Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread David Mann
On May 23, 2014, at 11:52 pm, John wrote: > Speaking of trains, I'm reminded of a little poem: > > They met on a bridge at midnight > They shall never meet again > For she was a northbound cow > And he was a southbound train > > Thank you. I'll be here all week. I think someone posted that in

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Yeah I saw that, very annoying ... On 5/23/2014 14:39, John wrote: ...snip... The biggest complaint I'm seeing about Firefox (especially in the latest update) is how much the developers are trying to make it look like Chrome. In the latest Firefox update much that was previously visible (like t

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread John
I know that in Firefox if menus are turned off or hidden there's a couple of spots on the remaining tool bars you can right click to "customize" and turn the menus back on. You just have to keep right clicking until you find one of those sweet spots. Chrome may do the same thing. The biggest com

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread Eric Featherstone
No problem. On 23 May 2014 15:49, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > ERic - I actually wrote the "oy no wonder" mail before I saw yours... > It was about the only think I didn't click on earlier. > > HAVe to do some exploring > > thanks > ann > > > > On 5/23/2014 09:58, Eric Featherstone wrote: >> >> On 23 M

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ERic - I actually wrote the "oy no wonder" mail before I saw yours... It was about the only think I didn't click on earlier. HAVe to do some exploring thanks ann On 5/23/2014 09:58, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 23 May 2014 14:52, Ann Sanfedele wrote: My google chrome browser window doesnt ha

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 23 May 2014 14:52, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > My google chrome browser window doesnt have a tool bar - It's the icon with the three horizontal bars at the top right. Then either 'Settings' or ('Tools' then 'Extensions' ) Or you can get to the same place via these links: chrome://settings/ chrome:

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
John - really - I know how to do this stuff in firefox.. My google chrome browser window doesnt have a tool bar - I know my firefox well, no problem there On 5/23/2014 07:52, John wrote: Look for "Tools" on the menu, if Chrome defaults menus to on. One of the items on that menu should be "Optio

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think something must be hiding the menu you mention, steve it's no biggie - mainly it's just annoying to try to copy and paste an Http string from an email that goes across several lines of my email I make mouse-o's as well as typo's :-) ann On 5/23/2014 02:18, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread John
On 5/22/2014 4:58 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: On 22 May 2014, at 18:56, "David J Brooks" wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary to one of her students

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread John
Look for "Tools" on the menu, if Chrome defaults menus to on. One of the items on that menu should be "Options" or "Preferences" (basing this on Firefox & Thunderbird menus). On 5/23/2014 12:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Steve I'm not following this.. I haven't configured Chrome at all in any way

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread John
If it works anything like Firefox, you turn all of them off and see if that makes the problem goes away. Then turn them back on one at a time until the problem comes back. The last one you turned on before the problem returns is the bad guy. On 5/22/2014 4:13 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: ah.. and w

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-22 22:37 Ann Sanfedele wrote Steve I'm not following this.. I haven't configured Chrome at all in any way that I can remember.. i was just guessing at reasons why Chrome behaves so weirdly for you … I don't see anything on a tool bar (as there is in firefox) to change preferences,

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Steve I'm not following this.. I haven't configured Chrome at all in any way that I can remember.. I don't have google+ , I don't use gmail, I don't log in to Google.. (if that is relevant) I don't see anything on a tool bar (as there is in firefox) to change preferences, for instance btw - I jus

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ken Waller
The last page of my copy was removed so i have no idea how it ended. For a clue... the butler did it in the library with a candlestick ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: OT - Twitter

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 May 2014, at 18:56, "David J Brooks" wrote: > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> P.J. Alling wrote: >> >>> I've read twitter >> >> My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford >> English Dictionary to one of her students he said "Oh yes, I've

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 May 2014, at 18:48, "Mark Roberts" wrote: > > P.J. Alling wrote: > >> See, this is what passes for discourse on twitter, and I believe that >> you've both proved my point, so thank you for your support. > > That's like saying books are stupid: You can prove the statement true > if you ch

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-22 14:13 Ann Sanfedele wrote ah.. and when I see the list how will I know the perp? Will it be wearing a red carnation? metaphorically speaking, perhaps — read the descriptions and use intuition; Chrome should work fine without any extensions, so if there's anything there seemingly

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I finally got my reset password letter and decided just to chuck it.. at least for a while.. too much else going on, too many other changes I have to cope with already... but my 1980's self would be flyign through it with glee. ann On 5/22/2014 15:52, Mark Roberts wrote: steve harley wro

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ah.. and when I see the list how will I know the perp? Will it be wearing a red carnation? On 5/22/2014 15:18, steve harley wrote: on 2014-05-22 13:07 John wrote Don't know anything about Twitter, but the number of places Google Chrome won't let you go suggests to me you should get rid of Goog

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think I should just go back to firefox as default browser and go to chrome for special stuff where it works better. (namely, Words with friends and printing labels from ebay for shipping) In fact I might just do that right now.. ann On 5/22/2014 15:07, John wrote: Don't know anything about

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-22 13:52 Mark Roberts wrote steve harley wrote: Twitter is what you make of it — i rarely tweet, usually incomprehensible outbursts, but it's a terrific resource for certain types of information Much like Facebook – mostly frivolous but invaluable some times. Without Facebook I nev

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
steve harley wrote: >Twitter is what you make of it — i rarely tweet, usually incomprehensible >outbursts, but it's a terrific resource for certain types of information Much like Facebook – mostly frivolous but invaluable some times. Without Facebook I never would have caught that student of min

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-22 24:06 Steve Cottrell wrote Mark writing about his videos of travelling to GFM made me think (as it always does!) that there may be some on the list who do Twitter. I tend to use it on a professional basis with a bit of humour thrown in (keeping my FB stuff just general junk) and reg

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread steve harley
on 2014-05-22 13:07 John wrote Don't know anything about Twitter, but the number of places Google Chrome won't let you go suggests to me you should get rid of Google Chrome. i think Ann's Chrome must be using a very restrictive "blocker" extension or something like that; it's not normal Chrome

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread John
Don't know anything about Twitter, but the number of places Google Chrome won't let you go suggests to me you should get rid of Google Chrome. On 5/22/2014 2:45 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Ok - here's the thing... I figured that with PDML, FAcebook (especially my words with friends)crossword games

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread John
On 5/22/2014 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary to one of her students he said "Oh yes, I've read that". ... and your father smelt of elderberries. -- Science - Questions

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread John
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2009/04/20/090420ta_talk_trudeau On 5/22/2014 1:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Twitter is for people with short attention spans not a lot to say and lots of time to say it. #dicktard -- Science - Questions we

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Alan C
Absolute twits. Alan C -Original Message- From: Steve Cottrell Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 8:20 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: OT - Twitter On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: For every pithy comment, there's a ton of dross Er, doesn't it kind of

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Ok - here's the thing... I figured that with PDML, FAcebook (especially my words with friends)crossword games lists, cafepress, ebay, etc Twitter would just be something else to remember to look at and I'm not sure i did it right anyway... the thing is.. I can't even get on now to get off of it

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 22/5/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >The Twitter feeds I follow include the Paris Review and the London >Review of Books. Both frequently have useful and concise pointers to >articles that I would otherwise miss. And never any dross. For all the >undoubted silliness in Cotty's Tw

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: > For every pithy comment, >there's a ton of dross Er, doesn't it kind of matter who you're interested in reading, and (ipso facto) who you follow? Funny that because of the people I follow, the signal-to-noise ratio is very low. Maybe you sho

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: >On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts >> wrote: >>> P.J. Alling wrote: >>> I've read twitter >>> >>> My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford >>> English Dictionary to one of her s

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
P.J. Alling wrote: >Not all of it, a sampling, enough really. For every pithy comment, >there's a ton of dross, and it's quite enjoyable to read the ODE at >times, at least it can be educational, not that I expect that most >students actually open to a random page and read a few citations for

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com
On 5/22/2014 2:05 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/22/2014 1:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: See, this is what passes for discourse on twitter, and I believe that you've both proved my point, so thank you for your support. That's like saying books are stupid: You can prove the statem

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/22/2014 2:06 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary to one of her stud

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: >> P.J. Alling wrote: >> >>>I've read twitter >> >> My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford >> English Dictionary to one of her students he said "Oh yes, I've

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/22/2014 1:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: See, this is what passes for discourse on twitter, and I believe that you've both proved my point, so thank you for your support. That's like saying books are stupid: You can prove the statement true if you cherry pick the right book

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread J.C. O'Connell
On 5/22/2014 1:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary to one of her students he said "Oh yes, I've read that". The last page o

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
Not all of it, a sampling, enough really. For every pithy comment, there's a ton of dross, and it's quite enjoyable to read the ODE at times, at least it can be educational, not that I expect that most students actually open to a random page and read a few citations for fun. There's one thing

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > P.J. Alling wrote: > >>I've read twitter > > My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford > English Dictionary to one of her students he said "Oh yes, I've read > that". The last page of my copy was removed so i have no i

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
P.J. Alling wrote: >I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English Dictionary to one of her students he said "Oh yes, I've read that". -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
P.J. Alling wrote: >See, this is what passes for discourse on twitter, and I believe that >you've both proved my point, so thank you for your support. That's like saying books are stupid: You can prove the statement true if you cherry pick the right books. The same is true with Twitter. It's gen

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
See, this is what passes for discourse on twitter, and I believe that you've both proved my point, so thank you for your support. On 5/22/2014 1:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Steve Cottrell wrote: On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Twitter is for people with short attention s

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Twitter is for people with short attention spans not a lot to say and >>lots of time to say it. > >#dicktard +1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
On 5/22/2014 1:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Twitter is for people with short attention spans not a lot to say and lots of time to say it. #dicktard I've read twitter, you can't prove me wrong. -- A newspaper is a device for making the ig

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 22/5/14, P.J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >Twitter is for people with short attention spans not a lot to say and >lots of time to say it. #dicktard -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 22/5/14, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >You might inspire me to look at my twitter stream more often... :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

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2014-05-22 Thread P.J. Alling
Twitter is for people with short attention spans not a lot to say and lots of time to say it. On 5/22/2014 10:04 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I just got on a month or so ago only to enter a local poetry contest - I didn't win. I followed a couple of friends and saw a couple follow me.. I'm not su

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I just got on a month or so ago only to enter a local poetry contest - I didn't win. I followed a couple of friends and saw a couple follow me.. I'm not sure Ill stick around. Can't keep track of it all - and I'm reall not known for being able to say anything in under 140 words, let alone 140 c

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You might inspire me to look at my twitter stream more often... Godfrey > On May 21, 2014, at 11:06 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > Mark writing about his videos of travelling to GFM made me think (as it > always does!) that there may be some on the list who do Twitter. I tend > to use it on a p

OT - Twitter

2014-05-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
Mark writing about his videos of travelling to GFM made me think (as it always does!) that there may be some on the list who do Twitter. I tend to use it on a professional basis with a bit of humour thrown in (keeping my FB stuff just general junk) and regularly post pics and updates of work enviro

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It will need to be soaked in

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: mike wilson Bob W wrote: > > > > > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the > > > > > > instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. > > > > > > > > > > Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and > > > > important as > > > > > the Vindo

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: > > > > > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the > > > > > > instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. > > > > > > > > > > Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and > > > > important as > > > > > the Vindolanda letters. > > >

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread Bob W
> > > > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the > > > > > instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. > > > > > > > > Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and > > > important as > > > > the Vindolanda letters. > > > > > > It will need to be soaked

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: > > > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, > > > > archived to preserve the banality for posterity. > > > > > > Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and > > important as > > > the Vindolanda letters. > > > > It will need to be

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread Bob W
> > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, > > > archived to preserve the banality for posterity. > > > > Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and > important as > > the Vindolanda letters. > > It will need to be soaked in a cess pit for about 2000

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: > > > > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the > > instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. > > Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the > Vindolanda letters. It will need to be soaked in a cess pit for ab

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Responding to the original question: I use Tweetie. It's reliable and easy to use, there are versions for both my desktop/laptop computer as well as iPhone/iPod Touch. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread Bob W
> > > Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the > instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: Tim Bray On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to > use twitter at all... I find that Twitter enriches my life and helps me do my job. I entirely understand that others do no

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim Bray On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to > use twitter at all... I find that Twitter enriches my life and helps me do my job. I entirely understand that others do not. Somehow, those of

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-28 Thread Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
I use Twitter to follow news, e.g., pentaxusers, leica_camera, japanexposures, naraneko (Portuguese) and some photographers who 'tweet'. I guess I could use other ways to follow the news, but I got used to this method. BTW, I am sure that I have nothing important to say, so I don't 'tweet' (I hav

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to > use twitter at all... I find that Twitter enriches my life and helps me do my job. I entirely understand that others do not. Somehow, those of us who use it genera

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to use twitter at all... Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hello! I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter. Any opinions on a "good" Twitter client for Mac OS X? TIA! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hello! I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter. Any opinions on a "good" Twitter client for Mac OS X? TIA! I've also tried a few and ended up with the free client Nambu. Use the latest Beta if you want the best feature set. http://www.nambu.c

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: >Any opinions on a "good" Twitter client for Mac OS X? "Good Twitter client" Nope. Just can't wrap my head around that concept. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter.  Any opinions on a > "good" Twitter client for Mac OS X? I've tried a few and ended up with Tweetie, http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/ They say it's good on the iPhone too

OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
Hello! I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter. Any opinions on a "good" Twitter client for Mac OS X? TIA! -- Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta ille nihil dubitat quem nulla scientia dictat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U