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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

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Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
> On 2017-04-10, Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 3:10:30 PM UTC-6, Marek Novotny wrote:
>>> On 2017-04-10, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>> // snip
>>> 
>>> > Funny think I just noticed, shelling in to my laptop from inside the
>>> > lan and running tin.  Tin has vi navigation, which makes is great
>>> > for navigation, but I'm so used to that navigation from muscle memory
>>> > that when I have to do it with one finger on the phone, I have to stop
>>> > and think what the keys are, because ordinarily the key names never
>>> > enter into the process.  Your fingers just go where they need to.
>>> 
>>> A really light laptop with a cellular modem works the best. 
>>
>> OK, now that you brought it up... I vote that you send him one. If
>> crackhead can get a MBA, at the least, owl deserves a light laptop (
>> and maybe a couple of tickets to the playoffs of his choice ;)
> 
> I have an older Dell 15.6" XPS first or second gen Quad core i7, and AMD
> graphics GPU. It is heavy but still works just fine. I am retiring it
> and Owl is welcome to it if he wants. 
> 
> I also have an older Dell 13" XPS ultrbook which I modified for Linux.
> It has Intel HD 3000 graphics and a dual core i5 I think. It has an M.2
> 256 GB SSD. The resolution is 1366 x 768 or whatever that mid-range res
> is. It's very similar to the original Dell Sputnik but it started out as
> Windows and I modified it myself. 
> 
> Owl is welcome to that if he wants. 
> 
> Likely in the near future I will think about retiring the Lenovo T450
> which has cellular modem. Although this is the Lenovo I fixed myself. I
> replaced the original crappy 1600x900 LCD with an IPS 1920x1080. But I
> had to peal away the bezel twice and while it looks pretty darn good
> it's not perfect. The bezel shows signs of my work and the panel has one
> dead pixel. Other than that it is a dual core i5. It's less than two
> years old at this point and I am still using it. 
> 
>> I saw that multi-button mouse thread... talk about the power of
>> suggestion... the girl scouts on your block must be makin' a killing!
> 
> Jez, I guess you have my number and I am cracking up. Next time the girl
> scouts stop by I'll snap a photo. I actually tend to buy at least 10 to
> 20 boxes of cookies from them. And then I give them out to the warehouse
> at work. :) Who doesn't like Girl Scout cookies!! 
> 

Thank you for the offer, but I couldn't accept.

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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-09 14:00 -0400
  Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-09 11:09 -0700
  Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-09 11:25 -0700
    Re: spreadsheet ergonomics vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2017-04-09 22:01 +0000
      Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-09 15:40 -0700
      Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-09 15:48 -0700
  Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-09 22:30 +0000
    Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-09 15:42 -0700
    Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 08:45 -0700
      Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 16:46 +0000
        Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 09:58 -0700
          Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 19:07 +0000
            Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:25 -0700
              Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 12:36 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Mark Garcia <markymark1901z@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-10 19:44 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 13:00 -0700
            Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 12:25 -0700
              Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 19:35 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 12:37 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 19:47 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:57 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 13:04 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 20:17 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 13:27 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 20:43 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 13:55 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-10 22:36 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 10:00 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 16:10 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-10 14:18 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-10 17:01 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 09:59 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 12:18 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 10:31 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 10:43 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 12:50 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 12:57 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 15:43 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 14:40 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 16:50 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 15:03 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-04-12 03:09 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 22:38 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2017-04-12 04:00 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-11 17:12 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-11 10:15 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-11 12:20 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-11 10:30 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 06:32 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Silver-Tongued Heel <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-11 09:58 -0400
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 09:05 -0500
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-10 12:48 -0700

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