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Toolin'...
Sep. 7th, 2001 06:40 amWell, I had relatively little trouble falling asleep at 3 pm. I woke at 5 pm and again at 7 pm... something must be on a two-hour or so cycle inside my head. I woke for the last time at 9:30 pm and didn't think it worth while to try to squeeze out any more Z's for the "night."
Between air-to-ground chatter, I've been leafing through a book on Adobe Acrobat. The program seems straightforward, but it is important to keep in mind that text editing capabilities in the program are very limited. If you want to edit text, don't use Adobe. On the other hand, there appear to be a lot of useful new features in the 5.0 version.
The freelance job I was supposed to start on today apparently was put on hold, which evokes mixed feelings on my end. On the one hand, it's never pleasant to have a job go on hold; on the other, I can use all of the little time off I get, if for nothing else but to spend on "maintenance" chores around the house (laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.) Too, the news clarifies why no FedEx truck pulled up to the house this morning.
I spent a little time around the start of the shift finishing off my column for the next issue of The SlavFile, which is the journal of the ATA's Slavic Languages Division. I sent it off, too, which is the important part.
My last column addressed, among other things, an idea I had for a Slashdot-style glossary that would allow participants to contribute not only terminology, but also to comment on other other entries. The idea here is that "correct" entries and comments would rise to the top, while the rest would languish quietly, out of the way of grown-ups. Predictably, nobody had any reaction to the idea, except for the division Administrator.
The subject of this quarter's column was last year's trip home, which included a visit to my old high school (chronicled in my LJ posts on Going Home... and Making like a a yo-yo...).
Cheers...
Between air-to-ground chatter, I've been leafing through a book on Adobe Acrobat. The program seems straightforward, but it is important to keep in mind that text editing capabilities in the program are very limited. If you want to edit text, don't use Adobe. On the other hand, there appear to be a lot of useful new features in the 5.0 version.
The freelance job I was supposed to start on today apparently was put on hold, which evokes mixed feelings on my end. On the one hand, it's never pleasant to have a job go on hold; on the other, I can use all of the little time off I get, if for nothing else but to spend on "maintenance" chores around the house (laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.) Too, the news clarifies why no FedEx truck pulled up to the house this morning.
I spent a little time around the start of the shift finishing off my column for the next issue of The SlavFile, which is the journal of the ATA's Slavic Languages Division. I sent it off, too, which is the important part.
My last column addressed, among other things, an idea I had for a Slashdot-style glossary that would allow participants to contribute not only terminology, but also to comment on other other entries. The idea here is that "correct" entries and comments would rise to the top, while the rest would languish quietly, out of the way of grown-ups. Predictably, nobody had any reaction to the idea, except for the division Administrator.
The subject of this quarter's column was last year's trip home, which included a visit to my old high school (chronicled in my LJ posts on Going Home... and Making like a a yo-yo...).
Cheers...
