notebook (was: Re: sane)

[Eberhard Roloff]

Dear Steven,

Steven Vollom wrote:

> One of the reasons I started using a computer is because I am unable to do 
> what you recommend.  I have half dozen notebooks filled with computer info.  
> But I have to read them all just to find one answer.  Usually 2 or 3 of them 
> are not where I can find them.  I have very little long term memory, other than 
> really important stuff.  When I set a notebook down, it usually becomes lost 
> almost immediately.
> 
> Many times I will find an old notebook that has instructions in it on a topic I 
> have committed to memory and no longer need the notes.  If you are anything 
> like all my other friends, you don't believe my situation.  You think I am 
> lazy or irresponsible or something like that, and I can not convince you 
> otherwise.  Some of the simplest things people do, I am unable to do.  But 
> some of the most difficult things people must do, I can do without giving the 
> task a thought.  Few left brained people will ever accept the fact that right 
> brained people can not assimilate information the same as they do.  
> Frustration is about the only thing it produces.  That is the reason I make 
> myself out as stupid.  People are kinder to stupid people than they are to 
> right-brained people.  There are things that are so simple for me to do that I 
> cannot understand what is so difficult about the task for normal or left brained 
> people who occasionally use the right hemisphere.  Sometimes I can see that 
> they are overwhelmed, because they thought I was a 10 watt bulb.  But any 
> computer related explanation provided me by a right brained person who has 
> fought to understand the problem, can explain it to me in a few words, and I 
> have 100% understanding.

This is very interesting to read and understand for me. 
Thanks a lot!

I would think, you should give "basket" a try. This is, as 
far as I can tell, the computer based equivalent of a DIN A5 
notebook.

And:
You can never loose it, as long as you include it in your 
backup

AND:
you will not have any difficulties to search through all of 
your notes, just because it is PC based.

On my jaunty 32bit, it apparently is still KDE 3.5 based but 
who cares.

sudo apt-get install basket

then simply start it, ex. via konsole and type

"basket" without the "quotes"

Just a thought to make your life simpler.

Kind regards
Eberhard

> 
> Everyone I get close to eventually understands.  It is the old square peg in 
> the round hole thing.  Thank you for trying to help, I understand the 
> instruction very well.  But it is like making me take on a task that I have 
> absolutely no chance to succeed with; I will only practice failure.  Not a fun 
> thing.  I AM NOT RESISTING YOU, I AM UNABLE TO DO WHAT YOU SUGGEST.
> 
> Emphasis not yelling.
> 
> Steven
>