is there a word processor for the mac that can find homonyms or wrong homonyms in a document? Further, is there a word processor that can find inconsistent verb tenses?
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
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le nubian - Jul 14, 2009 5:01:16 pm PDT #10716 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon B. - Jul 15, 2009 1:21:14 am PDT #10717 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I want this pen. That's so cool.
Very! But (as MANY of the commenters point out) you'd think the designer would know the difference between RGB and CMYK.
JenP - Jul 16, 2009 7:51:14 am PDT #10718 of 25501
Wondering whether anyone might suggest what I can do about viewing the site from my phone. The pages that list threads are fiine, but when I go in to a thread, all the headers and text get smooshed over to the right in a three character column. It's a mystery to me. Other sites seem OK. Can I do something in CSS, maybe? Probably not enough info. to help, but I figured I'd ask.
Maybe the answer is to get a new phone...
le nubian - Jul 16, 2009 7:54:02 am PDT #10719 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
what kind of phone?
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2009 9:40:22 am PDT #10720 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11:
Here's a really fascinating piece on the BBC about NASA programmer Don Eyles and the team behind the infamous AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer). Don was only 23 when he got the gig. Maybe it was good that he was young and naive. As he says: "I don't recall the risk and the responsibility and the fact that other people's lives were to some extent in our hands."
There are few instances in which I'm happy to be as old as I am. The fact that I got to live through and be an active observer (aka space geek!) during the Apollo program is one of those times. I still get chills reliving some of that footage.
There's a great jargon term in here, too: "LOL memory." It stands for "Little Old Lady memory" and refers to the "rope core memory" used in the AGC that required teams of (women) employees to weave meters and meters of copper wire around magnetic cores.
JenP - Jul 16, 2009 1:41:04 pm PDT #10721 of 25501
what kind of phone?
LN, It's a Verizon, uh, Qualcom 3G CDMA. I had another one that worked fine, but then my sister got a new one and gave me this one, and it had a cute little QWERTY keyboard and a bigger screen, but I kind of think my old phone worked better.
le nubian - Jul 16, 2009 3:01:37 pm PDT #10722 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jen,
how do you feel about bookmarklets?
I like these a whole lot and check through the link for some options. They are for opera (as a browser) and maybe Internet explorer mobile.
If you don't have either, put this link into google mobilizer: [link]
JenP - Jul 16, 2009 6:06:01 pm PDT #10723 of 25501
Thanks, LN! I'll give those a try.
DCJensen - Jul 16, 2009 6:55:06 pm PDT #10724 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Speaking of the Moon, here's "We Choose The Moon" a real-time presentation of the burns and the journey with time clock to events.
Sean K - Jul 16, 2009 9:23:38 pm PDT #10725 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Daniel, that link too me to a web page that was indeed wechoosethemoon(dot)com, but instead of any flash movie, it gave me a non-standard "You need to install Adobe Flash player" web dialog box object, and proceeded to try and download an .exe that was NOT install_flash_player. I very strongly suggest you go over your computer with a fine tooth comb.