JWColby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Aug 24 11:48:53 CDT 2006
LOL. Yea waaaaay out of date. I left NEF in 2002, and have been doing consulting (before and) since. My wife and I managed to pull off a move to North Carolina and so far we love it down here. Looking forward to warmer winters. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:16 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox Oops. Thought this was a OT list thread. Guess it's going on both lists. Guess my contact info for you is way out of date John. I still have you as IT Director at North East Fasteners. And living in Connecticut. But at least I have your birthday right now eh? 11/5/1954? GK On 8/24/06, JWColby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > >... you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday coming up on > >August > 30th. Right Donna? <grin> > > Mine is Nov 5th. Put it in your Palm. > > I'll be 52 this year, and there will be a world wide celebration as > all my friends and acquaintances on AccessD stop to drink a pint. > Well... Actually most of them would stop to drink a pint anyway... ;-) > But now they have an official reason for doing so on that day. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:12 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Now It's Firefox > > I don't use the Palm for e-mail. My current one does do WIFI and > bluetooth communications but I haven't actually tried it at either. > For me it's being able to take my calendar with me to meetings and my > contacts with me when I want to. Like a traveling rolodex. And it has > the very same data as is on the computer files. And if I change it on > the compute rit's cahnged on the palm and if I change it on the Palm > it's changed on the computer. With my previous two Palm devices I had > keyboards that i could connect and it was essentially a very small > laptop that could be used for notetaking although to tell the truth I > really hardly ever used that feature. I carry my phone with me most of > the time but I seldom get any calls on it as I don't really give out > the number too much. It's a small one so it fits in my pocket. I also have a seperate camera in the same pocket. > Don't like the cameras in the phones so I passed on that when I got my > last phone. I like a REAL camera. The one I carry with me at all times > is the size of an Altoids box. So I'm used to having things in my > pocket. In my other pocket I have my keys, a foldup pair of reading > glasses and a swiss army knife. > I like having pockets and I USE my pockets. > > I used to use a Daytimer paper calendar. And I carried it with me > everywhere. I used a small sized one and it was a big change for me to > go electronic. The big kicker for me was the CONTACTS part of the Daytimer. > Once a year or so I had to recopy all the contacts into a new paper > book and that drove me crazy. I had crossed out numbers and names and > smudged ink and at one point I vowed I would never go through > recopying that address book again. And that was what got me to look at > my first Palm device. And Using the Outlook Calendar has gotten me > quite a lot of acclaim for remembering peoples birthdays and > anniversaries because you set them up once and tell it it recurs every > year and WALLA, you get a reminder that it's so and so's birthday > coming up on August 30th. Right Donna? <grin> > > And my Palm also allows me to sync to multiple computers and that > propegates all that stuff into the Outlook that lives on those other > computers. Like my office computer and my home computer and my laptop > computer. The Palm is the bridge between all those systems. > > And it plays a nice game of solitare if I am waiting for someone in a > meeting room. Or Yahtzee. Or Monopoly. Or Chess. > > And it stays in my backpack when I don't need it. Just fine. As does > my phone if I don't want it with me - pretty seldom as I view the cell > phone as something I CALL OUT ON and not something that other people call me on. > > But whatever works for you works for you. What I have works for me. > > GK > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software <bchacc at san.rr.com> wrote: > > Oh, BTW I don't use a Palm. God willing I never will. I don't like > > to carry my cell phone and when I don't 'accidentally' forget to > > take it with me, about half the time I 'forget' to turn it on. > > > > I hope to never have a blackberry. I don't WANT to get my email > > anywhere I go. I don't care about sports scores. I don't care > > about the stock market from hour to hour. > > > > Guess I'm just a low tech guy. > > > > > > Rocky > > > > Gary Kjos wrote: > > > Ah the joys of not using Microsoft software. Curious as to why you > > > would use OE instead of regular Outlook? You have Office licenses > > > right? I use the calendar, the task lists, the contacts of course > > > - even for non-email contacts, the Notes have logs of all my golf > > > scores on them, in addition to the email functionality..... and it > > > all syncronizes with my Palm device so I can carry all that with > > > me wherever I go if I want to. > > > > > > GK > > > > > > On 8/24/06, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software > > > <bchacc at san.rr.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> First it was Thunderbird - can't send emails with attachments - > > >> times out. Now it's Firefox - when I print something it comes > > >> out in a real tiny font. Printed some boarding passes and they > > >> wouldn't scan at the gate because the bar code was too small. > > >> > > >> Hate to go back to OE and IE but that might be what has to happen. > > >> > > >> Anybody know why Firefox might print something real small? > > >> > > >> TIA > > >> > > >> Rocky > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Rocky Smolin > > >> Beach Access Software > > >> 858-259-4334 > > >> www.e-z-mrp.com > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> dba-OT mailing list > > >> dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rocky Smolin > > Beach Access Software > > 858-259-4334 > > www.e-z-mrp.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com