The first sentence of this CNN article on the Iphone could be from a late night Showtime program with a minor word change:
When you look back at this, in the three seconds it'll take you to turn to dust, I think you'll find the mistake was touching my stuff.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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le nubian - Oct 15, 2009 5:51:16 am PDT #11357 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon B. - Oct 15, 2009 6:03:59 am PDT #11358 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Ha!
omnis_audis - Oct 15, 2009 8:27:35 am PDT #11359 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Not sure if folks know about this. I've been having an issue here at the office that the only network printer is a PCL one, and Mac doesn't play well with that. But there is GutenPrint for the Mac: [link]
High quality printer drivers for Canon, Epson, Lexmark, and PCL printers.
beekaytee - Oct 15, 2009 10:05:30 am PDT #11360 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Hello Ye Gods of Tech.
I have a recommendation question. My bff's mom needs a new laptop and is an unmovable PC user. If she were Mac like me, I'd have confidence in pointing her to what to buy but, since my powers of persuasion failed and she's unlikely to convert in her mid-70's, I need guidance.
Her needs are minimal: email, surfing and low-tech games. She believes letters are best hand written and, therefore, does not even use a word processor. Due to space issues, she uses the laptop as a desktop, so does not need wireless.
I'm leaning toward a Dell Inspiron 17 (she likes the bigger screen). Ease of use and reliability are more important than price.
What would you suggest?
beekaytee - Oct 15, 2009 10:12:48 am PDT #11361 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Oh, and while I'm asking...I'm getting ready to offer Skype as a session option for clients who would normally do their therapy sessions on the phone.
I've never used a web camera and am wondering if there is one that is better than others for this. I already have a Snowball microphone, but don't know if that would be the best option either.
Obviously, sound and image quality are important. If it isn't really good, I might as well stick to the phone.
What should I buy?
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2009 10:29:13 am PDT #11362 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I have a Word question (Word 2004 for Mac): is there a setting that forces the first word of a line after a hard return to be capitalized that I can turn OFF?
IOW, there are a lot of things we type into tables, etc., where we have to make a hard return/new line, but the first word on the new line should not be capitalized. Word, however, thinks that it's helping by capitalizing the words as we type.
I've tried to turn off every setting that seems remotely related, but apparently they aren't the correct ones.
megan walker - Oct 15, 2009 11:05:32 am PDT #11363 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Isn't that solved by turning off the Autocorrect option "Capitalize the first word of a sentence"?
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2009 11:33:23 am PDT #11364 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Isn't that solved by turning off the Autocorrect option "Capitalize the first word of a sentence"?
I did, and it didn't help.
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2009 11:39:16 am PDT #11365 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Got it -- there are separate settings for format within tables. Because it would just be too easy for the formatting of the whole damn application to also apply to the tables created by that application.
Suck it, Word.
Kristen - Oct 15, 2009 11:42:21 am PDT #11366 of 25501
That's odd. I just went in to Word and tried it and the auto capping stopped for me.
ETA: HA! That's so Word like.