Many Things

I saw this movie last weekend and loved it. I rarely enjoy mainstream comedies anymore, but this one gave me lots of laughs.

Is it just me, or do the tea baggers sound like the same folks spreading all the lies about candidate Obama in 2008? I heard the same racism, sexism, homophobia, and fear-mongering over a year ago. Most voters heard it too, and that's one of the reasons the Republicans lost so significantly in 2008. The old hatreds, fears, and ignorance still grip a large minority of Americans, but most voters rose above it in 2008. The tea baggers and far right have sure tried to turn the tide against health insurance reform. They did about everything except to set themselves on fire in the city streets. Every lie, distortion, and dirty trick was used. And to think that THEY are the ones who want to talk about a "back room" deal. The Republicans in the Senate are the ones that forced health care reform into any such deals by refusing to partner in reform. They were more interested in short-term political gains than in helping to solve one of the nation's most serious problems. Any ...

This is a sad commentary of the times in which we live.

Although a variety of Web sites, including the Microsoft Office site, describe various aspects of using formatting and editing restrictions in Word 2007, I've been unable to discover a discussion of the precise task I was trying to accomplish. Task : Create a Word document that restricts users to edit only a portion of the document and to use only restricted styles. What I wanted to do : I wanted a document so simple that users without a lot of Word experience could work with it. I wanted to create a Word 2007 document that another group would use as a template to create training guides. I didn't want them using or creating their own styles. I did not want them to manually edit the document's title page or headers and footers. I wanted them to be able to change the document title and subtitle. What I wanted to avoid: I wanted to avoid use of section breaks, although it wasn't a requirement. I did not want to create a template file because most of the user...

Let’s say that you have a single document that you want to use to generate a PDF document for print and to create online Help. Although several software products claim this ability, only MadCap Flare 5 currently makes good on its claim, without rework. Using conditional text allows you to create some information for the PDF document and for the online Help without having to have two versions of the starting document. The concept of how to use conditional text sometimes confuses even the smartest of people. Here is a very simple explanation to help you. Think of conditional text (or graphics) as being a two-step process. Using this example of creating a PDF file and online Help, your first step would be to create two conditions: Print and Online. In Flare, you would simply label the parts of your original document that you wanted to be used in just Print or Online with these conditions. The parts that would be used in both the Print and Online versions would not have any conditions....

In our celebrations of a new year and in the minds of many, a new decade, it is time to take stock of all the things that we said goodbye to over the past ten years or so. Some of these things haven't disappeared entirely, but they will soon enough. So, say goodbye to: Mouse pads Road maps VCRs, videotape cameras, and videotapes Film cameras and film Cassette players and tapes Manual car windows Manual car locks Correct spelling Personal letters Desktop computers Wired Internet connections Dial-up Internet connection AOL Wired telephones CRT televisions Movie rental late fees Low-interest credit cards Paper checks Receptionists Newspapers I do bemoan losing a few of these things. Most of us hate calling companies and being answered by a machine instead of a receptionist. I hate losing real paper newspapers, although I admit I haven't often subscribed in the past few years. I don't miss low-interest credit cards because high-interest ones have forced me...

I was considering the recent floods in Georgia this week and the AJC article that claimed this was a 500-year flood. I'm wondering if the world's temperature continues to rise, with a 6.3 degree increase forecast by the end of the century , will this flood be considered a 10-year flood. Something to mull over and consider how we live our lives today.