This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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What an interesting story, Dave. His CIS account number is in the beginning of the book, so I Emailed him a standing ovation as soon as I finished it. I imagine he hasn't changed much since he spoke to your group–he seems to be eternally tied to the counterculture, which…
Dianne, Cliff Stoll is one of the most entertaining speakers I've ever had the privilege of hearing. He gave a talk at one of user group meetings (in 1981, I think, in Houston). It was about the NCAR graphics software that he had ported to our computers. He was hilarious.…
Hi Annie! Playing with your new computer, I see…! Glad to see you here. Dianne
Welcome to the Forum, Annie! Be sure to check out our Libraries, which contain files that may help you in your DTP business, as well as sample files and templates that may help with design ideas. And one of our newest libraries, Forum Transcripts (#8), has captures of conferences and…
#I made it!
Message #6528
Hello. I actually made it into the forum! I'm looking forward to learning more about DTP and conversing with others in the business.
Joyce, "Discover what you're best at" sounds interesting. I'll look out for it. Dave
Joyce, Joyce, Something's wrong. Something's wrong. Your messages are appearing twice. Your messages are appearing twice. It's playing havoc with my Navigator. It's playing havoc with my Navigator. Dave, Dave (grin, grin)
Joyce, I forgot to mention that Sunburst offers a 30 day free trial, as well. Dave
#Great Book!
Message #6507
I just finished a fantastic book and wanted to pass the info along. It's called The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll, and it's the true story about how a Berkeley astrophysicist stalked and found the Hannover Hacker who was breaking into military computers all over the world. It's hardback, but…
OK…Now I have a better idea of what you're doing, and yes, I'd agree that shots of the nls would drive the costs up and increase the workload as well. I like the idea of the graphic code for categories, and think you could find something to assign to even…
Dianne, Format I'm considering now is 5.5 x 8.5, spiral bound. Because the information will be rather "form-like", there will be some white space between lines, etc. Each newsletter will be on one page. I had thought about including shots of the newsletters, but have a couple of concerns –…
#Out-placement etc.
Message #6500
Dave – Just found a book at Crown yesterday that you might be interested in, called "Discover what you're best at" (hmmmm-ending with a preposition? "Daddy, what did you bring that book that I didn't want to be read to out of up for?") by Barry and Linda Gale -…
Dave (and Pam, Anthony and Denise) – Thanks for the Apple II recomendations. I'll pass the information along to my principal's wife. Seems like $195/lab pack is a pretty fair bargain, compared to the per/pkg. price. Hope they can swing it. -Joyce
Susan – Aw, gosh! I thought that this would be the one place where I would be safe from all the super bowl hoopla! :-0 — don
Welmoed – I'm pretty surprised at how long the thread has kept going. I wrote the first entry as a goof. — don
The piercing scream was enough to jolt me into action. I followed the harrowing cry outside and arrived just in time to see the firefighter jump into the back of the ambulance with a newsletter, still dripping blood-red ink. He picked up the mic and began describing the patient in…
Joyce, With Nav, if you go into Computers and Technology–>Personal Computers (Hardware)–>Apple Users Group you'll find two the Apple Productivity (APPROD) and Apple Entertainment (APPFUN) Forums. APPROD has a section (#12) on Apple ][ Software and APPFUN has one (#5) on Education/Schools, among others.
Associated Graphics
Message #6420
Hi, What is and who are Associated Graphics?
Christina, If you're interested in finding political newsletters, you might want to pick up a copy of Howard Penn Hudson's "Hudson's Newsletter Directory." It lists over 24,000 newsletters published in the USA, and is cross-referenced, as I recall. It's available from: Howard Penn Hudson The Newsletter Clearinghouse 44 W. Market…
Susan….. perosnally I favor those nice woven-newspaper seats we all used to make as kids…the directory sounds like an interesting project….I know that I've often wondered about the availablity of certain types of newsletters (on political management issues) and could never figure out where to check …. and I was…
#Software recom. (ApII)
Message #6412
Joyce, Pam has two recommendations for you re: pre-Algebra. From our own experience, we like Algeblaster from Davidson. We have it for Anthony and Denise. They enjoy "playing" it, and hopefully learn from it, too! It covers: Monomials & Polynomials; Positive/Negative Numbers; Factoring Polynomials and Trinomials; Solving Equations & Systems…
Ah, Susan …. could you add celery with cream cheese? (but please no "buffalo chicken wings"..every political event I had to go to for the last 6 months served them …..always too hot and not very good and NO blue cheese!!!!!!) trying to decide on perfect drink to accompany celery…
"Resumes? RESUMES?!" she screamed. "I spent 4 years studying English Lit (with a minor in design) at Penguin U., just to do _your_ resume??" "N-N-N-o," I stammered. "I'm thinking of starting a Resume Writing Newsletter (with lecture series, of course). Do you know where I can find a brilliant and…
Susan, What kind of directory do you have in mind? A small booklet? A book? If my assessment of travel agents is correct (after writing for them for 2-1/2 years now), whatever you design will have to be easy to SCAN, with mucho graphics instead of mucho words. TAs always…
And as he rode away, I saw his license plate. It read "Penguin." It all began to make sense, well, sort of, "The Penguins were here." But what did they want? All of sudden there she was again. In that karate suit. Now, I understood. It wasn't me, it was…
This reminds me of a story told by Lewis and Clark about a pregnant Indian woman traveled with the exploratory team. At one point, the woman fell behind the group, then 1/2 hour later caught up with a newly delivered baby in hand. In my experience as a father, I've…
Judi, I hope your husband isn't as cranky as mine is when his team loses! Luckily, being 49er fans, we haven't had that problem recently ! But after one lousy play, or the other team scoring first, Dave's ready to give up the game, turn the set off, fire the…
#Tvl Newsletter Directory
Message #6334
Christine, You forgot the unopened-mail coasters, unread-magazine placemats, and the letter opener butter knives! I'm trying to get rich and famous (or at least rich) by publishing a directory of travel-related newsletters. I have a raw list of more than 300, now, and am contacting newsletters to see if they're…
Christine, I'm currently serving a *very* gourmet appetizer at the pub — peanut butter stuffed celery sticks (celery for the hips, peanut butter for the lips)! ——- Susan
Welmoed, The "On-Line B Novel" thread is alive and well here in The Corner Pub (Section 1). The first message in this "second coming" of the thread is number 5690. Enjoy!
[Continued from previous message] "Ok, Pilgrim. Spill it. What did you steal?" He glared at me with bloodshot eyes; an avenging angel, king of a sooted alley. "Hel…" "Help you want?" he laughed, backhanding me across the face. "Hel…" "You're bound for hell for what you've done?" He laughed again,…
The man from the motorcycle reached down and grabbed my shirtfront, his fist like a ham hock, his face an angry mass of shifting emotion. As he lifted me up, the pint flask of Jamerson's slid from my torn jacket pocket and shattered on the wet, black pavement; the pathetic…
#On-Line B-Novel
Message #6307
Don – Just finished reading the thread in the library. Great! It reminds me very much of an old Carol Burnett sketch, with Harvey Korman at the typewriter trying to churn out a potboiler, and Carol Burnett and Steve Lawrence in the background, acting out the parts — and having…
#America Online
Message #6279
I had no problems signing on to AOL, however, I was extremely depressed by the limited participation. I also did not like the 'reminders' of events that kept poping up throughout my session. I was having some trouble understanding how to compose EMail off line, and sent to date 5…
#Software recom. (Ap.II)
Message #6218
Dave – This really isn't connected to DTP, but maybe other people would be interested in the answer (if you have one) so I'll post it here rather than sending it E-plex. My principal's wife teaches a special class for students who are less than highly motivated (!!) – they…
Message mixups
Message #6214
Gen. Sherman– God bless you. I'm just _SO_ pleased when someone lifts these Mac chains from my neck for a little bit… Seriously, hope your reference system is not screwed up by those of us who have the economic need to make the most of our on-line time by using…
Scott, Could you please post the name of this "$100 software" and let us know what (if any) connection you have with the software vendor? Your message doesn't make that clear, and I'm sure our members would like to know. As to the simple solution not requiring any new software,…
#AutoCad art/Mac DTP
Message #6186
I use a Macinotsh to do DTP in an office dominated by IBM PC-compatibles. As a result, I have gained considerable experience with interoperability solutions. For instance, did you know that you can use MS-DOS AutoCAD or Harvard Graphics art in Mac DTP applications? The simplest solution doesn't even require…
Working at home has no gender barriers. Also, I found that clients are notoriously inconsiderate when dealing with people who work out of their homes and have children. Case in point: one of my clients is a defense contracting company for which I produce a monthly newsletter. I went there…
An interesting point you might want to consider is that it is just as difficult for involved fathers to run a business at home. Janell and I talked about it at one point and realized that it would not be possible. She would assume that since I would be at…
Maybe it'll have a "What do they know that I don't?" effect… Dianne
Oh. (oops…) Well, thanks!!!
Judi…. 1- relief at bribes…..ah, the joys of sharing guilty secrets! 2- definitely send along the new mag article to your local paper make a point of sending it to the writer who covers either business or people stories…and then follow up with a phone call to them … pess…
Jim…. This opens up a whole new field …did you leave them white or color or ? though I mostly have paper things on our tree…I missed that idea and am now entranced…..so many possibilities! and it could exlain the odd strips that somehow always reside on my floor ….Oh,…
Dianne: 2 of my local newspapers frequently run stories about local small businesses, entrepreneurs and home-based businesses, so I thought my story would be newsworthy too. No luck so far. 1 paper is actively soliciting stories about successful small businesses, or unusual businesses, etc., and I thought for sure they'd…
Thom – Great! — don
Thom – "Where's your contribution to our effort?"!!! I wrote the FIRST episode! — don
Hello from BWA in London
Message #6099
Hmmm interesting… My sister in law lives in London and does computer animation for the telly. Perhaps you know her?
Right now, that's the plan. We have the active part of the thread on Hold so it won't scroll off the board, and will be capturing and uploading it when it seems long enough or when it appears it's run its course. It's great fun, isn't it?! 🙂
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