Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.

'Time Bomb'


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Theodosia - Oct 06, 2006 2:57:08 am PDT #9133 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

The IBM Thinkpad I use through work has a teeny LED right above the screen that sheds a very gentle light on the keyboard. It's called a ThinkLight!


P.M. Marc - Oct 06, 2006 7:49:27 am PDT #9134 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

The IBM Thinkpad I use through work has a teeny LED right above the screen that sheds a very gentle light on the keyboard. It's called a ThinkLight!

Doesn't that rule? I love the ThinkLight.


tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 9:20:37 am PDT #9135 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Bloglines vs. Google Reader: [link]


Jessica - Oct 06, 2006 9:25:03 am PDT #9136 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The other Bloglines behavior that's driven me nuts for months is a 200 item unread limit per feed. Once a feed reaches 200 unread items in it, Bloglines stops adding new ones to the feed listing. So if you haven't looked at a particularly prolific feed for awhile? The "newest" one you see when you do finally view it can be months old! I never understood that.

Ohhhhhhh. That would be why my Vids folder hasn't been updated since I got back from Paris. I should probably clean it out at some point. Or switch to Google Reader.


Tom Scola - Oct 06, 2006 9:26:18 am PDT #9137 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

There's a rumor going around that Google is buying YouTube.


Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 10:28:52 am PDT #9138 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Bloglines vs. Google Reader

I had stuck with Bloglines because I didn't like Google Reader, but the upgrades may convince me to switch. Most importantly, Bloglines is blocked here at work, while I can still get at the Google. Winner: the Google!


tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 10:32:16 am PDT #9139 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Most importantly, Bloglines is blocked here at work

Why? Time-waster? Or do people use it to read naughty blogs?


Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 10:35:37 am PDT #9140 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Probably timewaster. It seems like anything with "blog" in the name is blocked. Seriously. For example, I can get to wfmu.org, but not blog.wfmu.org.


Jon B. - Oct 06, 2006 11:10:07 am PDT #9141 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Microsoft Access 2003: I need an expression that takes the difference between two numbers, but returns 0 if the difference is negative. In Excel, I'd use max(num1-num2,0), but I can't find an equivilent in Access. Does it exist, or do I need to do an IIF statement?


tommyrot - Oct 06, 2006 11:11:36 am PDT #9142 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

what am I thinking....

or do I need to do an IIF statement?

Yes.

The lack of a Max() or Min() function in VBA is annoying. (Not to beconfused with Max and Min in SQL.)

eta: OK, here's a worse way of doing it: ((b-a) + Abs(b-a))/2