7 Dec
2000
7 Dec
'00
4:07 p.m.
At 01:38 PM 12/7/00 -0800, healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
Another tool that's very, very useful is a digital
camera.
I'll second that!
A related tool would be a scanner and Adobe Photoshop.
As long as it
doesn't have chips that the scanner will erase you
Huh? Scanners have little fluorescents in them, not UV lamps...
can scan the board in and
use Photoshop and it's 'layers' feature to write notes on the scan, and
trace things out. The layers mean you can have mulitiple layers with your
notes and scriblings, and turn them on and off as you wish.
That's clever.
I eagerly await a palm computer with a wireless net link strong enough
that it will work in the average metal building typically used
by surplus warehouses. :-) Imagine being able to search the web
or check eBay comparable prices in the field...
Someone else mentioned the decrease in quality of Sears Craftsman
tools. I'll send that. I got the 90+ piece socket wrench set
a year or two ago, and I spend more time swearing at them than
using them. The drive/reverse control is now a little plastic
lever that is eager to get stuck, and alternatively, decides
not to engage or disengage, and I think I even stripped one
so that it no longer engages.
- John