Comments for Les Roberts http://lesroberts.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on OH by Les Roberts http://lesroberts.com/2012/01/25/oh/#comment-1335 Les Roberts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:32:38 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=978#comment-1335 <ul> Hi, Jack - re the Saxon books you mentioned are now being prepared as ebooks to be downloaded. They were published many years ago, and I doubt if anyone has hard copies. The ones that are selling via the Internet are fairly expensive. I DO have a few copies here (not Lemon Chicken Jones but the other two) I can sell. Check the prices listed on my website and email me if you're interested. Thanks. lr Hi, Jack – re the Saxon books you mentioned are now being prepared as ebooks to be downloaded. They were published many years ago, and I doubt if anyone has hard copies. The ones that are selling via the Internet are fairly expensive. I DO have a few copies here (not Lemon Chicken Jones but the other two) I can sell. Check the prices listed on my website and email me if you’re interested. Thanks. lr ]]> Comment on OH by Jack P http://lesroberts.com/2012/01/25/oh/#comment-1334 Jack P Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:39:40 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=978#comment-1334 Re your comments about "OH"....If I am not mistaken when that happens to me ... I hit O and the default is OH and a tab solves the problem......Hope this is helpful.....I am also looking for a copy of Snake Oil, Seeing the Elephant, Lemon Chicken that is not signed....any possibilities??? Thanks Jp Re your comments about “OH”….If I am not mistaken when that happens to me … I hit O and the default is OH and a tab solves the problem……Hope this is helpful…..I am also looking for a copy of Snake Oil, Seeing the Elephant, Lemon Chicken that is not signed….any possibilities??? Thanks Jp

]]> Comment on First Sentence by Les Roberts http://lesroberts.com/2012/01/25/first-sentence/#comment-1141 Les Roberts Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:32:16 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=982#comment-1141 Naturally the stories I read each morning or hear about on TV news did indeed result in my writing this story. Each morning I must read the paper and then rush in and add to my book what's actually going---and am trying NOT to make it a thousand pages long. Naturally the stories I read each morning or hear about on TV news did indeed result in my writing this story. Each morning I must read the paper and then rush in and add to my book what’s actually going—and am trying NOT to make it a thousand pages long.

]]> Comment on First Sentence by Allison Powers http://lesroberts.com/2012/01/25/first-sentence/#comment-1140 Allison Powers Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:12:37 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=982#comment-1140 With a first sentence like that, I bet you are inspired by reading the local news reports in the Plain Dealer! With a first sentence like that, I bet you are inspired by reading the local news reports in the Plain Dealer!

]]> Comment on OH by Mark Roberts http://lesroberts.com/2012/01/25/oh/#comment-1137 Mark Roberts Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:47:19 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=978#comment-1137 Making users scroll through a drop-down list of state abbreviations, rather than typing in two letters, is simply bad web design and has been <i>known</i> to be bad design since the early days of the web. Dr. Jakob Nielsen, arguably the world's preeminent expert on web usability, has been criticizing it since the late 90's! (Here's an article form 2000: <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001112.html" rel="nofollow">www.useit.com/alertbox/20001112.html</a>). In a survey he did in 2007 he found 49 out of 50 web sites <i>still</i> committed this design error (<a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/annoyances.html" rel="nofollow">www.useit.com/alertbox/annoyances.html</a>). I can only conclude that the practice persists out of laziness and habit on the part of web designers. Making users scroll through a drop-down list of state abbreviations, rather than typing in two letters, is simply bad web design and has been known to be bad design since the early days of the web. Dr. Jakob Nielsen, arguably the world’s preeminent expert on web usability, has been criticizing it since the late 90′s! (Here’s an article form 2000: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001112.html). In a survey he did in 2007 he found 49 out of 50 web sites still committed this design error (http://www.useit.com/alertbox/annoyances.html).

I can only conclude that the practice persists out of laziness and habit on the part of web designers.

]]> Comment on A web site I recommend by Allison Powers http://lesroberts.com/2012/01/05/a-web-site-i-recommend/#comment-865 Allison Powers Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:18:51 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=961#comment-865 Thanks for the tip, Les! I'm up to date on all your books, so I'm looking for a few good ideas. Thanks for the tip, Les! I’m up to date on all your books, so I’m looking for a few good ideas.

]]> Comment on My holiday gift to you: A free e-book version of “A Carol for Cleveland” by Allison Powers http://lesroberts.com/2011/12/16/my-holiday-gift-to-you-a-free-e-book-version-of-a-carol-for-cleveland/#comment-647 Allison Powers Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:51:42 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=931#comment-647 Thanks Les! Thanks Les!

]]> Comment on A Holiday Signing by Les Roberts http://lesroberts.com/2011/11/29/a-holiday-signing/#comment-622 Les Roberts Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:18:06 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=902#comment-622 Rita---not EARLY 2012! I haven't qite finished it yet. Probably somewhere around summertime. Rita—not EARLY 2012! I haven’t qite finished it yet. Probably somewhere around summertime.

]]> Comment on A Holiday Signing by Rita Kueber http://lesroberts.com/2011/11/29/a-holiday-signing/#comment-621 Rita Kueber Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:13:28 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=902#comment-621 Looking forward to the next chapter in the life of Milan, and not to indicate a spoiler (those who have not read The Cleveland Creep avert your eyes).... but Milan's bruised and battered and hasn't a real friend left in the world. Gee, Mr. Roberts, the happier your life, the worse for Milan's. I'm hoping we can give the guy a break somehow... but no matter what the storyline, I'll be reading. Early 2012 you say? I'll mark my calendar. Looking forward to the next chapter in the life of Milan, and not to indicate a spoiler (those who have not read The Cleveland Creep avert your eyes)…. but Milan’s bruised and battered and hasn’t a real friend left in the world. Gee, Mr. Roberts, the happier your life, the worse for Milan’s. I’m hoping we can give the guy a break somehow… but no matter what the storyline, I’ll be reading. Early 2012 you say? I’ll mark my calendar.

]]> Comment on New Books by Les Roberts http://lesroberts.com/2011/10/24/new-books/#comment-574 Les Roberts Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:47:31 +0000 http://lesroberts.com/?p=861#comment-574 Joanne, What's so special about Brier Hill pizza? I'd really like to know, so the next time I'm in Youngstown I'll know where to go. I was born and raised in Chicago---and back then, before pizza was nearly as popular as hamburgers and hot dogs, the ORIGINAL Pizzeria Uno was one of my favorite hangouts. (You'd go inside the small restaurant, place your order with the waitress, and then go outside and wait on the sidewalk until you were called. The mobs of pizza-lovers that went there all the time didn't even care that it was winter in Chicago and the sidewalk wait was a chilly one---as long as they could get their teeth into a Chicago pizza. Joanne,
What’s so special about Brier Hill pizza? I’d really like to know, so the next time I’m in Youngstown I’ll know where to go. I was born and raised in Chicago—and back then, before pizza was nearly as popular as hamburgers and hot dogs, the ORIGINAL Pizzeria Uno was one of my favorite hangouts. (You’d go inside the small restaurant, place your order with the waitress, and then go outside and wait on the sidewalk until you were called. The mobs of pizza-lovers that went there all the time didn’t even care that it was winter in Chicago and the sidewalk wait was a chilly one—as long as they could get their teeth into a Chicago pizza.

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