[Lowerbounds, Upperbounds]

Algorithms are everywhere.

A couple days ago a pretty savvy Windows user in our Theory group asked me if there is any keyboard shortcut to rename a file in Explorer. I don’t know how I learned about it, but F2 is the answer. It seems to have dated back to my Lotus 123 days. In Lotus 123, F2 means “edit cell” and it also works in Excel for the obvious reason. I also notice that Microsoft actually publishes a list in their knowledge base:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q301583

Well, but this list is surely not comprehensive. For one thing, I note that Ctrl+Shift+Esc is not listed anywhere. (This brings up the Task Manager.)

Luis officially launched Peekaboom a couple days back, but the even more “real” launch is actually today.

Here is the story on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and this is the presentation Roy has made on it. Roy is a member of the Peekaboom team that Luis has assembled in REU.