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By: Homer The Brave
Date: 8/17/99 4:46:53 AM
# Replies: 21
I'm so proud of myself! I am now a Certified Master Macintosh Power User. JUST THE THING I need on my resume! Now I can get that development job at Microsoft!
(They're even going to send me a certificate to frame and put on my wall. Joy!)
Response #1
By: Da Sissop
Date: 8/17/99 7:42:55 AM
Congrats! Does that mean the Mac is here to stay?
Response #2
By: Shadow Sprite
Date: 8/17/99 8:40:23 AM
So, you got a certificate saying that you use a Power Mac? Or does the certificate mean you can utilize a Power Mac with minimal difficulties (even in the tough stuff like networking)?
I could always use another fire hazard on the wall...
Response #3
By: Roxanne
Date: 8/17/99 10:36:24 AM
Congrats, Homer!
That sounds much more impressive than my "Learning the Personal Computer" certificate from ICS...curse you, Sally Struthers! ;)
Response #4
By: Ralf
Date: 8/17/99 5:19:52 PM
So, does the certificate entitle you to, y'know, click on stuff?
What's it *DO* for ya?
Response #5
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 8/19/99 2:09:16 AM
ShadowSprite: I *have* a Power Mac, and I *am* a Certified Power User. Not only that, but a MASTER Power User.
It does nothing for me, really. Except show that I know my way around OS 8, which is a bit like saying that you know your way around an office building. Oh, and that I'm qualified to 'mentor' people in Mac use. Hyuck.
Response #6
By: Ralf
Date: 8/19/99 9:12:14 AM
Is mentoring without a license such a problem that they had to DO something about it?
("Wait a minute... that advice you gave me sucks! Lemme see your certificate... just as I thought! You're an MSCE!!")
Response #7
By: Roxanne
Date: 8/19/99 1:05:47 PM
Do we have to start calling you Master Homer?
And what of this mentoring? Will you be travelling to exotic places like Mississippi to bring the Gospel According to Mac to the great unwashed?
Response #8
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 8/20/99 12:48:37 AM
No, I think what you'll be seeing next is that I'll be getting a similar certification in Perl and HTML (Perl being the more important of the two).
Which reminds me.. Any VisualBasic geeks out there who can point me to a good archive of source projects? I got a nifty thing called REALbasic which can import VB projects and compile them. For Mac and Windoze, even.
Response #9
By: Jerichos Burlap
Date: 8/20/99 1:39:56 AM
Homer, Katt would be a good source for VisualBasic stuff.
Response #10
By: Ralf
Date: 8/20/99 10:29:00 AM
I'm a VB5 god, and I know enough VB6 to scare most mortals. Feel free to ply me with questions.
For VB stuff, check out:
Carl & Gary's
Visual Basic Thunder
WWW.MVPS.ORG
Anything specific you're looking for?
Response #11
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 8/21/99 10:34:25 AM
I'm looking for HTML classes to modify and bend to my whims. But any old interesting source code is a good thing... I'll pokearound (<--satanic devil thing to do) the sites you referenced and get back with any questions which may burden my soul afterwards.
Gracias.
Response #12
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 9/11/99 12:05:01 PM
A big honest to goodness SMOOOOCH and thank you to Sorcy & Zaney for getting Cort's phewter together for school. She's lovin it!
Response #13
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 9/12/99 9:15:43 AM
Just for thos interested, and incase you haven't seen it, here's a great palce I get ALOT fo stuff from.
http://www.javagoodies.com/
Response #14
By: The Sorcerer
Date: 9/12/99 2:02:48 PM
Tess Sez:
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A big honest to goodness SMOOOOCH and thank you to Sorcy & Zaney for getting Cort's phewter together for school. She's
lovin it!
===========================
And it's still working?!? Cool! Its nice to know that eventhough I haven't really had to work on a PC in over a year that I still got it. No problem kiddo.
Sorc'(Rev)
Response #15 She is very popular on the 3rd floor since she is one of the few with her own net access. She emails me to send money all the time, of course I just think it's a macro and delete it..teehee Response #16 Whatcha do, see, is send her PICTURES of money in .jpg format. Response #17 Ooooh! Show me how!!
I talked to her yesterday..she is coming home in October to visit her puppy. Maybe a little homesick, just a little. Response #18 Well, first, send me some money. I'll take pictures of it for ya.
Large denominations only, please.
[twirls mustache] Response #19 I have some lovely wallpaper with dollar bills on it, and we can throw up a "Here's your money" web page for her. That'd be fun. Response #20 That reminds me of this TV commercial where this college kid takes a picture of a boiling pot of water, downloads it to his computer from his digital camera, and sends it to his mom via email with the caption 'Wish food were here.'
Now, has this kid ever heard of a PAWN SHOP? Does he really NEED that digital camera more than he needs ramen for his boiling pot of water? Response #21 Tee hee..she called me in a panic the other day, "Mom you know the loan they said was here and had paid my tuition and housing?? Well it's not here! A temp input that into the system by mistake! They are going to kick me out of school?!"
So I conferenced called financial aid, housing, and the loan board, it was a mistake, but I have been approved as a co-signer, just sign the doc they just sent out and everything will be ok. They deal with this kinda thing all the time.. Court was able to breath again.
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 9/13/99 5:26:32 AM
By: Ralf
Date: 9/13/99 5:29:08 PM
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 9/14/99 5:13:40 AM
By: Ralf
Date: 9/14/99 1:14:43 PM
By: sooz
Date: 9/14/99 9:54:41 PM
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 9/15/99 2:20:42 AM
By: Tess Trueheart
Date: 9/15/99 5:24:07 AM