...Simon, you revived a host of childhood memories... No encyclopedia in our house, but a ACPL 'bookmobile' did prowl our neighborhood regularly...and of which I took full advantage~
No unabridged book existed in the house, with the notable exception of the bible. I read everything I could get my hands on, from the back of the can of Lysol to all my grandmothers Readers Digest "condensed" novels (imagine my delight when I discovered "uncondensed"). Data? Like the summer I wrote down the names of the all the railroad companies represented on the boxcars that passed through town??? (eventually to be alphabetized and typed up on a Smith-Corona)~ o...had I been able to create a database... Kelly On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Simón Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Ben Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Simón, > > > > Why not just copy in current profile to a new profile then tell firefox > > to ask you which profile to use then keep a profile with only 2 tabs. > If > > you don't like being prompted each time create 2 different links to > > launch firefox in the "correct" profile context. > > Different FF profiles for different browsing? Not a bad idea. It's > just not been my habit. > > One of the things I'm doing, by the way, is re-evaluating my Internet > habits, which this whole thing brings up. > > As a kid, I used to read and read. There was only so much information > at my disposal, so reading everything still left plenty of free time. > > Nowadays, though, those same habits get me in deep trouble. > > Back then, I had an Encyclopaedia in the house, and I'd spend hours > reading through anything that I was interested in at the moment. I'd > generally end up exhausting all the relevant topics and "see also"s > pretty quickly and be left wanting more, and with free time to do > other stuff. > > Have you ever tried that with the Wikipedia? It seems like you start > with one page, and if follow the "Read through and middle click any > links that seem interesting" practice that I tend to you open up 5 new > tabs to read for every page you read. It's dangerously addictive for > people with my temperament, and will easily suck away any time you > allow it. > > Back in the days of BBSs, you could join every discussion group that > interested you, read every message, follow every conversation, and > respond considerately in each one. With the amazing variety of mailing > lists, it's reaaaallllly easy to sign up for more than you can chew. > > And don't even get me started on RSS feeds, be they blogs or > podcasts...can you say "drinking from a fire hydrant"? > > The Internet is a beautiful and dangerous mistress for those of us > with information addictions. > > I go through moods where I'm grateful for the connections it makes > possible and all the wonderful resources it holds, and moods where I > just pine for a log cabin in the woods... > > Hi, my name is Simón, and I'm a dataholic. > > Please tell me I'm not the only one. ;-) > > Simón > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >
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