Knitting Cybrarian

Hey! It's my friend Carrie!

Dell Axim vs Palm products... Vista vs. Mac OS

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I became a biiiig fan of the Palm OS and their handhelds.  I went through at least 3 different models.  My Tungsten E (whichever letter) wouldn't hold much of a charge, so I ditched it for the Dell Axim v60 -- I think that's right.  Their highest end model.  I had to switch all of my programs over to MS (and not all of them were cross-platform).  It was pretty cool for a little while, but it seemed that there was a close correlation between when the warranty expired and when the battery stopped holding a charge AND the Axim would reboot -- losing everything installed on it.

Dell was not helpful.  But I could buy one of their newest models or a refurbished Axim v60 (or whatever it was).  I wasn't happy.  So the expensive Axim collected dust for at least a year (or more).

After living without a handheld (and the consequent embarrassment in the few meetings when I didn't bring my laptop -- where my calendar lives), I caved in.  I now have a Palm T|X.  I'm reminded once again why I loved the Palm OS.  Intuitive.  Easy.  Reliable.  I've got to pay for a few of the programs such as Pocket Quicken.  I love Pocket Quicken and my financial management wasn't so great when I didn't have my handheld to IMMEDIATELY write in the debit card transactions and then synch them with Quicken on the laptop.

Of course the funny thing is that I bought the Palm from Dell, because I have an account with Dell.

With all the hype about Windows Vista (vs. what it actually delivers and the installation +security problems) plus problems with Dell and customer support, I've thought about moving to the Apple platform.  I certainly know of several folks who have and are thrilled with their Macs.  Only hitch is that there are reported problems with printing wirelessly through the Mac.  I LOVE printing wirelessly at home.  However... I'm sure my friend will figure it out and unlock those mysteries for me (and other enquiring minds).

Too bad I can't buy a MacBook on my Dell account. 

Aren't you glad to know?

Mingle² - Free Online Dating

(I'm not advocating the Free Online Dating, but I like the rating bit)

I'm in love

with a Firefox extension called Morning Coffee.  Why? 

Every morning, as I drink my coffee, I visit a number of websites.  Morning Coffee opens all of those sites for me in separate tabs (or windows if I wanted).  I can even set it to which sites I want to visit on specific days, although I'm not that fancy.

So if your morning habits are like mine, give it a go.  Certainly makes one aspect of waking up much easier!

Help a student--do you read comics?

Eve is a knitter and also a student in cognitive sciences at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada.  She's doing a study about how people read comics.  She's looking for folks to participate in her study.  If you're interested, please go to her blog post and fill out the form.  Tell her Laura Gayle sent you.

A new use

for those 3.5" floppy disks. 

What's sad is that I remember when they first came out and were very cool.  Well, compared to the 5 1/4" disks.

The university was closed today because of inclement weather.  Although Sunday was worse and I fretted and worried about my staff that afternoon and evening.

Tomorrow... most likely we'll be open.

Erudite?

Mosker posted her score, so of course, I had to take this test too.

Your Vocabulary Score: A

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person.

How's Your Vocabulary?

WOW! Mooooo

My Moo cards came in today.  They are sooo nifty!  Photos to come!

I'm not sure I agree, but...

You Are A Fir Tree

You love anything beautiful, and you have extraordinary taste. And while it's hard for you to trust, you care deeply for those close to you. You are a social butterfly, and you have many friends. You handle stress well - and you are a master at relaxing after a hard day. Overall, you are modest, talented, unselfish, and very reliable.

What's Your Celtic Horoscope?

The joys (?!) of storage space limits

About a year or so ago, our campus decided to implement a new voice mail system (Cisco's Unity) with our e-mail system (MS Exhange servers).  What I liked is the ability to check my voice mail anywhere I had internet access and therefore e-mail access. 

What I don't like is that of course, the voice mail files take up space in my allotted e-mail storage space.  I periodically clean out my e-mail and voice mail space.  What's most frustrating is how the most recent versions of MS Outlook work -- the personal folders MUST live on a hard drive space and not on a networked drive (the reasons why still elude me).  So I haul my laptop to work and back each day and put the majority of e-mails needing to be saved on my laptop's hard drive.

So, what happens when you're out of town for a few days?  I fill up my server allotment on the main e-mail server and get alerted at least twice a day about being over my space limit. 

Today promises to be a meeting free day (hooray!) and I plan to clean out the voice mail and sort/file the e-mail appropriately.

And make a gazillion return phone calls -- mostly involving library instruction, verifying that yes, we did get the gift that was dropped off last week, and yes, you may bring me tons of chocolate, champagne and strawberries.

Sadly, I made the last one up, but I'll still take chocolate, champagne and strawberries.