I didn't have a choice in college, I was tskared, and I still use that some places because I can remember it and nobody else is gonna want it.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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-t - Sep 10, 2011 1:54:29 pm PDT #17793 of 25513
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
le nubian - Sep 10, 2011 2:03:22 pm PDT #17794 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
I have used it a bit, but not enough where I can really give a review. I like it, it gives me a lot of control, but there is a faint click click as I write.
So, my quick assessment is that I like it but I wish the click wasn't there.
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2011 2:23:46 pm PDT #17795 of 25513
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you think it gives a better line than a traditional stylus or a weird one like in my post above? I am on a mission.
Would you draw with it? How does your handwriting look in comparison to a pen?
le nubian - Sep 10, 2011 2:55:08 pm PDT #17796 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
hmm.
the programs I use, you can control the thickness of the line, so I would say it provides more control. easier to see around it in comparison to other styli.
NoiseDesign - Sep 10, 2011 3:18:51 pm PDT #17797 of 25513
Our wings are not tired
Paging NoiseDesign! A while back you were talking about selling off some of your old machines - do you still have any of that stuff around?
Yes, I still have some systems for sale. I haven't had a chance to do anything about selling them since I've been so buried with work.
As for online services, I think I briefly had an AOL account, but only to see what it was all about. I did BBS systems in San Diego from 1981 to 1989. When I moved up to Spokane, there was no option for a local ISP, so I had Compuserve for a while, when the user names were just strings of numbers. I then had a Delphi account so that I could get shell access to the internet. I know at one point Netcom was my primary ISP, then I had a local ISP in San Diego between undergrad and grad school, it was CTS.com, and you know it was back in the dark ages of the internet because they gave me a static IP address on a dial-up account. I kept that account long after it made sense to keep it just because of that coveted static IP.
aurelia - Sep 10, 2011 7:23:29 pm PDT #17798 of 25513
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I still have an aol account because I can't get my mother to stop using that email address. I use that address for the retail stores that like to email every day.
Is there any reason I shouldn't get iWork instead of Office? New computer with OS upgrade means I need to upgrade Office, but I see that iWork is cheaper. I use Word and Excel, but I don't do anything complicated with them. No formulas or anything.
Juliebird - Sep 11, 2011 7:06:07 am PDT #17799 of 25513
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
"Dns server isn't responding"
???
And now it's back. Too many windows and tabs open?
Juliebird - Sep 11, 2011 7:23:59 am PDT #17800 of 25513
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Wait, nope, taskbar is telling me I have internet access, diagnostics says same thing as before about dns server.
I eta Second stab at googling found an easy fix.
le nubian - Sep 11, 2011 7:32:49 am PDT #17801 of 25513
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
aurelia,
I really like iwork - especially for things not too complicated. If you do not have a lot of excel spreadsheets with complicated formulas or long ass word documents that need master documents structure, etc. I think iwork is just fine for your needs.
Gris - Sep 11, 2011 8:02:52 am PDT #17802 of 25513
Hey. New board.
I agree. I quite like iWork. It's not quite as powerful as Office, but it can do most things just fine. Pages in Page Layout mode is a good Publisher replacement too.
It will take you a little while to get used to them. You might have to do a tutorial or two to get comfortable. But otherwise I think they're great.