Sunday, July 16, 2006

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Menu suggestion for McDonald's: buffalo chicken wings. I *love* wings, but they don't lend themselves to being made at home, and they are over-priced in restaurants. McDonald's could charge $3.95/dozen, they would be the most expensive item on the menu, and they would still be $2-4 cheaper than anywhere else. 2:00:10 PM    comment []

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One of the few quibbles I have had-for years-with my favored photo-cataloging software, iMatch, is how long it takes to rotate a photo. All the other programs I have dabbled with have been comparably slow. It appears that MS Picture Manager has solved the problem. Rotations are fast, but are not saved until you tell the program to. I guess they are rotating the number of pixels corresponding to the screen resolution...anyway, it makes a world of difference. The responsiveness is like comparing typical (pre-Ajax) web-based email to fat-client emai. 2:00:09 PM    comment []

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A great think about being a biker is that you don't need a second driver to accompany you when dropping your vehicle off at the shop for work. Even if you are driving a few extra miles to get a reputable mechanic. 2:00:08 PM    comment []

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Print-Lock for Software Feature Idea for computer software: Print Lock. There are a few documents I have that I never want to print. The most common reason is that the doc contains confidential information, and I don't want it going to a shared printer. The other reason is that the doc is WAY too long, and what I really mean to do is print a Selection (using the MS-Office Print Dialog term) from it.   This need suggests a feature idea to me, albeit one of tertiary importance, but then, all the MS-Office enhancements since Office 97 have been in that category. Here's how it could work.   To implement the Print Lock: 1. Select the Print Lock checkbox. 2. Optionally enter text that will be displayed when a user tries to print the document.   Behavior when a user tries to print the document: 1. System displays a dialog that says "Print Lock has been set on this document. [Optional text added, if any]." 2. Dialog includes buttons: OK, Print Anyway. 3. OK cancels the attempt to print. 4. Print Anyway proceeds to print. 2:00:05 PM    comment []