Windows "95
troubles last
ayear later
The wonderful world of Win
dows ’95. The real question is, can
you survive without it?
To be honest, probably not.
Does it crash? Yep. Does it have
bugs? You know it Can it, at times,
seem like it was designed to give
anyone with a computer an aneu
rysm? Unfortunately. Is every game
and software designer using it for
everything? ... You know the an
swer.
I really wish 1 could tell you that
you could make it without Win
dows ’95, but the sad state of life is
that you can’t Computers are be
ing sold with the program built in.
Games are being made exclusively
for Windows ’95.
I installed the program myself
a few weeks ago and I did have
problems. If you do too, here’s a
few things that might help you
cope. T
Computers that come with it j
pre-installed probably will have
few problems because the computer
companies work out all the mishaps
before someone even purchases the
computer. That service just leaves
the rest of us who are updating their
older systems in the dark. (Yes,
even systems bought about a year
ago—like mine—are indeed older).
Also, some eoipputer companies
have released updated drivers for
their computers, which you just
need to get from the company be
fore you install it.
Some people are resisting the
switch to Windows ’95, and right
fully so. Thke my parents, for ex
ample. Their computer is a 486 PC
without a lot of hard drive space.
They have what they need, for the
most part: word processor, card
designer, Internet access.
On the other hand, I like to buy
the newer games because I work
with computers on a regular basis
with all sorts of things from occa
sional design work to intense -
Internet work.
So if something new comes out,
there is a possibility that I may want
to use it Thus, I’m stuck with Win
dows ’95.
The other thing that will ease
your suffering is ’95 Plus!, which
is aU stuff that SHOULD’VE been
packaged with Windows ’95, but
wasn’t. (Bad Microsoft! Bad, bad
Microsoft!) I ; ‘
Plus! will make your computer
run more smoothly — and it will
look cooler. It’s just the frills, re
ally, but it’s still nice to have, like
the name implies.
v And as a final comment, every
new operating system has bugs.
Monday marked the anniversary of
Windows ‘95’s release and most of.
the bugs with the original program
seem to be worked out.' 1'.
So join the rest of usand crMi
with pride—you’re part of the fif f
ture.
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Fair vendor specializes in nostalgia
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
Tom Minugh packs a year of work
into 90 days. And he wouldn’t have it
any other way.
The 45-year-old Oklahoma native
can be found this week at the Nebraska
State Fair operating Old Time Tin
Signs. This booth at the Expo Build
ing sells vintage signs from the early
20th century through the 1960s.
Minugh sells classic signs with era
icons that would add some style to a
boring dorm room wall or a new apart
ment needing a touch of funkiness.
Signs include Coca-Cola, James Dean,
Elvis, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe,
Jack Daniels whiskey and U.S. Route
66.
As he travels from state to state in
a mobile home, Minugh sticks mainly
to the upper Midwest
Minugh said he loved his job, al
though he worked 16-hour days for
three months straight.
“It’s hard work, but I’m my own
boss and I get nine months of the year
off. I spend the winters in California
and the springs in Europe,” he said.
“I couldn’t see myself doing anything
else.”
His booth seems to be geared to the
classic broke college student — he
charges the lowest pices of any sign
dealer around. One sign goes for
$7.50, two for $6.50 each and three
for $5.50 each.
Surprisingly, his best-selling sign
is not a Marilyn Monroe or an Elvis.
It’s a N.T. Swezey’s Son & Co. Per
fect Flour sign. He sells 15,000 to
20,000 signs a year with the motto,
“Only perfect flour makes perfect
bread.” - ~ - ■$
“People are drawn to nostalgia,” he
said of his retro collection. ‘1 think
people have a desire to go back to bet
ter times.”
Minugh said he has a college de
gree and before he took to life on the
road he had a regular nine-to-five busi
ness job. “The corporate world is a
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joke,” he said. “This is a different kind
of life, but it has a lot of rewards.
You’re free..no boss, no stress. It’s a
feeling most people never have.”
Other events worth checking out at*
the fair this week include:
— Today, Czech out the Capital
City Czech Choaliers at the Heritage
stage at 11:15 am. The Shim-Sham
Dance Itoupe will perform at 3 pm.
at the Heritage stage. At 9 pm, Jill
Mane will be at the Main Street stage.
— Wednesday, Garcia’s Mexican
Circus will be at 6 pm. and 8 pm in
the East Exhibit area, as well as the
bands City Limits and Lost and Found.
City Limits will perform at 5:30 pm,
8 pm and 10 pm at the West Beer
Garden, and Lost and Found will play
at 7 pm in the East Beer Garden.
— Thursday, the band Blackwater
will perform at 5:30, 8 pm and 10
pm at the West Beer Garden and the
band Prairie Rose will perform at 7
pm. at the East Beer Garden. The
Omaha Dancing Grannies will per
form at 1:30 pm. on the Main Street
Stage.
— Trisha Yearwood will perform
Friday at 8 pm. at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
—Saturday, Just 4 Kicks will per
form at noon on the Main Street Stage.
The Old Time Fiddlers will be at the
Expo Stage at 1 p.m., and the
Prairieland Coggers will also perform
at the Heritage stage at 1 pm Blessid
Union of Souls performs at 2 pm and
8 pm at the Devaney Center.
The band Flatwater will perform at
5:30,8 and 10 pm at the West Beer
Garden and Alibi wilt perform at 7
pm. in the East Beer Garden.
Throughout the fair, Jeff Wargo
will do a health craft cooking show
and the Equador Inkes will perform
their brand of Andean music. An ex
otic petting zoo and antique machin
ery demonstrations are throughout the
week.
Admission to the fair is $7 per per
son for a Superpass, which covers gate
admission to the fair, entrance to the
Devaney concert shows and admission
to grandstand events.
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Bands delight crowd
despite pouring rain
By Michelle Delka
Music Critic
About twenty minutes into the
Charlie Daniels show at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center last night, the
older couple next to me got up and
headed for the door. Before leaving,
the older gentleman leaned over and
asked, “Do they think this is music?"
Now IT1 admit Charlie Daniels
isn't exactly my favorite, but I was
actually enjoying the show. For more
than an hour, the Charlie Daniels
Band entertained the Devaney Center
audience. The crowd was smaller than
anticipated because of the heavy rains
that poured on Lincoln last night. But
the die-hard, drenched fans made it
to hear their fiddle-playing star.
Walking into the concert I knew
only one song, die famous “Devil Wait
Down to Georgia.” You might expect
that would make for a drnl concert
experience—bet dial's where we both
would be wrong. Charlie Daniels
knows how to entertain a crowd with
a variety of different styles.
Obviously this band knows coun
try. Charlie Daniels is famous for his
fiddle playing and I can certainly see
why. But this band also knows the
blues. They played several of their
newest blues ttongs, including the
soulful “Birmingham Blues.”
They also played a contemporary
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expected. But the crowd pleaser, of
course, was the show’s ending, “Devil
Went Down To Georgia.” It was even
better in concert and left the crowd
dancing out of their seats all the way
to their cars.
Even the torrential rain didn’t stop
Lincoln’s popular party band Lie
Awake from performing outside after
the Charlie Daniels band was through.
After the rain ended, Lie Awake took
over the State Fair Grandstand and
helped welcome UNL students back
to school.
Although Lie Awake said they were
slightly disappointed with the smaller
than-usual crowd, they put cm one of
their usual high-energy shows that
fans have come to expect, complete
with their crowd pleasing brand of
classic cover songs.
Lie Awake successfully covers such
classics as “Just Can’t Get Enough”
by Depeche Mode and “Brown Eyed
Girl” by Van Morrison. However, it
was their cover of“Head Like A Hole”
from Nine Inch Nails that really got
the crowd going. This band has never
sounded better and it was die perfect
way to forget the stresses from the first
day of school.