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Jessica - Aug 15, 2005 8:05:03 am PDT #4011 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Should I just send you like a twenty, to cover a whole bunch of calls? Is it extra for long distance?

You'd better send me a $100, just in case. Small unmarked bills, please.


§ ita § - Aug 15, 2005 8:29:22 pm PDT #4012 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

GoDaddy's Domain By Proxy not as secure as you might think -- the article explains that it's pursuant to the terms of service.


Lee - Aug 15, 2005 9:14:38 pm PDT #4013 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Do any Mac users have recommendations about image editing software?

At least at first, I would mostly be using it to make icons, so I want something on the cheaper side.


DCJensen - Aug 16, 2005 3:45:01 am PDT #4014 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

LemkeSoft Graphic Converter is worth every penny. [link] The shareware fee is $30.


§ ita § - Aug 16, 2005 3:49:50 am PDT #4015 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Perkins probably already has that -- I do -- I think it came with Tiger. Is there a PSP analogue for OSX? Graphic Converter didn't strike me as that.


DCJensen - Aug 16, 2005 3:54:32 am PDT #4016 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Since I haven't used PSP on the PC for several years it may have gotten more elaborate.

Either way, I do a lot of the basic functions of photoshop on GC, and only fire up Photoshop when I have ten minutes to brew some tea while it loads. (My computer is very old).


§ ita § - Aug 16, 2005 6:16:09 am PDT #4017 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

PSP is pretty complex these days. For icon-making it's mostly the layer and blending that I don't remember from GC that Perkins might find useful.


Jessica - Aug 16, 2005 6:29:43 am PDT #4018 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I use Photoshop Elements, which is about $80 depending on where you buy it.

[eta: It's $69.99 at Amazon right now.]


Lee - Aug 16, 2005 7:55:21 am PDT #4019 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Thanks! I will try the Graphic Converter tonight--I do have it, but I am not sure it will do what I want it to. If not, Elements sounds good.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 16, 2005 8:27:00 am PDT #4020 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Hi all

I have 2 questions:

I am have just changed jobs and have gone from using Filemaker Pro to Microsoft Access. Does anyone have any recommendations as to books, tutorials, etc. I need to be able to build reports, queries, etc. What I would really like is a resource that tells me how to do what I alread know how to do in Filemaker in Access, like a translator or something!

Does anyone know how to do a find in Access? That is, I can't figure out how to easily locate groups of records (like, say everyone who took a certain class). I have a database that was built by my boss, and he has taken away the title bar (file, edit, etc), so I can't build a query (if that is what I do. He finds students in a class by pageing through them until he finds to ones he wants. This is driving me buggy!

Thanks