Snagit has come up with a winner on this upgrade, no doubt about it. I have always been a fan of Snagit and have used it for a long time.
But the folks at TechSmith sorta made me unhappy about one thing. I'll explain. When Snagit 9 opened for the first time, a window came up asking me if I was a first time user or a returning user. I clicked the previous user link and.........It opened in Internet Explorer!
My default browser is Firefox and it is my default browser for a good reason. I do not like Internet Explorer 7. Period. Since I am using Vista, that is the version of IE I have. I never use it, because I don't like it. If I didn't need to see how my web pages look in IE, it would be disabled if I could figure out how to do it.
TechSmith folks, listen up. It is not nice to make IE execute in Snagit. Tacky! Really tacky! I hope you are listening!
Seriously folks, Snagit 9 is a winner. It's great!
Martha
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Not as Young as I Used to Be
I did something today I haven't done in years. I mowed some of the lawn and I used a push mower. Not a gas powered push mower either, an old fashioned push mower.
Yep, I now know for sure, I'm not as young as I used to be. That's obvious every time I see myself in the mirror. But for some reason that didn't really make me KNOW.
Notice I said I mowed some of the lawn. I decided I wasn't ready to die, so I quit while I was still breathing, although I was still breathing hard!
But since I don't want to be a quitter, I got a cold wet washrag, washed my face and back to mowing. I decided to take a break and went back in the house. My son decided to finish the job so I wouldn't kick the bucket. (I was almost through, he needn't have worried!) So now the lawn needed trimming and away I go trimming. This wasn't bad at all and I am not as hot as I was mowing.
I finished up and came back in the cool house and looked for my wet washrag to mop my face. I looked everywhere and couldn't find it. Then I remembered where it was. It was on the back of my neck, keeping me cooler.
I told you I am not as young as I used to be and neither is my memory!
Martha
Yep, I now know for sure, I'm not as young as I used to be. That's obvious every time I see myself in the mirror. But for some reason that didn't really make me KNOW.
Notice I said I mowed some of the lawn. I decided I wasn't ready to die, so I quit while I was still breathing, although I was still breathing hard!
But since I don't want to be a quitter, I got a cold wet washrag, washed my face and back to mowing. I decided to take a break and went back in the house. My son decided to finish the job so I wouldn't kick the bucket. (I was almost through, he needn't have worried!) So now the lawn needed trimming and away I go trimming. This wasn't bad at all and I am not as hot as I was mowing.
I finished up and came back in the cool house and looked for my wet washrag to mop my face. I looked everywhere and couldn't find it. Then I remembered where it was. It was on the back of my neck, keeping me cooler.
I told you I am not as young as I used to be and neither is my memory!
Martha
Thursday, June 12, 2008
What Kind of Eggs?
I learned something new yesterday. You can buy pasteurized eggs! When I saw a recipe for silk pie in the newspaper that called for pasteurized eggs, I thought it was a hoax or someone who just didn't know better. Wouldn't a pasteurized egg be boiled? After all I think the definition of 'pasteurize' is to heat something, usually milk, to a temperature high enough to kill bacteria. Heating an egg to that temperature would surely boil it, right? Maybe not.
Apparently, so goes the theory, you can heat the egg long enough to kill the bacteria and it still won't be cooked. Since a lot of recipes call for 'raw' eggs, this should be a great way to avoid the wicked salmonella that keeps popping up in everything these days.
You can even pasteurize your own eggs yourself! Recipezaar has the method on their site.
There are a lot of entries in Google about pasteurized eggs. Most of them are asking questions about them. But I did find several interesting articles about milk and shell eggs with extended shelf lives.
This article, ULTRAPASTEURIZED & PASTEURIZED FOOD, on Chemical & Engineering News was really the most informative and makes more sense than most.
I buy ultrapasteurized milk. It is also organic and rather pricey, but since the regular milk goes bad long before I use it all and has to be thrown away, I think it is cost effective. But I have never seen pasteurized eggs for sale in any of my local markets. I think it is a good idea though, and maybe they will eventually sell those 'safer' eggs.
Have you ever bought pasteurized eggs?
Apparently, so goes the theory, you can heat the egg long enough to kill the bacteria and it still won't be cooked. Since a lot of recipes call for 'raw' eggs, this should be a great way to avoid the wicked salmonella that keeps popping up in everything these days.
You can even pasteurize your own eggs yourself! Recipezaar has the method on their site.
There are a lot of entries in Google about pasteurized eggs. Most of them are asking questions about them. But I did find several interesting articles about milk and shell eggs with extended shelf lives.
This article, ULTRAPASTEURIZED & PASTEURIZED FOOD, on Chemical & Engineering News was really the most informative and makes more sense than most.
I buy ultrapasteurized milk. It is also organic and rather pricey, but since the regular milk goes bad long before I use it all and has to be thrown away, I think it is cost effective. But I have never seen pasteurized eggs for sale in any of my local markets. I think it is a good idea though, and maybe they will eventually sell those 'safer' eggs.
Have you ever bought pasteurized eggs?
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Ripoff!
Every time I turn around, I see or hear about another ripoff for the average consumer. There are so many ripoffs it would be impossible to name them all.
This is not the first time I've griped about the drug companies, but today I learned about one more that really has me steamed. This one takes advantage of folks that have a hard time getting to sleep. A very heavily advertised drug that costs about $3.50 a pill (and that alone is outrageous!) on average will give the user 11 to 19 minutes more sleep. The way I figure it, if the pill taker gets 11 more minutes of sleep, those 11 minutes are costing about 32 cents a minute. Pretty pricey sleep! The commercials show folks getting a good nights sleep. Ripoff!
I like catalogs. I get a lot of them as well. I know that if I order something from one catalog, that merchandiser will probably sell my name and address to a bunch of other merchandisers which in turn will sell my information to others. It's an endless proposition. I ordered some stuff from one of those catalogs that was supposed to remove baked-on crud from cookie sheets. It didn't work at all. Ripoff! I should have known if it sounds too good to be true it usually isn't, but even though I am generally suspicious I still get taken every now and then.
Magazines are purveyors of ads more and more. Readers Digest and Prevention magazines now have as many ads as they have content. (Maybe more ads than content!) Ripoff! I just don't think I want to pay for ads anymore. I would rather pay more for the subscription and get content, not ads. I know they have to pay the bills, but really, half of the pages are ads? Maybe they could have two types of subscriptions; they could have one with fewer ads costing more and one with mostly ads costing very little. Dream on.
Shopping on line has it's share of ripoffs. Most reputable sites will let you know before you click the 'Place order' button what you shipping and handling will be, but I have encountered some that don't. Since a lot of sites offer free shipping you may think that's what you are getting, but the 'gottcha' shows up when you get your credit card bill. Oh and there's another ripoff waiting to get you, the little box that offers you a 'discount on your order, just click here.' What can happen and often does, you are signed up for something called 'Rewards', Discounts' or some other misleading scam that will charge you $10, $12 or some other amount each month and bill your credit card. Ripoff!
Most likely the biggest ripoffs of all are the spurious products being advertised to make plump folks lose weight. They promise amazing results, but seldom deliver. Once you buy the product, an insert will tell you to follow the included diet and exercise regularly. Guess what, if you follow the diet and exercise you don't need their product. Ripoff!
Martha
This is not the first time I've griped about the drug companies, but today I learned about one more that really has me steamed. This one takes advantage of folks that have a hard time getting to sleep. A very heavily advertised drug that costs about $3.50 a pill (and that alone is outrageous!) on average will give the user 11 to 19 minutes more sleep. The way I figure it, if the pill taker gets 11 more minutes of sleep, those 11 minutes are costing about 32 cents a minute. Pretty pricey sleep! The commercials show folks getting a good nights sleep. Ripoff!
I like catalogs. I get a lot of them as well. I know that if I order something from one catalog, that merchandiser will probably sell my name and address to a bunch of other merchandisers which in turn will sell my information to others. It's an endless proposition. I ordered some stuff from one of those catalogs that was supposed to remove baked-on crud from cookie sheets. It didn't work at all. Ripoff! I should have known if it sounds too good to be true it usually isn't, but even though I am generally suspicious I still get taken every now and then.
Magazines are purveyors of ads more and more. Readers Digest and Prevention magazines now have as many ads as they have content. (Maybe more ads than content!) Ripoff! I just don't think I want to pay for ads anymore. I would rather pay more for the subscription and get content, not ads. I know they have to pay the bills, but really, half of the pages are ads? Maybe they could have two types of subscriptions; they could have one with fewer ads costing more and one with mostly ads costing very little. Dream on.
Shopping on line has it's share of ripoffs. Most reputable sites will let you know before you click the 'Place order' button what you shipping and handling will be, but I have encountered some that don't. Since a lot of sites offer free shipping you may think that's what you are getting, but the 'gottcha' shows up when you get your credit card bill. Oh and there's another ripoff waiting to get you, the little box that offers you a 'discount on your order, just click here.' What can happen and often does, you are signed up for something called 'Rewards', Discounts' or some other misleading scam that will charge you $10, $12 or some other amount each month and bill your credit card. Ripoff!
Most likely the biggest ripoffs of all are the spurious products being advertised to make plump folks lose weight. They promise amazing results, but seldom deliver. Once you buy the product, an insert will tell you to follow the included diet and exercise regularly. Guess what, if you follow the diet and exercise you don't need their product. Ripoff!
Martha
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