I've loved these extra fine point roller ball Pilot Explorers ever since I first discovered them around 1994 or so. The large diameter and sculpted grip make it very comfortable. For the longest time it was the only rectractable roller ball I could find.
I rarely find these in stores, even the big office supply chains. Instead, I've had to order them online. They're not the cheapest pens, but to my hand they're worth the cost. They make nice order fillers when bumping up an order total to take advantage of free shipping or coupon codes.
I don't exactly agree that Ogg Vorbis is a flash in the pan. But I must say that I think it would do better in the non-geek world with a better name. "MP3" just sounds a whole lot better than "Ogg Vorbis", or even just "Vorbis". IMHO, they need a cooler-sounding name for the technology.
Having said all that, I do hope that Vorbis takes off and makes an impact in the world of digital music.
...that would be nice, if the record companies were really interested in selling their hit single tracks for BYO CDs for a fair price. Unfortunatly, I doubt that that is going to happen under the current system.
I doubt so, too. The business reasons that apply here are the same ones that still prevent us from being able to buy subscriptions to just the individual cable TV channels we want.
...any potential buyer can go online and download the full tracks from an album, and then find out that only one or two are good. And since they probably don't feel like paying $18 to get the one song they really want, they'll just download it from Napster and live with the lower quality of MP3.
Bingo. I'm still surprised (but shouldn't be, I suppose) at how many tracks from a disc by an artist I really like, featuring a track or two I really like, are not good enough to warrant the purchase of the full disc.
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I use the Win32 version of Opera, and I am quite impressed with the current 5.11 version. They have finally worked out the kinks in the way it handles popup windows. You can now have the browser windows maximized in the MDI interface, and popups will still appear as small windows without forcing all other windows to become "un-maximized" (an annoyance for a long time with Opera). And they finally have worked out the very annoying "render while you watch" behavior (something I also dislike about IE). It's very quick, and very compatible. Rarely do I run across a web site that won't load properly in Opera.
If you have checked out Opera before but didn't like something or other about it, I recommend trying it out again. You may be pleasantly surprised. No, it's not free, but I found it to be well worth the registration fee.
Andal Mono 8 point is my coding default, on a 17-inch monitor at 1152x864 resolution. When I really need to see as much code as possible on my screen, I'll change down to HyperFont bit-mapped 8 point.
I found a very useful review of monospace fonts here.
I just read in the last few days about a rumor that Renault is developing an electronic valvetrain for use in 2001. I've been unable to find that article now, otherwise I'd have posted the URL. Renault just bought the Benetton team in the last few weeks, and I'm sure they are keen to find an edge to fend off the other big engine manufacturers involved in the series.
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I've loved these extra fine point roller ball Pilot Explorers ever since I first discovered them around 1994 or so. The large diameter and sculpted grip make it very comfortable. For the longest time it was the only rectractable roller ball I could find.
I rarely find these in stores, even the big office supply chains. Instead, I've had to order them online. They're not the cheapest pens, but to my hand they're worth the cost. They make nice order fillers when bumping up an order total to take advantage of free shipping or coupon codes.
I don't exactly agree that Ogg Vorbis is a flash in the pan. But I must say that I think it would do better in the non-geek world with a better name. "MP3" just sounds a whole lot better than "Ogg Vorbis", or even just "Vorbis". IMHO, they need a cooler-sounding name for the technology.
Having said all that, I do hope that Vorbis takes off and makes an impact in the world of digital music.
I doubt so, too. The business reasons that apply here are the same ones that still prevent us from being able to buy subscriptions to just the individual cable TV channels we want.
Bingo. I'm still surprised (but shouldn't be, I suppose) at how many tracks from a disc by an artist I really like, featuring a track or two I really like, are not good enough to warrant the purchase of the full disc.
I use the Win32 version of Opera, and I am quite impressed with the current 5.11 version. They have finally worked out the kinks in the way it handles popup windows. You can now have the browser windows maximized in the MDI interface, and popups will still appear as small windows without forcing all other windows to become "un-maximized" (an annoyance for a long time with Opera). And they finally have worked out the very annoying "render while you watch" behavior (something I also dislike about IE). It's very quick, and very compatible. Rarely do I run across a web site that won't load properly in Opera.
If you have checked out Opera before but didn't like something or other about it, I recommend trying it out again. You may be pleasantly surprised. No, it's not free, but I found it to be well worth the registration fee.
Andal Mono 8 point is my coding default, on a 17-inch monitor at 1152x864 resolution. When I really need to see as much code as possible on my screen, I'll change down to HyperFont bit-mapped 8 point. I found a very useful review of monospace fonts here.
I just read in the last few days about a rumor that Renault is developing an electronic valvetrain for use in 2001. I've been unable to find that article now, otherwise I'd have posted the URL. Renault just bought the Benetton team in the last few weeks, and I'm sure they are keen to find an edge to fend off the other big engine manufacturers involved in the series.