Youngest Cat has started head-rubbing, sleeping entwined with, and extensively *grooming* (ew) the large flat screen desktop monitor at our house. It's kind of adorable that he thinks it's a member of the family, and kind of disturbing. (He doesn't treat the laptop that way.)
For work email and stuff, Outlook is EXCELLENT. For personal use. Um, no. Actually I use Thunderbird and web Gmail about 50/50. There are times I just don't want/need to type email in a web browser. However, I confess to not using Outlook's Calendar. I use Gcal for everything, including work.
- Dan: Bibrarian
DJF, use Groupwise for a while and then see how you feel about Outlook.
- Jason P
I have my secretary print out all my email, and then I hand write replies, and she scans that in, and attaches a pdf to the reply email.
- Blake
Ah Groupwise. I wouldn't even pirate it.
- Dan: Bibrarian
I was going to write something about using Pine or command line Unix Mail, but that seemed way too easy.
- Blake
OMG PINE! I have fond memories of Pine if for no other reason than it was my first email app when I got my first Internet connection back in 19*mumblty mumble.* :)
- Dan: Bibrarian
I can only agree with Holly and Jason, and I only used GroupWise for a single year. The return to outlook was greeted with much (understated, librarianish) joy.
- ellbeecee
I think my fingers still have some muscle memory of Pine commands.
- Jason P
It would not take much for me to re-learn Pine. (I have a friend who still uses it. Via Terminal in OS X if I'm not mistaken.)
- Catherine Pellegrino
Pine was the "advanced" email client here at UAlbany when I was in library school. I had weird unix email back in the senate. Weird security -- meaning I think they were trying to make sure nobody emailed out state "secrets"...
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Now maybe people will stop laughing at me and buy my line of tin foil hats...
- Todd Hoff
Sort of reconstructs. Heard the audio samples the other day. It's intriguing how similar the reconstructions sound to the original "heard" word. The process does require the implanting of electrodes directly into the speech centers of your brain though - which isn't good news for Todd - the foil hat could cause a short circuit which, by my faulty logic, would cause you to instantly repeat everything you hear.
- Slippy
Probes are so 1.0. The next gen 2.0 device will be sensitive enough that probes aren't necessary and my market will be secured :-)
- Todd Hoff
"would cause you to instantly repeat everything you hear"
- Greg Guitarbuster
"would cause you to instantly repeat everything you hear"
- Greg Guitarbuster
Yo Greg, how them electrodes workin' out for you? :-)
- Slippy
think twice before you speak...or think
- bcultral
I can't remember who said it first, but imma quote 'em anyway: When the thought police come knocking at your door, think "I'm not home". [edit] Last time I remember reading that quote, it was in a book by Harry Harrison, who is the author of a brilliant story titled "Make Room, Make Room!". You all might know it better under the title "Soylent Green".
- Slippy
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Well, this morning I learned what the cats will do to the fountain when the power is off for several hours overnight and it (the fountain) doesn't flow. Apparently, they try to dismantle it to find their fresh water stream. Everything was askew this morning and they had knocked the motor away from the spout.
Perhaps. I suspect that Sophie did it. She's pretty fanatical about having fresh water and she's strong. It might also explain why she was pestering me while I was trying to sleep.
- Katy S
Kitteh engineers! Mouser tries to dismantle ours when it's working -- she clearly wants to know how it works so she can make it make more fun bubbly noises.
- RepoRat
My cat used to try to make my alarm go off so I'd get up and feed her.
- Deborah Fitchett
cats r smart..I know when mine needs fresh water/food as she will always jump up on my lap or comes close to my face and gives a meow. and when I look at her.. she jumps down.. and trots away to her feeding place and sits down ..waiting for me to come and feed her !
- Peter Dawson
Our miniature pinscher (yes, a dog story) used to pick up his dish and fling it around the kitchen. One time, the empty water dish rolled in from the kitchen, across the living room, and out to the hallway.
- Betsy
There has been an ongoing battle in my office over 'tickets' (tickets are what I use to create an invoice). A year ago our service mgr changed how they travel through the office ... going to him first and then to me. During that whole year I begged for tickets, pressed him to move them along and often got huge stacks of them ... 3pm on Friday.
Which, as you might guess, made me crazy. This month, he got tired of my pressing him to move them faster, pitched a temper tantrum and piled the whole mess on my desk. Once again they come in the back door and straight to me. Tomorrow is end of the month. Normally I'd be looking at a 3" stack of things needing to be billed. Right now I'm looking at six....six whole tickets...and all I'll have to do before end of the month is whatever comes in tomorrow. I'd call that 'battle won'!
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Base -> 2 coats of polish -> top coat. I'm googling dehydrator. I usually clean off my nails with nail polish remover then wash my hands, wait for them to dry then paint them.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
You can just use acetone - Zoya's Remove+ if you have it is a great dehydrator.
- Lix
The water is hydrating the nail, even if you let the surface dry, which speeds chipping. Some circles are very-anti water bowl manicures for that reason, but a dehydrator should re-balance even after they get wet.
- Lix
what? there's such a thing as nail dehydrator? *makes plans to hit the beauty supply shop*
- tiffany
I think I need a dehydrator too. Some of my nails are too short to paint the edge of the tip too and I've heard that helps prevent chipping.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
OPI's Chip Skip is another option, but it's a lot more expensive, and I don't see a lot of difference between that and Remove+.
- Lix
Z - try capping them (painting the free edge) anyway. You'll get it on the skin, but you can just get it right off. At least cap with the top coat.
- Lix
PSA: CVS doesn't sell dehydrators. Is this only sold at beauty supply stores or online?
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
Chip Skip should be sold anywhere OPI is sold. In school we just used straight acetone, though. It works, just dries out the skin, too.
- Lix
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I have discovered that I have a new superpower. My fingers can put #puppehbabbys to sleep. All I need is a clear shot at a puppeh belleh, and *skritchy skritch* puppeh is Zzzzzz.
ahhhhh.. "two-spirit person" , thats nice.. !
- Peter Dawson
Yeah, he's a cool guy. There's been a bit of a grieving process on the family's part for a "lost sister/daughter," which I understand is normal, but he's transitioning well.
- Brent
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