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Thursday, September 15, 2005
 
Congrats Andy!

Looks like come Monday, I'll have company in the "adjusting to a new job" category. Andy's found himself a gig. Whoo hoo!
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
 
Codename Max

Yeah, I installed Max this evening. This is Microsoft's new photo-sharing tool. At this point the only real advantage to this as opposed to just having a Flickr list and sharing it with people is the ability to do a couple of funky things with displaying photos as they would look framed on a mantle, or in a photo album. Hopefully, they add more stuff to it to really allow you to get creative with how to show off your photos. I haven't set-up any shared lists, but I might at some point when I have some more time, so if you are using it, let me know so I can see what you're doing and I'll be sure to let you know about lists I create in the future!

Of course, I'll still concentrate mostly on putting pictures on-line so everyone who wants to see them who isn't using Max, or Windows for that matter, can see them.
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Monday, September 12, 2005
 
For future reference

This is mostly a note to myself, and anyone else who finds themselves in a similar predicament in the future. I downloaded my first ebook from the library since buying a new laptop this weekend. Naturally, I knew I'd have to authorize the laptop as a new device with Adobe in order to deal with the DRM, and I also figured that I'd have to do the same with the PocketPC if I wanted to transfer the ebook because the Axim had previously been authorized as connected through the old laptop. What I didn't plan on was following the directions and having it not work at all. I authorized the laptop, no problem. I downloaded the file. Then I opened Reader version 7.0, went to File/Digital Editions/Authorize devices. It brought up the website to authorize devices, and I clicked on "authorize PocketPC device", where I was instructed to download Reader for PocketPC. I have Reader for Pocket PC installed already. I tried reinstalling it, went back to Reader and tried to authorize again, I was told the same thing.

Finally, after some searching I stumbled upon the answer. Instead of trying to follow the directions, I simply went to File/Digital Editions/My Digital Editions and tried to send the file to my PocketPC. It immediately informed me that I would need to authorize the Axim, and it proceeds to do that for me without taking me to the website. Now, everything works fine.

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