save” and you are done.

Ok. So this has been around for a while but I just discovered it today.

Alan Becker has produced some very creative and entertaining flash animations. The basic story is that the animator creates an animation “victim” that then proceeds to fight back. There are two animations in this series, the second one appropriately entitled Animator vs. Animation II.

Also, a fan of the animations has created a flash game where you can play as the animator or animation. Lots of fun.

Go check them out:

Animator vs. Animation

Animator vs. Animation II

Animator vs. Animation Game (there is an ad and an intro to wait through before you can play)

http://www.doolwind.com/index.php?page=11

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