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§ ita § - Jan 23, 2008 5:20:50 am PST #4465 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'll chime in with GoogleDocs again, just because I've heard many good things about it for just what you seem to need.


amych - Jan 23, 2008 5:30:48 am PST #4466 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

fourthing (?) GDocs -- Blackboard definitely doesn't do what you want.


le nubian - Jan 23, 2008 5:48:50 am PST #4467 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Writing a book in Google Docs:

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Typo Boy - Jan 23, 2008 6:03:29 am PST #4468 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Ginger, I wonder if comcast is screwing with your domain. I did not receive you email at may profile. I'm going to try sending to you from gmail.

[Update] No not Comcast. Same bounce from gmail. Can you send me email from another account, cause I still have not got anything from you either. Your email is two initials at a commercial domain for web and print editing, yes?


Ginger - Jan 23, 2008 6:48:43 am PST #4469 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

This is very odd.

(edited to remove e-mail address)


Typo Boy - Jan 23, 2008 8:42:38 am PST #4470 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

OK insent. If this has become too big a pain for you, I'll understand if you want to forget it. Have you tried sending to yourself using your [redacted]? (On the assumption that the email problem is of more concern to you than giving me advice free in a field you normally charge for.)

(I'll delete the email address in a few, which might also want to do for the [redacted] address.)


Dana - Jan 23, 2008 10:37:50 am PST #4471 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I know it's possible to use javascript to create a button, for example, that adds something to favorites in a browser. So in IE, this simulates the user clicking Ctrl+D.

Is it possible to do the same thing to pull up a search box (CTRL-F)? Yes, we have slightly dim clients.


tommyrot - Jan 23, 2008 10:40:44 am PST #4472 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.

Apparently this is how you do it for Firefox: [link]


§ ita § - Jan 23, 2008 10:40:59 am PST #4473 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nobody here has an Apple TV, do they? I was going to put a Mini in my living room, but part of what it would be housing would be torrented TV shows. Can I put an Apple TV into that scenario?

I'm also trying to work out how to house the music. I currently have my entire collection on my main PC, and that's where I sync my iPods to. If I had the mini in the living room I could move the library there and sync them there...

Man, could my diamond shoes pinch much tighter?


Ginger - Jan 23, 2008 10:41:41 am PST #4474 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I got it, TB, and I'm going back and delete my e-mail now. I'll get back with you tomorrow. Right now I'm just back from the dentist and have no brane.

eta: I'm glad to be alerted that there might be a problem with that e-mail. I'm just moaning a little because I'm the one who will have to fix it.