Thursday, September 25, 2003

Apple offers tip for AppleWorks slowness. No, the tip isn't to buy a faster Mac or to use a different program than the aging productivity suite from Apple. The advice is to clear the Recent Items list to help speed up opening the program as well as unusual slowness opening files with AppleWorks. [Mac Net Journal] Rob complains that AppleWorks hasn't been updated since 1999. I am a little more indifferent. AppleWorks does the job for me. I use it to view Word and Excel documents. I occasionally use the spreadsheet. But, since most of my writing these is done in a browser, I rarely use a word processor. I gave up on Word over ten years ago. It provided too many features that I never use. After using Word 3 and 4 on my dissertation, I stepped back to MacWrite and ClarisWorks. Now when I want to write, I use a text box in Safari, BBedit, or Radio Userland (when I want a little more structure). They keep me happy, and I don't feel compelled to upgrade every year. 11:50:38 AM     Comment []

Court Finds F.T.C. Exceeded Authority on Do-Not-Call List. Two congressmen involved in the issue disputed the finding that Congress had not empowered the F.T.C. to start the list. The F.T.C. is expected to appeal. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] [Bear Flag Republic Radio Weblog] 48 Million phone numbers have been added to the do not call list. You would think that the courts and the telemarketer lobbyists might understand that this is a strong vote against junk phone calls. The telemarketer lobbyists say that we could lose 2 million jobs by Christmas if the do-not-call list is enacted. Well I would guess that the 48 million suggest that the 2 million find another job. We don't want to be called. 2:22:29 AM     Comment []