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Apparently I'm allergic to web-based applications, or something. When I got my laptop, I switched to using the webmail interface for dealing with my e-mail. However, for about, oh, six months now, my desktop has been at my parents' house unplugged and unused, so... last night I got around to installing Thunderbird and Lightning (very very frightening) on my laptop. I hadn't used Lightning before, but I saw it on the Mozilla site, and an integrated-with-my-email-client calendaring program looked like just what I want/need.
I'd forgotten how much I like having an e-mail client instead of webmail. *hugs Thunderbird* It's just so nice, and not subject (when travelling etc) to network dropouts causing me major problems. (Using it with gmail means I can also avoid my tendency to e-mail buildup: if I delete stuff and realise I want it later I can retrieve it, so I'm less likely to build up thousands and thousands of stored e-mails.) Thunderbird also lets me collect mail from all of my e-mail accounts, so I am much more likely to keep up with checking them. (I currently have three I "should" be checking. I still need to add in my student e-mail account, but I can't find the settings on the webpage - which reminds me, I need to talk to the Library about the fact that they have on record for me an e-mail address that doesn't actually exist. And never did. And I never gave them. It's one based on my student number... and my university e-mail address is based on my surname. I have no idea what the hell is up with that.)
Meanwhile, today's link of what the hell: the electronic cigarette. Allegedly carcinogen-free, but nicotine-loaded, rechargable, tobaccoless cigarette.
I... can see value? I think I'd rather people "smoke" those than real cigarettes, because they seem less likely to subject me to the smoke, which... hate.
On Friday I found myself (as politely as I could, and I managed to be reasonably nice about it, I think) asking a smoker to move. Dude rolled up to the bus stop I was waiting at, sat upwind of the stop, and lit up. Yay, smoke for everyone! I mustered my courage and said: "If you're going to smoke, could you please sit downwind of the stop?" and, to my surprise, the dude said sure and moved. Win!
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