How Bad is the Economy?
by patndoris on Apr.17, 2009, under Jokes
Thanks to Dodo for this one!
It is definitely getting very bad
(Cat’s are so dramatic)
What's on Your Reading List?
by patndoris on Apr.07, 2009, under Websites
How many times have you seen a page or link you wanted to save to read later (probably because you stumbled on it while you were busy with something else) but you didn’t really know if you wanted to save it to Favorites or bookmark it on Delicious just yet. Perhaps you will do one of those things, but you really should peruse the site a bit more before making such a decision.
Easy as a Thumbnail
by patndoris on Apr.05, 2009, under Code Snippets
Recently, I was working on a project at work (yes, I do work at work from time to time), and I had reason to display clickable thumbnails in a webpage I was designing. I’d never used them before, and I had no idea how it was done. Luckily, one of my favorite sites is back up, resurrected from the virtual dead. Mandarin Design has a nice tutorial on the subject. Still, I was a little confused and it took me a wee while to get it figured out. Once I did, it’s really a very simple concept. (Not to mention once you get the idea, a simple copy and paste works so very nicely on this!)
Got Browsers?
by patndoris on Apr.02, 2009, under Computers, Software
Of course you’ve got browsers. Notice I said browsers - plural. Unless you have IFS of the Multiple Browser variety (click here to read more about this imaginary disorder) then you likely have more than one browser on your computer. I have struggled and worked hard to overcome my irrational fear of multiple browsers, and I now have three (count ‘em three) on my machine.
What the Heck Opens this File?
by patndoris on Mar.30, 2009, under Computers
Have you ever had a file you didn’t know how to open? Did you try every viable program you had and then resorted to Google to figure out just what program you actually needed to get the darn thing open? Well now there is an easier way.
Unconscious vs. Conscious Ignorance Revisited
by patndoris on Mar.27, 2009, under My Philosophy
For days my mind has been blank (yet again) when it comes to writing. Nary a bloggable thought has managed to cross into the vast desolate void of my consciousness. Sometimes I think random ideas make the most entertaining fodder for posts. Problem is, when I think of them I’m not usually in a position to be blogging. And if I wrote them all down, I’d never have time to craft short novels from all of them. (Banish the thought I’d actually do many short posts of interest. Nope! I write stories!) So today, I’ll revisit a concept I’ve pondered before -
A Simple Children's Story but can YOU Read It?
by patndoris on Mar.22, 2009, under Jokes
I originally searched the internet, back in February of 2007, to see if I could find this one with a quick Google. Amazingly I did not. I figured after two (2) years, it was good for a re-run. Many years ago, my father gave me this story, showing the human brain is quite adept at being able to read and comprehend even if the words are not spelled properly, or make no seeming sense on the surface. I’m not going to change to a nifty font, or use italics on this one - it’s hard enough when you first start reading it. Work at it for just a bit and I’m reasonably sure you will all know this story. One clue - read the words just as they sound (uh, that would be phonetically) and move quickly along (don’t dawdle - let the sounds run together) and it should soon make sense. Once you get it it’s easy! (By the way - proofing this was a lot harder than you might think!)
Coming to Terms with Bluetooth
by patndoris on Mar.15, 2009, under Computers
It’s been just over two years since my first foray into the world of Bluetooth. My initial testing of the waters left me less than enthused. However, over the last couple of years, I’ve struggled, learned and come to terms with the once evil monster I know as BT. That’s not to say it all works flawlessly - it doesn’t. Bur more often than not at least it behaves relatively well now.
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