Forgot step 3 - sorry

I would so "no" - TeamViewer greatly simplifies accessing your machine, safely, outside your home network - that's gold for me. (In fairness, LogMeIn also doesn't require you to manually share ports on the internet either.)

I should have added we talked about that - for her "Seeing her screen without being in that room" == "running off with everything she's got." and there was zero room for compromise.

My mom-in-law lives about 1000mi away. She isn't the most tech savvy and digs herself some pretty big holes - not so much by installing s/w but generally disorganized. (You visit and every one of her emails have been saved to the desktop - or - the "I need to print the township meeting minutes I typed yesterday and…

My Mom used to do this with area rugs in winter - part of her Christmas prep ritual. She's been gone for a couple of decades now and I'd forgotten this until today. Thanks, it's a nice memory.

In that specific case, I'd consulted with them a few times on a number of key business driving projects - so the CIO was comfortable I'd look after their best interests. He had few staff who were familiar with the technology - a solid group of people, mind you, just with a legacy system focus.

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Quite the opposite - I think it's AWESOME that's why I used "but" in the sentence.

You know, I usually role my eyes at "cute" or "edgy" Twitter handles but with "Ravenscraft" how you possibly NOT choose "@LordRavenscraft" - a lightning flash and thunder crash whenever it's said out loud would be a nice touch.

Patrick's blog has a downloadable, self printable version that turns into a nice little book. Cost is a prayer for his wife who's fighting breast cancer at the moment.

Patrick Ng (of the scription blog and inventor of the Chronodex - don't even get me talking about the Chronodex) is a Midori 'master' but he also encourages people to be creative. Here's an article where he describes creating a custom pen-holder for Field Notes.

I liked the flexibility - when we're on a trip the calendar gets replaced by a sort of sketch/scrapbook and its thin enough to use as a wallet

If you use a fountain pen, you won't be able to keep yourself from using it. ;)

Passport size Midori Travellers Notebook - minimalist design, ingenious elastic design lets you add two or three notebooks or accessories. (Mine is usually a yearly planner, a notebook for, well, notes.)

Can't ... respond ... too many {hic} mojitos. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

While I agree with the science in play, I think she's a little ... twee ... about the process.

"Luck favours the prepared." - Edna Mode ("The Incredibles")

OH MY GOD! I've always liked baked apples but (confession time) I do like a bit of crust. Best of both worlds!

Indeed - maybe I'm too cynical (or maybe non-empathetic) but I don't feel a lot better from "oh, I hear your pain" responses. I get energy back from "OK, let's do something about it" (or even "Let's make a sandwich.")

Empathy and sympathy are very different, and while neither of them are bad necessarily, empathy is about making an emotional connection with someone, while sympathy is—generally—about finding a silver lining. Both are important, but this animated short really puts a fine point on how they differ.