Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 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

2014-05-23 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

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 that

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 pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the

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

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 Options

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2014-05-23 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 23 May 2014 14:52, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com 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:

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 ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: My google chrome browser

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2014-05-23 Thread Eric Featherstone
No problem. On 23 May 2014 15:49, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com 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

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

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

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-23 Thread David Mann
On May 23, 2014, at 11:52 pm, John jsessoms...@nc.rr.com 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

OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 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

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 co...@seeingeye.tv 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

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

Re: OT - Twitter

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

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 --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML

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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 --www.seeingeye.tv

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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

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

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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

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

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.net

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2014-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com 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

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

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 postmas...@robertstech.com 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

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:55 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com 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

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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 pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned

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

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 Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:55 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: I've read twitter My mother was an English professor. When she mentioned the Oxford English

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

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

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

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 matter who

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

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

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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

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 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

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 mine

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

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 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

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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

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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

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 May 2014, at 18:48, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com 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

Re: OT - Twitter

2014-05-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 22 May 2014, at 18:56, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com 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

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 pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT

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

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com 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

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 years, first.

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com 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 p...@web-options.com 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

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: mike wilson Bob W p...@web-options.com 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

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

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 webstertwenty...@gmail.com 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

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 webstertwenty...@gmail.com 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

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

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

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

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com 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,

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

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

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 nmsba...@gmail.com 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

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 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.