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[pricciar]

Bob Mould happens this weekend. He just happens. John is going to see him tonight. And, tomorrow he will come down here and he David and I will see him in LA. I am looking forward to it. From what I understand, the last time I saw him he wasn't at his best. And, I thought he was great. So, I look forward to what his best is like.

I started the Time Traveler's Wife and I am liking it so far. It's a much longer book than I am used to. I am glad to get it started so early this time. My track record on book club books thus far has been to read them the night before It's a pretty interesting idea, and I like what she has done with the characters so far. Plus. Time Travel = keen

I am coming up on the time when my paid account comes due. I love being able to do polls and having lots of pictures, and I actually use the livejournal.com email address. But, other than that I don't see much reason to reup my subscription. I used to do it, because I felt like it was a contribution to a cool community. But, now that it's owned by a bigger company I feel less enthused to go through with the purchase. We'll see.

Oh man. OpenOffice.org is pretty cool. It's a free alternative to Microsoft Office. I have never been a big Office fan, but nothing else was really out there. I am glad I found open office. Has anyone else tried it out?

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[haardvark.livejournal.com]

I used StarOffice for a while back in the late 90s (SUN free office package, or at least it was free then). It was pretty slick and rock stable but backwards compatibility with MSOFFICE stuff (despite claims) was really NOT. Not even for simple stuff.

[pricciar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, openoffice is based on StarOffice. It's open source. I think Sun kept StarOffice and started selling it.

I haven't played with the MSOffice compatibilty that much. So, I don't know if they have improved in that area.

pat

[huskerdude1.livejournal.com]

The senses one was hard. I was gonna pick "hear" because of music, but I figured touch is probably more important if you stop to think about it. Although if you had "think" up there that would have been my choice. I wouldn't mind being a disembodied brain, I don't think.

[tpbrcombo.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous that you guys are going to see Bob happen. And meet up to do it. I'll be thinking of you! Make sure you have a beer for me. Do you have beers over there?

I don't know about Office. I still run Bank Street Writer and VisiCalc on my Apple IIe, just to spite everybody.