Comments on: Technology Updates http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/technology-updates/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:53:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kyla http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/technology-updates/#comment-4277 Kyla Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:16:15 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=1151#comment-4277 Hey -- I would have liked to see your SF talk but I was at Notre Dame for the weekend. Hope it went well! Hey — I would have liked to see your SF talk but I was at Notre Dame for the weekend. Hope it went well!

]]> By: Bryan Alexander http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/technology-updates/#comment-4273 Bryan Alexander Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:13:58 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=1151#comment-4273 Great glimpsing you this weekend, Kfitz. Looking forward to (among a zillion other things) your Twitter reflections. Great glimpsing you this weekend, Kfitz. Looking forward to (among a zillion other things) your Twitter reflections.

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/technology-updates/#comment-4267 meg Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:41:56 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=1151#comment-4267 Actually, if you're careful with the syntax of your FMAs, it works perfectly. I had to make a few adjustments at the start ("h2," not "H2," for Henry II, so as to allow me to write H2O should the need arise), but now it's smooth as silk. I know other medievalists who do this too -- dunno about non-medievalists. Actually, if you’re careful with the syntax of your FMAs, it works perfectly. I had to make a few adjustments at the start (”h2,” not “H2,” for Henry II, so as to allow me to write H2O should the need arise), but now it’s smooth as silk.

I know other medievalists who do this too — dunno about non-medievalists.

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/technology-updates/#comment-4266 KF Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:11:47 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=1151#comment-4266 God, there's a reason it never would have occurred to me to miss MS Word. Have you managed some super-secret way to make the stupid thing <i>only</i> correct your FMAs, without "fixing" stuff that's perfectly well right, thanx? Or is this a bad-with-the-good type thing? God, there’s a reason it never would have occurred to me to miss MS Word. Have you managed some super-secret way to make the stupid thing only correct your FMAs, without “fixing” stuff that’s perfectly well right, thanx? Or is this a bad-with-the-good type thing?

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/technology-updates/#comment-4265 meg Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:07:25 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=1151#comment-4265 As you know, I bought iWork this week, mainly in order to preserve my PowerPoint virginity and still give a talk with digital slides. I have played around with Pages and have run up against one thing that may vault me back into the odious lap of MS-Word: No autocorrect. I use autocorrect as a way to use all my funky medieval abbreviations ("x-" for "trans-," "baytap" for "the Bayeux Tapestry," etc.) and have them expand perfectly. I guess I could live without it, but it would probably slow me down by 30%. As you know, I bought iWork this week, mainly in order to preserve my PowerPoint virginity and still give a talk with digital slides.

I have played around with Pages and have run up against one thing that may vault me back into the odious lap of MS-Word: No autocorrect. I use autocorrect as a way to use all my funky medieval abbreviations (”x-” for “trans-,” “baytap” for “the Bayeux Tapestry,” etc.) and have them expand perfectly. I guess I could live without it, but it would probably slow me down by 30%.

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