tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7898903261725136882..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: AddictedJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-10776978984569663292007-10-10T22:14:00.000-04:002007-10-10T22:14:00.000-04:00I despised typing on a typewriter. I handwrote ev...I despised typing on a typewriter. I handwrote everything possible until the late 80s when I began using a computer -- wow.<BR/>Now, I have withdrawl symptoms if I don't get at least one daily interenet fix.A Paperback Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155962941590663738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65885859751556701302007-10-10T20:13:00.000-04:002007-10-10T20:13:00.000-04:00I agree with you, Paul. I spent far too many hours...I agree with you, Paul. I spent far too many hours, days, weeks, typing manuscripts for submission -- oh, the agony of getting all the way to the bottom of a page and making a big messy typo! I've been using computers since 1980, and I don't care if I never see a typewriter again.<BR/><BR/>I love the immediacy of e-mail. Publishing is still the slowest business in existence, but I think we're Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75850312886577310652007-10-10T20:08:00.000-04:002007-10-10T20:08:00.000-04:00Oh, Liz, you haven't seen online nastiness until y...Oh, Liz, you haven't seen online nastiness until you've been smack in the middle of an argument between people with a passion for wildlife. You would not BELIEVE how many issues there are surrounding panda breeding and conservation that provide fodder for fierce debate and mid-slinging. Pandas themselves, of course, are just about the gentlest creatures on earth. They make me ashamed of human Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-76388122721474851142007-10-10T17:44:00.000-04:002007-10-10T17:44:00.000-04:00My Apple laptop is nearly three years old and acts...My Apple laptop is nearly three years old and acts like it. I'm just waiting for the new Apple operating system to be released then I'm getting a new laptop. <BR/><BR/>I can't imagine what it must have been like to submit stories and queries in the days before email. (Well, I don't have to imagine it because I did it.) The internet takes so much drudgery out of the mechanical side of getting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-18089880122192125592007-10-10T16:23:00.000-04:002007-10-10T16:23:00.000-04:00Sandy, I loved your post so much I read the whole ...Sandy, I loved your post so much I read the whole thing aloud to my husband. And thanks for the plug for my other persona, LZcybershrink. :) As for flame wars, I'm not sure if it trumps panda lovers, but I've seen it more than once among--yep: online mental health professionals. ;)Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65637573868563878502007-10-10T13:48:00.000-04:002007-10-10T13:48:00.000-04:00I'm still trying to get used to Windows Vista on m...I'm still trying to get used to Windows Vista on my new computer -- mostly trying to make it act more like XP. The folks at Microsoft seem blithely unconcerned about presenting a new OS that won't even work with some of their own older programs! Thank goodness my word processor works with Vista -- except for the Help function. Vista doesn't support Help (yeah, I hear you: When has Microsoft *everSandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-72260368117770512462007-10-10T13:05:00.000-04:002007-10-10T13:05:00.000-04:00I don't miss typewriters or carbon paper either. ...I don't miss typewriters or carbon paper either. Noooo idea how the early writers did it, no desire to find out. <BR/><BR/>When I discovered I could move paragraphs, NAY, entire chapters(!!!) around in a manuscript, I fell in love with computers. <BR/><BR/>Yes, they drive us nuts some days, and I'm oft reminded of my first computer teacher's favorite saying: "The computer is only as smart as Lonnie Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617936690870869287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-11177358223949417632007-10-10T11:02:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:02:00.000-04:00I worked with a typewriter and carbon paper when I...I worked with a typewriter and carbon paper when I was a copywriter and I don't miss it at all. <BR/><BR/>I like the connections I've made via the internet. I've made new friends, I've reconnected with old ones.Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.com