Comments on: Links on the Grill http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/06/06/links-on-the-grill/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:55:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Deborah Fitchett http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/06/06/links-on-the-grill/#comment-265281 Deborah Fitchett Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:21:59 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1528#comment-265281 Karen, you wouldn't say sending faxes is painless if you had to use the fax machine I have to use. It sends the document impossibly slowly, and at least half the time it can't sustain the connection and times out -- sometimes forcing us to resend two or three times. The day it dies and someone decides it's not worth the hassle to replace I'll be a happy woman. Karen, you wouldn’t say sending faxes is painless if you had to use the fax machine I have to use. It sends the document impossibly slowly, and at least half the time it can’t sustain the connection and times out — sometimes forcing us to resend two or three times. The day it dies and someone decides it’s not worth the hassle to replace I’ll be a happy woman.

]]> By: -t http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/06/06/links-on-the-grill/#comment-265002 -t Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:30:10 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1528#comment-265002 Thanks for the headsup on the GA job...looks interesting. As for the GPS, I've resisted so far exactly because it does change the drive. I love the car, the road, the scene and don't necessarily want the distraction of the GPS to muddle that. However, I know people that drive for work/business and some say it takes away some of the fear of the unknown roads for them. That I can see. But the casual Sunday (well, Saturday since I work Sundays) drive? I'd rather get temporarily misplaced. ;) Have a fun sojourn in NM. Thanks for the headsup on the GA job…looks interesting.
As for the GPS, I’ve resisted so far exactly because it does change the drive. I love the car, the road, the scene and don’t necessarily want the distraction of the GPS to muddle that. However, I know people that drive for work/business and some say it takes away some of the fear of the unknown roads for them. That I can see. But the casual Sunday (well, Saturday since I work Sundays) drive? I’d rather get temporarily misplaced. ;)
Have a fun sojourn in NM.

]]> By: Alane http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/06/06/links-on-the-grill/#comment-264291 Alane Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:30:28 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1528#comment-264291 My GPS, a TomTom, is an extension of me..."Simon" and I have driven around a lot of central and western Canada and the US, as well as Scotland, the purpose for which he was bought. Brilliant. And non judgemental (he never says"I told you to turn there, you idiot..."). On the few occasions he is torpid, I feel as if an arm is not working. Like other location awareness technologies, I predict this sort of guidance will be as necessary and common as road signs soon. My GPS, a TomTom, is an extension of me…”Simon” and I have driven around a lot of central and western Canada and the US, as well as Scotland, the purpose for which he was bought. Brilliant. And non judgemental (he never says”I told you to turn there, you idiot…”). On the few occasions he is torpid, I feel as if an arm is not working. Like other location awareness technologies, I predict this sort of guidance will be as necessary and common as road signs soon.

]]> By: K.G. Schneider http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/06/06/links-on-the-grill/#comment-263966 K.G. Schneider Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:24:17 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1528#comment-263966 Ah but David, sending faxes is painless. It's the whole nonsense of RECEIVING faxes that makes web-faxing a better idea... Ah but David, sending faxes is painless. It’s the whole nonsense of RECEIVING faxes that makes web-faxing a better idea…

]]> By: David Fiander http://freerangelibrarian.com/2008/06/06/links-on-the-grill/#comment-263954 David Fiander Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:00:39 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/?p=1528#comment-263954 Regarding faxes: I find that most people are happy with a PDF sent via email. For those that think that faxes are somehow more "official", if your computer has a builtin modem that you never use, setting it up as a fax modem isn't very hard under Windows, which is what I did. Regarding faxes: I find that most people are happy with a PDF sent via email.

For those that think that faxes are somehow more “official”, if your computer has a builtin modem that you never use, setting it up as a fax modem isn’t very hard under Windows, which is what I did.

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