When I returned from my deployment last year, my beloved Nokia 6120 cell phone could not be resurrected. As I went out the door in May, I turned it off and laid it on the bookshelf in the office. When I returned in September, I plugged it in, but it … Continue reading →
My Tungsten T5 came with Bluetooth capability built-in. Until recently, I’ve been largely Bluetooth agnostic. Then someone at work saw me with the T5 and asked about it. Then he related how he used Bluetooth to synch his work Outlook (a Windows machine) and his home machine (a Mac). He … Continue reading →
Within hours this morning, my computer techs had delivered a rebuilt machine to my cubicle. Meanwhile, I’d found more files I needed to save off to the USB hard drive, AND I was trying to continue to work. This weekend was the time for the annual, “Eek! We have no … Continue reading →
In October 2002, I was issued a brand, spanking new Dell laptop. Nice machine. Been working great, but I’ve noticed problems with this model–overheating, keyboards and screens dying, and hard drives toasting. Mine? Had the keyboard replaced last summer (learned to be proactive when a colleague couldn’t type his NATO … Continue reading →
I wasn’t too far off on my original attempt. All I have to do now is figure out how to reduce the padding around them, and I’ll be more pleased with the result. As I figured, it was easy. I’m not sure how I manage to make easy things hard … Continue reading →
I’m trying to lay out my new website design in Fireworks. I’ve done the lessons in the book for the sample website. I’m trying to adapt those lessons to what I want to do. They use round buttons with images overlaid. Cool, but not exactly what I want. I want … Continue reading →
Wow. This is an impressive program.
Continue reading →No writing today. I did play with Dreamweaver some more. While I’m failing miserably at the concept of templates and CSS, I have two pages that work. Well, that’s not entirely true. I think I grasp the concept of templates–just not the details of how they work, especially not Macromedia’s … Continue reading →
I got 812 words yesterday and have 892 so far today (Update: 1632). I’m also playing with the trial version of Dreamweaver. So far, it seems like it will do a smoother job than FrontPage. The real challenge will be converting my current web site to Dreamweaver and getting rid … Continue reading →