Re: Mac stuff (was Re: How Necessary is an Agent?)

Marilee J. Layman wrote:
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:59:25 -0700, Kat R <kathyr136@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Patricia C. Wrede wrote:
"Helen Hall" <mhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:SYgoTXAlKMNEFwAm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <iKidndiHBbfxDanZnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Kat R
<kathyr136@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
I'm trying to figure out how to set the Undo levels. So far, everything
allows me only one level of undo, which is almost useless--especially
when the ferrets run across the keyboard....

Now there's a hitherto unsuspected hazard of writing life. :-)
I dunno -- half the reason I got one of those slide-under-the-desk keyboard trays was because if the keyboard was on top of the desk, the cats walked on it. (OK, the other half was ergonomic...but the cat-prevention-effect was a lot more obvious, a lot faster.)

Patricia C. Wrede


It doesn't seem to matter where the keyboard is, the ferrets find it and attempt to send instant messages and e-mail, or edit my work while my back is turned. of course, the new laptop is especially attractive since it's sitting on the desk side closest to the kitchen counter and they continue to think they can jump far enough to liberate the raisins from durance vile (or durance cardboard, to be accurate).

I learned early on when starting to use a desktop (compared to a
laptop, which I could close up) that I had to minimize everything and
make sure no icons were highlighted on the desktop when I left the
desk. Otherwise, the cats would open programs galore. Once they
signed me on to AOL.

My desk is designed with a keyboard tray cut lower into the front left
of the desk (also its own power strip, etc, it's designed for
computers) so there's nowhere to shove it under.

I wish I had a drawer... but, alas, this is my work space:
http://www.katrichardson.com/pix/3computers01small.jpg

I don't have the Windows laptop anymore, but the big screen for the Linux server and my little white mac laptop are currently residing here. The "kitchen" is just to the left. I live on a sailboat.

--
Kat Richardson
Greywalker, coming from Roc, October 3, 2006
http://www.katrichardson.com/
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