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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Surprisingly, no mention of Cracker Jack's 3D lenticular images, which I remember as common in the 70s and 80s. I'd imagine any kid from back then got at least one 3D photo of a gopher standing on its hind legs, with the admonitio
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Presaged eerily in 1981 by Michael Crichton's terrible movie "Looker": https://youtu.be/2IZfSr891bE (warning, nudity) Two additional scenes stand out: 1. The protagonist watches a prototype perfume commercial
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
I wonder if they're doing this for the Surface Duo launch.
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Do incomplete projects count? I wrote 1/3 of a novel called "Distanced" - you can read it at https://1drv.ms/w/s!AhRJSX2EIeTqmohIQPPIaNr6TXMnnw?e=rwfXfE .
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
I've been using Zap and Zap Colors from this site for the past 15+ years: https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Happy to send you what I've got so far. :)
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Thanks, it's 1/3rd done and then I got a bit overwhelmed by reality.
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by FiddlerClamp 6y ago
Writing a novel about a guy stuck in quarantine who falls in love with another guy across the city, but the only way they can communicate is through making shapes out of light strings and hanging them in their windows.
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by FiddlerClamp 7y ago
I had that same automated Microsoft Office test at a temp agency in the 1990s. Funny thing, it had a bug. As long as you didn't let go of the mouse button, it would let you open and navigate all of the menus. So I simply browsed the me
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by FiddlerClamp 7y ago
Wow, I didn't know that, thanks! I love pop culture trivia like that.
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by FiddlerClamp 7y ago
Interestingly, so was yellow-colored margarine. "Oleomargarine", as they used to call it, is an off-white color. To make it more appealing to butter users, oleo manufacturers added yellow coloring, until the butter lobby appealed.
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by FiddlerClamp 7y ago
In our house we refer to Alexa as "Alesto" when we're discussing her.
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by FiddlerClamp 7y ago
Sometimes moving away is abandoning your family...or burdening one family member with having to care for elderly parents when nobody else is available.
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by FiddlerClamp 7y ago
Technical and marketing writer. Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Not presently Technologies: Technical writing, editing, marketing writing. CMS tools, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, ServiceNow, blogging pla
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by FiddlerClamp 8y ago
A brand cannot pester you on social media. An employee at a company who owns or represents the brand can. What's creepy is when an employee acts like they have no autonomy or personality beyond the brand.
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by FiddlerClamp 8y ago
Technical and marketing writer. Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Not presently Technologies: Technical writing, editing, marketing writing. CMS tools, JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, ServiceNow, blogging pla
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by FiddlerClamp 8y ago
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes, please! Willing to relocate: Not at this time. Technologies: Technical and marketing writer. Technical writing: Documentation, install/admin guides, API references, online help, FAQs, KB items. Ma
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by FiddlerClamp 8y ago
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Technical writing, editing, HTML, Office, SharePoint Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torontowriter Email: jonathanacohen@gmail.com
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by FiddlerClamp 8y ago
Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: Yes, please! Willing to relocate: Not at this time. Technologies: Technical and marketing writer. Technical writing: Documentation, install/admin guides, API references, online help, FAQs, KB items. Ma
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by FiddlerClamp 8y ago
This would be invaluable for people like me with prosopagnosia. Also people with early-stage dementia, I suspect.
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by FiddlerClamp 10y ago
As a technical writer, I have a few quibbles with these points: 1. Dry sucks...but humorous can be worse. In the mid-90s, I worked at a company that used a DOS add-on to fax from an accounting program. One day we were in a panic because it
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Samsung's experimental headphones send electric impulses to your brain(engadget.com)
2 points by FiddlerClamp 11y ago|0 comments
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by FiddlerClamp 11y ago
Fun fact: Noted 'mockbuster' movie production company The Asylum wanted to profit from the Peter Jackson Hobbit trilogy craze, so they filmed "Age of the Hobbits," about "a prehistoric struggle between a community o
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by FiddlerClamp 11y ago
Reminds me of the Anthem spreadsheet software in Douglas Adams' novel, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: "But the silliest feature of all was that if you wanted your company accounts represented as a piece of music, it
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by FiddlerClamp 11y ago
"A soft answer turneth away wrath." - not sure who said it, but I agree. On the other side of the fence, I find that a sympathetic word to a cranky/grumpy cashier or salesperson can really help cheer them up. For example, &qu
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by FiddlerClamp 12y ago
Location: Toronto, Canada. Remote: Yes, please! Willing to relocate: No. Technologies: Technical writing, marketing writing, copywriting - CMS systems including WordPress, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office. Resume/CV: http://ca.
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by FiddlerClamp 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote or Toronto, Canada. TECHNICAL/MARKETING WRITER Experience writing online help, white papers, FAQs, newsletters, blog posts, direct mail pieces, and Web site copy. Seasoned, efficient, drama-free, and easy to work
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by FiddlerClamp 12y ago
Location: Toronto Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: Seasoned marketing writer, technical writer, editor and blogger with broad and deep experience in business writing, a deft touch with copy that sells, and a strong understa
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by FiddlerClamp 12y ago
Location: Toronto Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: technical writing, marketing writing, editing. Resume/CV: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/jonathanacohen2008/ Email: jonathanacohen@gmail.com
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by FiddlerClamp 12y ago
SEEKING WORK: Toronto or remote (freelancer or full-time) Seasoned marketing writer, technical writer, editor and blogger with broad and deep experience in business writing, a deft touch with copy that sells, and a strong understanding of W

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