[Thanks to Marcelo]
Librarians Do Gaga, video. It's funny how many different social groups the gaga lady is hitting and inspiring. She must be doing something right.
"cuh-cuh-cuh-catalogue!"
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Librarians Do Gaga
It's funny how many different social groups the gaga lady is hitting and inspiring. She must be doing something right.
"cuh-cuh-cuh-catalogue!"
Irish medicine
An Irish woman of advanced age visited her physician to ask his advice in reviving her husband's libido.
"What about trying Viagra?" asked the doctor?
"Not a chance", she said. "He won't even take an aspirin."
"Not a problem," replied the doctor. "Give him an 'Irish Viagra'. It's when you drop the Viagra tablet into his coffee, he won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went."
A week later she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to her progress.
The poor dear exclaimed, "Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid!... Just terrible, doctor!"
"Really? ... What happened?" asked the doctor.
"Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate. He jumped straight up, with a twinkle in his eye and with his pants a-bulging fiercely!
"With one swoop of his arm, he sent me cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there passionately on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!"
"Why so terrible?" asked the doctor. "Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good?"
"Feckin jaysus, 'twas the best sex I've had in 25 years!
"But sure as I'm sittin here, I'll never be able to show me face in that restaurant again!"
"What about trying Viagra?" asked the doctor?
"Not a chance", she said. "He won't even take an aspirin."
"Not a problem," replied the doctor. "Give him an 'Irish Viagra'. It's when you drop the Viagra tablet into his coffee, he won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went."
A week later she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to her progress.
The poor dear exclaimed, "Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid!... Just terrible, doctor!"
"Really? ... What happened?" asked the doctor.
"Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate. He jumped straight up, with a twinkle in his eye and with his pants a-bulging fiercely!
"With one swoop of his arm, he sent me cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there passionately on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!"
"Why so terrible?" asked the doctor. "Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good?"
"Feckin jaysus, 'twas the best sex I've had in 25 years!
"But sure as I'm sittin here, I'll never be able to show me face in that restaurant again!"
Friday, May 28, 2010
Oddity in blog archives
I'm just noticing that a week or two or more is missing (from the beginning of the month) from most of the monthly archives on this blog! That's not on. Anybody know why or what to do?
Thanks to Philocalist and Bron. Changing to weekly archives solved it. It seems to be a matter of how much text Blogger is able to show on a single page.
Thanks to Philocalist and Bron. Changing to weekly archives solved it. It seems to be a matter of how much text Blogger is able to show on a single page.
$100 tablet
One Laptop Per Child Project Works With Marvell to Produce a $100 Tablet, article and video.
I find it highly interesting, especially that Negroponte is so keen on plastic. The right kinds of plastics could dramatically cut production cost as well as weight.
And if these guys are going to make a 15-inch tablet weighing 400 grams (14oz), then the push is on Apple.
I find it highly interesting, especially that Negroponte is so keen on plastic. The right kinds of plastics could dramatically cut production cost as well as weight.
And if these guys are going to make a 15-inch tablet weighing 400 grams (14oz), then the push is on Apple.
Fujitsu ScanSnap (not "snapscan")
Update July 2012: I bought a Mac version ("1300"). This means that I can now have it sitting on my normal work desk, and scan in receipts and such as they come in, instead of having 400 pages to do when my accountant wants them!
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Before, when I need to send a paper document electronically, I usually just used a digital camera, much easier and faster than hooking up my scanner.
Not any more, with my new scanner, it's the other way around. You just put in the paper, hit the button, and 20 seconds later a PDF file sits on your computer to be emailed! Like sending a fax.
It scans both sides in one go. It corrects it if the paper came in crooked. And it uses Optical Character Recognition to embed the text in the image, to make the PDFs searchable! (For example, this makes it much quicker to find a specific receipt if you need it later.)
It senses paper sizes and corrects the scanned image to the correct size. When I think of all the BS I had to go through with all these things when I scanned documents back in the day.
It can take 10-15 pages at once, and they arrive in a single PDF file. (As a matter of fact, I could not find any option to turn off this setting, nor set it to scan just one side.) (James' tip below helped with the latter, but not the former, so I just have to feed one page at a time.)
A weird thing is that it comes in a different version for Mac! I never heard of such walking. It's all sent over USB, why make the scanner different?
And of course I happened to buy the one for Windows. Well, so luck would have it I recently acquired a Win laptop (4-year-old HP from eBay) for just such occasions. It's slightly clunky, but it gets the job done.
This is a compact, easy, fun and helpful product.
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Before, when I need to send a paper document electronically, I usually just used a digital camera, much easier and faster than hooking up my scanner.
Not any more, with my new scanner, it's the other way around. You just put in the paper, hit the button, and 20 seconds later a PDF file sits on your computer to be emailed! Like sending a fax.
It scans both sides in one go. It corrects it if the paper came in crooked. And it uses Optical Character Recognition to embed the text in the image, to make the PDFs searchable! (For example, this makes it much quicker to find a specific receipt if you need it later.)
It senses paper sizes and corrects the scanned image to the correct size. When I think of all the BS I had to go through with all these things when I scanned documents back in the day.
It can take 10-15 pages at once, and they arrive in a single PDF file. (As a matter of fact, I could not find any option to turn off this setting, nor set it to scan just one side.) (James' tip below helped with the latter, but not the former, so I just have to feed one page at a time.)
A weird thing is that it comes in a different version for Mac! I never heard of such walking. It's all sent over USB, why make the scanner different?And of course I happened to buy the one for Windows. Well, so luck would have it I recently acquired a Win laptop (4-year-old HP from eBay) for just such occasions. It's slightly clunky, but it gets the job done.
This is a compact, easy, fun and helpful product.
- Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M Scanner for Mac - UK
- Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M Scanner for Mac - USA
- Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M Scanner for Windows - UK
- Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M Scanner for Windows - USA
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Lenny Lightfoot, reviewer
iPad/Apple case, and Stowaway keyboard from Eolake Stobblehouse on Vimeo.
Eolake's little-known twin, Leonard Lightfoot, reviews and demonstrates the Apple iPad case, and how to use the tiny (out-of-production) _Think Outside_ Stowaway Universal Bluetooth keyboard. (Important, it has to be Universal and Bluetooth.) (These are unfortunately already pretty expensive used; let's hope some new ones come up when the iPhone can take bluetooth keyboards soon.)
Lightfoot is not much of a videographer; he apologises for much of the screen being unreadable in the video due to screen glare. (He had just heard Apple say it's not a problem, and was not concerned about it.)
Just as a follow-up:
I took a chance on the Scosche HZ5 tuneSTREAM Bluetooth Headphones.
And they work with my pad and they work with the iPod Touch 3rd gen. They are stylish and light-weight, and what little I've had time to test them yet, it seems the sound is great.
And you don't need a dongle/adapter, which is great.
You can adjust volume on the headset, very handy.
You're also supposed to be able to skip songs, but I've not gotten that to work yet.
UK link. (Not sold in the US?)
Burn, baby burn
That's now an iPod Classic looks after a few minutes being too close to a fluorescent lamp.
It still works perfectly, but the naviation has become trickier.
It still works perfectly, but the naviation has become trickier.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Apple Overtakes Microsoft
New King of Technology: Apple Overtakes Microsoft, article.
A little more than a decade ago, Apple, which had pushed out Mr. Jobs in 1985, was widely believed to be on the path to extinction.
Michael S. Dell, the founder and chief executive of Dell computer, went so far as to suggest that Apple should shut itself down and return any money to shareholders. (The computer maker is now worth about a 10th of Apple.) Around the same time, Microsoft’s chief technology officer called Apple “already dead.”
I think all the a-holes who so gleefully proclaimed Apple's imminent death even up to less than ten years ago (and so many times) should be forced to eat the magazine or paper their articles appeared in. And no salt or ketchup either.
A little more than a decade ago, Apple, which had pushed out Mr. Jobs in 1985, was widely believed to be on the path to extinction.
Michael S. Dell, the founder and chief executive of Dell computer, went so far as to suggest that Apple should shut itself down and return any money to shareholders. (The computer maker is now worth about a 10th of Apple.) Around the same time, Microsoft’s chief technology officer called Apple “already dead.”
I think all the a-holes who so gleefully proclaimed Apple's imminent death even up to less than ten years ago (and so many times) should be forced to eat the magazine or paper their articles appeared in. And no salt or ketchup either.
Two of the Most Entertaining SF Novels from the 1980s
Two of the Most Entertaining SF Novels from the 1980s, review(s).
I haven't read Vacuum Flowers, but I guess I should, because I can vouch for the other one, The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. An amazing feat of fantasy.
The Anubis Gates on Amazon
I'm delighted to see that most of Tim Powers' books are in print. So many other excellent mid-range authors are lost to the used-book stores.
I haven't read Vacuum Flowers, but I guess I should, because I can vouch for the other one, The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. An amazing feat of fantasy.
The Anubis Gates on Amazon
I'm delighted to see that most of Tim Powers' books are in print. So many other excellent mid-range authors are lost to the used-book stores.
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