Changing the SOP...
Jan. 27th, 2004 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpFor the second time this month, I've been burned by not examining incoming documents in Word's "page" mode, because none of the six spreadsheet objects in the document due this morning showed up in "normal" mode, and suprised the heck out of me when I did my final review in "page" mode. As a result, I ended up having to translate about 800 words in jig time. I was helped by a lot of repetition among the tables, but hindered by Word dynamically resizing the "frames" through which I was doing the editing. Eventually, I opened a copy of the original file just so I could refer to it and keep the frames the proper size. It ate some valuable time, but when you consider the alternative...
A few minutes after sending off the document, Galina and I set off for Durango to get the Ford fixed before she takes off for Texas for a while. The folks at the dealership/service center shuttled us into town, where we had a late breakfast and walked around some before returning to the shop to find that they had received the wrong part to repair our car.
They graciously arranged for us to rent a loaner, the idea being - I suppose - that the car'll be ready when we come by to pick it up tomorrow. I hope.
The digital camera for my Zaurus arrived today. The Office Depot in Durango seems to have a problem getting rid of obsolete hardware; they're willing to sell it at a "clearance" price of $169.01 (down from $169.99), whereas I picked mine up from eBay for about $40 including shipping. I have no illusions that this is some kind of high-quality digital camera, but it's smaller than the Canon and makes my Z a wireless-capable, graphics-capable, MP3-capable, web-server-capable Linux-based PDA.
So far, I've downloaded the "standard" camera application from the Sharp site, and it works, but appears to require either a tap on the screen or a physical button press. I'm sure I'll have a chance to search around to see if the Z can be pressed into cam service.
(And yes, the cam is up at the Springsboard.)
Gotta go check in some new work.
Cheers...
A few minutes after sending off the document, Galina and I set off for Durango to get the Ford fixed before she takes off for Texas for a while. The folks at the dealership/service center shuttled us into town, where we had a late breakfast and walked around some before returning to the shop to find that they had received the wrong part to repair our car.
They graciously arranged for us to rent a loaner, the idea being - I suppose - that the car'll be ready when we come by to pick it up tomorrow. I hope.
The digital camera for my Zaurus arrived today. The Office Depot in Durango seems to have a problem getting rid of obsolete hardware; they're willing to sell it at a "clearance" price of $169.01 (down from $169.99), whereas I picked mine up from eBay for about $40 including shipping. I have no illusions that this is some kind of high-quality digital camera, but it's smaller than the Canon and makes my Z a wireless-capable, graphics-capable, MP3-capable, web-server-capable Linux-based PDA.
So far, I've downloaded the "standard" camera application from the Sharp site, and it works, but appears to require either a tap on the screen or a physical button press. I'm sure I'll have a chance to search around to see if the Z can be pressed into cam service.
(And yes, the cam is up at the Springsboard.)
Gotta go check in some new work.
Cheers...
