Lest I go down in history as a curmudgeon

[rhu]

Time to acknowledge people and companies that have done well by me in the past week:

We needed a cabinet for our tiny half-bath, and the only one we could find that would fit was from Linens 'N' Things. It arrived the next day by FedEx and went together very easily -- all the pieces were clearly labeled (including each different type of fastener in a numbered plastic bag). I'm quite pleased.

Staples has an amazing deal this week on SanDisk 2GB Ultra II (meaning fast) SD and CF cards ($40). They were sold out online so I went to my local Staples (store #1) and they were also sold out --- but the manager on duty called another store that the inventory computer said had nine in stock, and they are shipping two of them to me. Kudos to him for taking the time to make a customer happy.

Finally, I really enjoyed tomorrow's NYSun puzzle by jangler_npl and Patrick Berry.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_opus_/]

<sigh>

Last week, they had SanDisk 2GB non-Ultra II SD cards for $30. Since I bought one of those, I doubt I'll be allowed to buy one of the faster ones this week.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

This isn't a rebate. Not even an "easy rebate". This is a "coupon code" and there's no limit.

[jangler-npl.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

How can I get access to tomorrow's NY Sun puzzle?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Today's puzzle is always at:

http://www.nysun.com/crosswords/subscriber_puzzle.php

From there you can select other days to play online or to download.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Cool!

If I can't download AcrossLite, can I print the puzzle?

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

Nope. Want a PDF made from the Across Lite version?

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Um, sure!

(I'm at work, and can't install AcrossLite at work...and my home machine is a Mac, and I'm not sure it's compatible as I haven't investigated that yet.)

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

Oh please. I live and breathe all things Macintosh. Across Lite works fine on the Mac, and they have both OS 9 and OS X versions of it.

And here's your PDF (for a limited time only):

http://home.earthlink.net/~joecab/misc/nys061201.pdf

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Downloaded and printed. Thanks!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm running OS X 10.4.8, so I'll try installing Across Lite at home within the next few days.

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

Make sure you download the NYT version of Across Lite, which is the most up-to-date version:

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/litmac.html is the page, an the direct link for download is http://www.nytimes.com/downloads/acl2mac.dmg

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Be careful breathing the new iPod Shuffles; they can easily get caught in your windpipe.