About a month ago, I asked the IT guy (DL) to completely wipe out my test computer, install Windows 7, and do a clean install of Vista ( Read more... )

So, work has been insanely hectic this past week, and will only get worse as the month wears on. Consequently, I have a million non-work things to do, plus some blogging, paying bills, etc. and I just can't get motivated to do any of it ( Read more... )

I'm going through one of the docs I wrote at Oracle because Contract Writer isn't familiar with FrameMaker. All of my Oracle doc was written for writers. I was looking at this topic, about filing bugs against our group ( Read more... )

So, the product I'm currently documenting has three color models that the customer can use to create colors ( Read more... )

Isn't the "Next Generation" what we're trying to prevent by buying (and presumably using) condoms?

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I'm working on Product 1 now, which is also a "creativity product". I'm writing about making a greeting card, so I looked for the adoption cards. One card contains a picture of a man and woman on the front, looking at a beautiful sky. The inside sentiment is ( Read more... )

The new product I'm working on includes the ability to create greeting cards ( Read more... )

What's it called when they scramble the faces of people on tv shows like Cops?
The product has a mosaic effect that does that, and I can't figure out how to describe it.

I'm documenting a basic photo editor (think one step above Picasa). However, I know nothing about the terminology or how the software does what it does. For example, edging - how does a photo editor know what edge to follow? It says something about a hard edge v. a soft edge. What might have a hard edge ( Read more... )

So, I'm working on work stuff, and I look up the term "color set" at dictionary.com. No results. So, I went to Ninjawords. It asks me , "Did you mean closet?" and then defines closet. Under the definition is an example of usage...

"the closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager."

I'm all for homosexuality. But the writer in me can't handle ( Read more... )