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Smoking a Romeo y Julieta #1 cigar made in Havana, Cuba while drinking a rum and Ting and listening to the waves crashing on the beach? Priceless...Although Tina would not approve with the way the shop here is storing the cigars. I definitely think it was dry and had a bitter finish as a result...I'd give it a 5 out of 10.
Jimminy Fuller, Morton Fox, T. Brent, technopeasant and 34 other people liked this
Considering that I spent $21 on the cigar, 5 out of 10 is not an impressive score, but the venue makes up for it a bit.
- Alex Scoble
Ting is a citrusy soda made in Jamaica btw. Very tasty. I think that Rum Ting is my new go to Jamaican drink.
- Alex Scoble
Also ate two peanut butter cups while smoking the cigar. Nom!
- Alex Scoble
Oooh sounds like bliss! Lucky... you deserve a break..ENJOY IT!!!! :D
- Susan Beebe
Rum & Ting is awesome. When I can't get Ting, I use Squirt. Glad you're having fun.
- Admiral Anika
Haha, I found something that Anika likes! I win!
- Alex Scoble
from IM
It's the time of miracles, Alex :)
- WorldofHiglet
You are a monster Don! Enjoy!
- Adrian
Hey, I like lots of things. They're just rarely discussed here. =)
- Admiral Anika
Alex. if you have others that are dry: put the cigars in a container with a wet wash cloth ( don't let them touch) and check periodically. Should only take a few hours.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
Its good to be Alex ...
- johnpiercy
Shoes no...socks yes...that's how Alex rolls.
- Mark Krynsky
I love Ting. BTW Alex, you better not be wearing sandals over those socks!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
LOL, Shey. No, I wouldn't make that fashion faux pas. Was wearing tennis shoes for dinner, hence the socks.
- Alex Scoble
Ah, the beach. Makes me miss Baja. ... hmmm ... :)
- Steven Perez
R&J is a goodern.
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Apple To Demo Tablet In January, Asks Developers To Get Apps Ready - http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-t...
Artem Daniliants, appleumit, Lawrence Oluyede and 3 other people liked this
Irradiated Software - Cinch - http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch...
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Citizento, Makhmal, Parham and 5 other people liked this
This is a pretty cool windows resizing app for your Mac. It's only $7.00, checkout the screencast video on the site as well.
- Gerard Lagana
from Bookmarklet
رونوشت به فرزاد
- Maryam Ardakani
مرسی مرسی مریم این خیلی میتونه کمک بکنه ، دارم دانلودش میکنم :D
- Farzad
تستش کردم خیلی زیاد عالی است و بدرد بخوره ، مثل ویندوز ۷ کنترل میکنه پینجره ها رو ، بازم مرسی :دی
- Farzad
خواهش می کنم، به قول خودت Bitte :))
- Maryam Ardakani
پرهام و مخمل بیاید این برنامه رو بگیرید
- Farzad
اوکی
- Parham
xkcd - Christmas Plans - http://xkcd.com/679/
Alexey Ivanov, Will Higgins™ and Joshua Schnell liked this
Physicists who want to protect traditional Christmas realize that the only way to keep from changing Christmas is not to observe it.
- Glenn Slaven
High quality, wall powered USB hub - I approve! Tonight I finally put together my all inclusive charging / back-up station!
Ladybug Heather, Kol Tregaskes, Jimminy Fuller and 19 other people liked this
what do you mean by wall powered? it directly plugs into the wall without a cord?
- Joshua Schnell
It is wall powered so it includes a hefty A/C adapter (which goes into wall) so that it doesn't draw the power from the PC's PSU. So A/C from wall->hub then usb from pc->usb on hub.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I have that one, works great
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
Excellent suggestion. Love the face you're making there hehehe. 7 ports! Very good then.. got only 4 ports and switchin' USB devices can be a pain.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
I got one of those last week. So far, so good.
- Mistletoe Glen
*dead* at the eyebrow.
- Derrick
Link please?!
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Baroness: To purchase the item? I got it from Tiger Direct: http://bit.ly/76P40R
- Nicholas Kreidberg
What is DRM doing in my garage? - http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...
Cagdas Seichter, James Stratford, ovigia and 4 other people liked this
"My new garage door opener comes with both DRM and a DMCA warning: don't even think about using a third-party remote. But didn't a federal court already say this sort of behavior was illegal years ago? Ars investigates."
- winckel
from Bookmarklet
I know it would be a pain to do this ..but why not just take it down get a refund and get a different one so you don't have to worry about any of this?
- John Blanton
I agree with John Blanton - though I'd also include an e-mail to the company telling them why. These fools won't stop this kind of thing unless they know people won't put up with it.
- Ciaoenrico
I keep watching, expecting to see it blow a huge pink bubble, any second. - http://app103.soup.io/post...
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Lo, Rasmus Lauridsen, John Blanton and 4 other people liked this
That's too funny. :)
- John Blanton
Get information on how to fix your Macs for free - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
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iMac 27 Carrying Case by CaseCruzer - http://www.casecruzer.com/apple-i...
patrick, sertaç aydoğdu, Joshua Schnell and 4 other people liked this
Numan Arda Çebi to Numan's feed, All Things Apple, The Apple Room, Funny Pics and Videos, Funny Funny
iMacs Are Surprisingly Portable - http://www.ubergizmo.com/15...
Joshua Schnell, Uncle CW™, Tyson Key and 3 other people liked this
"For those of you not in the know, Panera Bread is a fast-casual (don't blame me, I didn't make up the term) restaurant chain that offers free Wi-Fi to patrons. And this geezer is making the most of it -- he brought his whole iMac into the restaurant and began playing World of Warcraft! GO GRANDPA! Seriously, I'm calling the police -- we closed an hour ago."
- Numan Arda Çebi
from Bookmarklet
iFixit Manuals now free to the public | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13...
Joshua Schnell, Bülent Kıyışkan, ha3rvey (Ho)^3 and Deepak Singh liked this
"The website "iFixIt" has been a goldmine of information and how-to instructions for repairing various models of Macintosh that have been released over the years, starting with the "Pismo" PowerBook G3 in 2004. Their take-apart manuals have been filled with detailed photographs and illustrations that clearly show the steps for replacing parts, and accessing components for servicing. On December 15th, they licensed all of their repair manuals to the public for free. This is great news for the Macintosh community, as it will allow people who have older computers to more easily repair their systems. The manuals have been released under the "Creative Commons" BY-NC-SA license, which gives everyone the ability to share, modify, and build upon the works as long as they are distributed in the public domain. I am personally quite grateful that iFixIt is doing this, because it will augment the current set of guides with notes and added details from other users. Take-apart manuals of this...
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- Spidra Webster
from Bookmarklet
Perian updated to 1.2 (versiontracker link, perian.org was down) - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn...
Edgar León Sandoval and Joshua Schnell liked this
Verizon Wireless Prepares for the iPhone - http://www.businessweek.com/technol...
Joshua Schnell liked this
"There's no telling yet whether or when AT&T (T) might lose its position as the sole U.S. carrier of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. But in the event Apple opts to partner with other mobile-phone service providers, Verizon Wireless says it's up to the task. Verizon Wireless has even made upgrades that would make its network more capable of handling extra traffic that would be generated by the iPhone, Verizon Wireless Chief Technology Officer Anthony Melone says in an interview."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
Count me as one iPhone user that would take my 'set and jump carriers in a heartbeat.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
Raytheon Unveils Military Apps for the iPhone via @Macgasm - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Joshua Schnell, Ahmet Kutay, James Tindall and Will Higgins™ liked this
"On Thursday, at the 2009 Intelligence Warfighting Summit, Raytheon announced that they are developing a series of mission software applications designed for the iPhone. At the summit, Raytheon showcased their One Force Tracker. This app allows the military to pinpoint their targets’ exact position using the Iphone’s GPS system."
- Shevonne
from Bookmarklet
Ugh. Working on my wife's old Mac Mini. There's a /big/ difference between Tiger and Snow Leopard. BIG. HUGE.
Tyson Key, RAPatton, Alex Scrivener and 4 other people liked this
[shudders]
- Akiva Moskovitz
Well, yeah! Tiger has stripes, leopard has spots. *sigh* *ducks*
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
I upgraded from Tiger to Snow Leopard. The difference doesn't seem that substantial to me. I've actually considered downgrading because Snow Leopard seems to have a bug that makes you lose Airport intermittently.
- Spidra Webster
OH YEAH WELL I WANT AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH
- Akiva Moskovitz
Spidra, I too have a wireless drop problem, but it existed on leopard and SL. *shrug*
- Micah Wittman
from iPhone
My main problem is connecting to my Netgear Wireless-N router. It refuses to work. So I have to connect to the G antenna instead.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
That's shameful that it's existed for a full rev cycle. I gotta motor down to Infinite Loop and pimpslap someone.
- Spidra Webster
I have to wonder if Apple's bug reporting pipeline isn't what it needs to be. There are a lot of little things like this that cause problems. I'm sure they're completely fixable. Maybe they just don't know about them?
- Jason Huebel
from IM
My wife spilled coffee on her Macbook, so it died. So I'm getting this Mac Mini (PPC) running for her again. Know what she just said? "It is going to take 10 minutes for Safari to open every time?" All I said was "yep". She wasn't amused.
- Jason Huebel
Not sure if you guys know, but there is an airport patch in software update. Might help you guys out.
- Joshua Schnell
I'm up to date with all the latest software updates. So unless it's something not in the regular patch cycle, it didn't help me.
- Jason Huebel
coffee in the laptop. this is why you never have open-topped containers near electronics. at least it wasn't a mixing console worth more than your house!
- Joe Silence
Ah! I remember working with System7 on Apple Mac 2Ci's!
- Adrian Scicluna
my kind of effects pedal (click to enlarge for detail):
Mark "DerBingle" J, John (a.k.a. dendroica), Steven Perez and 2 other people liked this
tickling salmon in Lincolnshire? i don't get that one.
- Joe Silence
The only Lincolnshire I've been to was in Illinois... no salmon there.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
A Guide To Laughing Online....Hahaha :))
Ahmet Soyata, Hasret Şahin, Özgür Karaçak and 84 other people liked this
tam bunu arıyordum ;)
- Alemsah Ozturk
ben buldum, ben buldum! :)
- Tugce Cengiz
Asla eskimeyecek, muhtemelen şimdiden bir klasik :)
- Olcayto Cengiz
iyi oldu aramaktan sıkılmıştım:) sağol..:)
- FgNAkN
ne demek efenim her zaman hahalayabilirim :)
- Tugce Cengiz
mükemmel ;)
- A mean
ehe ehe ehe heh he.
- aib ayibogan
ehuehuehuehue
- Batuhan Murgan - バテゥハン
hahahahah
- Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ
hahaha hehehe hohoho
- Desirade
:))
- Tugce Cengiz
hahahahah
- Murat S. Gür 'Wodashin'
peki öküzce bi gülüş olan muhahaha ?? :))
- Mehmet (MauZ) Akgüngör
ha ha ha ha ve ahahahahaaaaa versiyonları da olmalıydı..
- sadi tekin
e sen yapan işte mis gibi.
- Tugce Cengiz
bu da pis eleştirel entellektüel ya (:
- Ezgi Genç
Bizim sınıftaki ameleler "böhöhöhöhöhöhöyt" diye gülüyor. Onu da ben yapayım :P
- Murat S. Gür 'Wodashin'
ben tam çizelgeye göre kullanıyormuşum bunları demek
- Erkkan
ahahahahaaaaaa ezgi.. ha ha ha..
- sadi tekin
Hahaaaayyttt.
- Tugce Cengiz
Notify 2.0 mail notifier (+) released today - http://vibealicious.com/blog...
Seth Greenblatt, Joshua Schnell, Nolan Alston and 4 other people liked this
"We’ve completely rewritten Notify 2.0, and added a crapton (Yes, that is a valid unit of measure) of new features. Hence, why it is now 2.0, and not 1.1."
- Thomas Bøhm
from Bookmarklet
Finally!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Pro features are impressive.
- Onur Babacan
Minimalist, simple and beautiful. But I´m not entirely convinced actually. There´s also the Herald plugin for Mail.app... hm... Akiva ? Thoughts ?
- Thomas Bøhm
I think it's mainly geared for people who use a website to get to their mail and thus don't get notifications of new e-mail. I can see myself paying for the Pro version.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I´m just afraid I´m going to miss out on some integration in the OS by not using Mail.app (because Notify effectively replaces Mail.app as opposed to Herald which is just a HUD). But Gmail is just fine from everywhere else than my mac so I don´t know what I´m worried about. I´m just getting old I guess. I really like the handiness and small footprint of Notify (even though the fact that...
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- Thomas Bøhm
Yep, it´s awesome.
- Thomas Bøhm
Finally we're able to use G4Apps, too. Thanks a lot guys
- Ozkan Altuner
I had to give up on Mail.app once I switched to Google Apps. Postbox and now Thunderbird 3 better support the Gmail approach toward mail handling than Mail.app does. However, I've mainly been using the website even though I don't like it much. Either way, I think that Notify is a valuable addition no matter what your client is.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Ozkan, that's exactly what I've been waiting for myself.
- Akiva Moskovitz
gmail hesabımı ekleyemedim...
- sy
Ben gmail kurdum denemek için.. beğendim de.. Ancak contactlist'in ezberinde olmaması kötü.. Günlük kullanımı engeller. Kendi üzerine yazılan adresleri ezberliyor ama eskiler yok ortada doğol olarak..
- eminkelekci
Please keep comments in the same language as the post. Thanks. That said, I understand the enthusiasm. I got to say that Notify really grows on me after using it for a day. Are there other similar lightweight menu bar email clients ?
- Thomas Bøhm
yazmayız bi daha feedine...
- sy
Fwd: Fwd: Holy f*ck! - quando si dice 'minchia che culo'. (via http://friendfeed.com/darkmer...) (از طریق http://friendfeed.com/persian...)
Picolo, جغله, Lord hozeh and 3 other people liked this
ایرانه؟
- Lord hozeh
Oh! my goodness!
- جغله
Apple acquires music service Lala - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
Antoine Bertier, RAPatton, Murat Ozoral and 10 other people liked this
"A source familiar with the matter said the iPod, iPhone and Mac maker is seeking new ways to expand iTunes to move it beyond being a predominantly download service for songs. The source asked not to be named. "Apple recognizes that the model is going to evolve into a streaming one and this could probably propel iTunes to the next level," said the person."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Is a cloud-based version of iTunes on the way?
- Mitchell McKenna
right after the google deal with lala... that's interesting
- Michael W. May
Perhaps Apple will use Lala to drive traffic to the iTunes store. Imagine discovering a song on Lala, paying 10c to listen to it, then later paying the full price on Lala.com. You go home and fire up iTunes and the song downloads to your computer. Or buying a song on iTunes and have it added to your Lala.com library. With a Lala iPhone app you could possibly stream your entire iTunes collection to your device.
- Khürt Williams
That might explain why the lala iPhone app has been stuck in App Store approval limbo for months.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
from iPhone
Bre Pettis | I Make Things - Design Glut Interview - http://www.brepettis.com/blog...
Isola Virtuale, Frank Da Silva, rowlikeagirl and 4 other people liked this
"3D printing has the potential to be pretty revolutionary. What’s your vision for the future? Right now we have a way of distributing and manufacturing products that is completely alien, compared to what people were doing 100 years back. We shop for things, often online, and we find the thing that most suits us. We order it. It was probably built very far away, and it ends up getting shipped to some other place and some other place and some other place before it comes to you. Well, it doesn’t have to be like that. You could just shop for something online, download a file, and print it out at home on your 3D printer."
- Tom Himpe
from Bookmarklet
Ok for small gadgets, but for a real thing, i.e. a tool, a piece of furniture, a spare part for a car etc... ?
- skylendar
Cool. With a little bit of work, I could create my own action figures. I could see a larger version being used to make patio furniture and certain car parts, such as the big plastic thing that houses the headlight unit on my car.
- Nathanael Mathias Christe
For real spare parts, you need steel, not plastic.
- skylendar
3d printing is available for steel/metal as a sintered metal using lasers to melt it into place on top of a piston which drops before the next layer is blown into the chamber. 3D printing is more real than nanotech. It is disruptive tech. You can print in thermoplastics and sculptural wax, (you can 3D scan with Open source software), you can email CAD file to 3Dprinteries who'll send it...
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- meika loofs samorzewski
And what about printing in colors ?
- skylendar
I think it should be possible to 3D print houses with everything : structure, insulation, wiring, etc
- Bud Blumenthal
Haha...my brother complained that we sent him a Word doc for the wedding. Sorry Robert, but most of the world still works in Word. Live with it.
David Cook, Eivind, Mark Andrew Catton and 35 other people liked this
GOOGLEDOCS! which you can use for word documents...
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
Plain text!
- LogEx
No. Fraid not. Word.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
.txt ftw ...well, at least a .rtf (still msft/word)
- Itachi
most of the world? most of the world still uses pieces of paper. #RealityCheck
- Joe Silence
Few people like attachments, fewer still like proprietary format attachments.
- LogEx
RTF
- Joe Silence
RTF!!
- ovigia
What would he have preferred? I'm curious.
- pea
*fistbump*
- Joe Silence
Google Docs
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Gargle Ducks
- Joe Silence
He should be thankful that I took the time to save it as a .doc and not send him the .docx that Cassie originally had it in
- Alex Scoble
from IM
ODF is the best format since it is a STANDARD!!! using for instance SUN's plugin - http://www.sun.com/softwar...
- ovigia
Is formatting of the text critical, beyond spacing and line breaks? Are there critical embedded media elements? If not, plain text always wins.
- LogEx
Doesn't Google docs support docx files as well?
- Brian Sullivan
.doc is a standard...95% of the electronic document world uses it. Get off my lawn. The world doesn't work the way you want it to work. You must work the way the world works. .doc FTW.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
i've been a big fan of plain text since the mid-90s.
- Joe Silence
"WAAAAA... Your not using the service I recommend this week..WAAAA"
- Uncle CW™
Microsoft thinks EVERYTHING it poops out is a "standard". sorry, not biting.
- Joe Silence
I want to know what kind of information about a wedding had to be represented in a word doc that couldn't have just been put into the message, presumably email, that contained the word doc. Are you one of those people who write your message into word, then save it and attach it to an email with the text "see this attachment for my message to you"?
- Andy Bakun
from Android
Your 95% figure is HIGHLY suspect.
- LogEx
As a tech person you HAVE to be flexible and be able to handle all sorts of formats.
- Uncle CW™
Microsoft's largest monopoly is in the Office space, not the OS. You can look it up, my numbers aren't far off.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
indeed, most modern email programs let you save the body (and headers, if you want) as some kind of formatted or unformatted text file, whether RTF or DOC or TXT or whatever. no excuse for an attachment.
- Joe Silence
You guys might as well start complaining about the use of Comic Sans as a font while you are at it...Like I said...the world doesn't work how you want it to work. Complaining about it, won't change it. I think from now on I will send all my correspondence to Robert inside a Word attachment ;)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
don't get me started on Comic Sans!
- Joe Silence
maybe you can explain why then that supposed standard, .doc, isn't supported by the others, it even keep changing on each version of m$-office!!!
- ovigia
Why are you taking it out on him when it's the folks here who are fussing at you? hee. Feel free to communicate with me any way you wish. I got nothing but time! ;-)
- pea
Alex is right. #1 feature request from family and friends when they ask me about which computer to buy is 'It has to run Word'. Short tail vs very long tail issue.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
"You must work the way the world works" - spoken like a true conservative Luddite, uninterested in improving the world. TXT >> RTF > HTML > ODF > PDF >> Word
- LogEx
Because it's fun, Pea.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Johnny, having an interest in using Word does not at all equate to actually sending people attachments they don't want, in a format they don't want.
- LogEx
PDF is in no way shape or form better than .doc. Nor is HTML. And I'm neither a conservative nor a luddite, but pissing in the wind just gets you drenched in piss.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
And now I want to do all my friendfeed posts in .doc format
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I am sorry, but if you sent me a .doc it would be in the trash bin and I'd be complaining too. There is nothing wrong with plain text (or html if you need formatting). It's pretty much universal and can be read on any device, any OS. Maybe back in 2002 I might have felt differently, but spending a substantial amount of time using a device incapable of displaying a .doc from the latest...
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- April Russo (app103)
LOL
- imabonehead
Alex is shit-stirring!
- Joe Silence
Really? Cause in the real world a document = a word document. This goes to Alex's point that the majority of people still use word and the .doc format. All the other suggestions mentioned here are not in the mind of the normal user.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
i use TXT, RTF and PDF. DOC i only use if it is demanded of me.
- Joe Silence
.rtf has the same formating techniques and is supported everywhere. Opens in Word, and pretty much any other word processing program. Was made by Microsoft as well, if that's important to you
- Itachi
also, "the normal user" can barely operate a computer.
- Joe Silence
Nothing is more annoying than getting a pdf when you need to edit the document...PDF is lame for most uses.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
nail on the head, Alex! i send PDF when I DO NOT WANT the recipient to be able to edit it.
- Joe Silence
Good luck with that.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
it has yet to backfire on me.
- Joe Silence
To Joe's point. That is true that a lot of people can barely use te computer... But they know how to use Word.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Email is the only universal interpersonal computer communication protocol, and plain text is the only universal format for using in an email. Attachments put an unnecessary burden on the recipient.
- LogEx
I'm in Alex's wedding plans, editing his guest list.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I guess you are only sending them to "normal users". Anyone who owns Acrobat can edit your PDF unless it's locked.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
of course, that's why i lock it.
- Joe Silence
Alex, be happy I don't have to send you email on a regular basis. I'd be sending you messages in a different format every time, sending you scrambling to find a solution to enable you to read it...just to teach you a lesson.
- April Russo (app103)
Any email sent to me in which the contents are only an attachment will get trashed. If you want to have some pretty formatted thing, put it on a website and email me the link. The worst is getting an email that's a link to a website that has a link to a goddamn Word document. That is email abuse and a waste of my time.
- ǎňňǎ
The people who send me PDFs do not lock them...just sayin'.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
then the people who send you PDFs don't know wtf they're doing with Acrobat.
- Joe Silence
Who uses Acrobat? I make my PDFs using CutePDF or similar print-to-pdf tools.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
This is an argument about which tire gives the best grip and performance when really, the vast majority of people just get in their car and drive on the tires the car came with.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, I think it's more like "why are you driving a car? That's environmentally wasteful!" when most people need to drive a car to get around.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
the vast majority of people don't pay much attention to anything except their own personal pleasure and desires.
- Joe Silence
Joe, which is why Word is the dominant format... Like Internet Explorer... And Outlook Express... We care (and know) about different formats, the real world has things to do
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
you mean the real world is too lazy and stupid to try anything that isn't forced on them.
- Joe Silence
Yes, your elitist thinking is so going to win you friends at dinner parties. :)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
half the execs i have worked under in the IT and publishing world could barely use a computer and none could use Word or Excel. they had people for that.
- Joe Silence
But why change? Does Word not work?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Yep, I've worked with a few overpaid hacks too in my life.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
why do anything?
- Joe Silence
why use electricity, didn't candles work?
- Joe Silence
No, they didn't.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I am not saying you can't use Word. Keep in mind that it is capable of easily saving in formats other than .doc.
- April Russo (app103)
I do everything in Pages because I'm a filthy Mac user. If I need to send out something that requires formatting, it goes out in PDF. If you can't deal with PDF, or if you whine about it, I probably don't want to deal with you either.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Alex, was was his suggested format for the wedding information you sent him?
- Uncle CW™
You have a brother? ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Joe, cause electricity was 10 times better. It's not just enough to be slightly better. We are talking about changing the collective consiousness of a world just coming to gripes with computers.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
sorry, Word blows goats.
- Joe Silence
Microsoft's dominance with Word should be reason enough to avoid it, and to encourage others to avoid it.
- LogEx
I *heart* you madly, Alex. You're the only one I know who could get 70+ comments about MS Word. :D
- pea
Heh Word doesn't blow anything...it's a perfectly capable word processing application
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@pea: his baiting and name-calling helps.
- Joe Silence
Hehe, Pea...perhaps because I talked about my brother?
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Google docs does everything I need to do.
- Judy Jones
Hint: .rtf
- Itachi
RTF, TXT and PDF
- Joe Silence
Where did I call anyone a name?
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Whenever I hear someone talk about not using a Microsoft product just because it's Microsoft, it makes me want to evangelize the hell out of Microsoft products and get everyone I know to use them. Sometimes spite is just damned fun.
- Akiva Moskovitz
So it's you don't like Word, that's cool. Doesn't change the point.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
IN YOUR MIND, ALEX! :D
- Joe Silence
ROFL...oh wait, I called you elitist.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
exactly.
- Joe Silence
If the shoe fits...
- Alex Scoble
Must be difficult to be the brother of Robert ,, I like .doc
- johnpiercy
if i'm making a quick note on the computer, i'm not gonna fire up Word to type in a paragraph or a 3 line list.
- Joe Silence
@Alex: i'm not elitist.
- Joe Silence
Joe, why would anyone? That's what TextEdit or Notepad or vi or Evernote or whatever is for.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Print out this thread, show it to someone who isn't a geek...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
When I want to make a list, I generally use Excel, true story.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
if i'm sending information to someone via email, i'm not gonna stick it into a Word file. it's going into the body.
- Joe Silence
Our guest list is in Excel full of calculations for numbers of guests showing up and projected costs
- Alex Scoble
from IM
also, Access is a load of crap.
- Joe Silence
ever had Excel break or render the file unusable?
- Joe Silence
Very rarely have I ever had problems with Excel
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Personally, I'd stick the guest list in a .tdo file too. Of course as a Mac user you might have a hard time with that.
- April Russo (app103)
then you're either living a charmed life or don't really use it that extensively, Alex.
- Joe Silence
Joe. In my job I produce lots of formatted documents such as proformas, msds sheets and shipping documents. I send some as PDF but the majority is as the raw .doc file when working with others on them. Can't copy and paste that into the body of an email
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I use it every day for work, Joe. And you underestimate my skills at working with computers.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@Johnny: that's a different matter. i'd use RTF in that situation. but i would go with DOC if the recipient needed it.
- Joe Silence
@Alex: i underestimate your skills? i'm elitist? :)
- Joe Silence
Heh, Joe, in my company, I'd probably get annoyed comments if I sent anyone an RTF
- Alex Scoble
from IM
The only people who send RTFs are people who accidentally clicked the wrong button.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I was the IT guy for a law firm, I know how to make Office run
- Alex Scoble
from IM
of COURSE i'm not sending documents in a file format the recipient can't use or doesn't like.
- Joe Silence
Why is RTF better than .doc? The only reason I have heard so far is because Microsoft sucks. Why is RTF superior?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
And I just resent everyone the info in the email. But gotta say, this thread has been fun.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@Akiva: wrong button? don't you mean drop-down menu item?
- Joe Silence
I'd give you a medal if you could get it to run on the PC I have on the other side of the room. :-P
- April Russo (app103)
Yes, Joe. I can see that it's essential to your argument to mince words.
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Alex, good point. Mentions of Robert do get people interested, to put it mildly and politely.
- pea
@Johnny: smaller file, opens on most systems, no version problems and so on.
- Joe Silence
@Akiva: you're dreaming, lad.
- Joe Silence
HOLY WAR!!
- Joe Silence
Let's all send Alex messages in formats we think he can't figure out how to open on his chosen device.
- April Russo (app103)
with unicode characters.
- Joe Silence
'You're dreaming, lad'? Well-crafted retort, sir. Well-crafted.
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Akiva: if you insist. i can't say i bothered.
- Joe Silence
*pulls up chair* *sips coffee* *too early for popcorn*
- Jim Addz No Value
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Digging half a hole, I see.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"too early for popcorn"? now there's a statement that could be debated! too early for the smell but not the taste. :D
- pea
@Joe - Smaller file? I just ran a test, saving a .doc file in .rtf, .odt and .docx formats. The original .doc was 126kb, the .rtf version is 291kb, the .docx is 42kb and the .odt is 32kb. How is 291kb smaller than 126, 42 or 32kb?
- Curtiss Grymala
Because of the exchange rate between Microsoft-produced and non-Microsoft-produced kilobytes?
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Curtiss, how big is the file in plain text?
- LogEx
What software did you use to run your test? Word? Try Wordpad. Much less useless junk added to the .rtf.
- April Russo (app103)
plaintext for text, html for rich content? it is a standard and tons of people can read it. though there is no reason to use only 1 file type
- Mike Chelen
HTML is horrible for editing text
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Not with a decent HTML editor. And Word can export your document as HTML.
- April Russo (app103)
The file in plain text is 36kb. I used Word to convert it to RTF, as it's not possible to readably open a .doc file in Wordpad.
- Curtiss Grymala
Which is why you don't send .doc files to people.
- April Russo (app103)
How can the .odt possibly be smaller than a plain text file?
- LogEx
:p
- Alex Scoble
from IM
.odt and.docx are compressed, as far as I know
- Curtiss Grymala
Run your own test. I just ran another test and got similar results. I generated 50 paragraphs of dummy text on lipsum.com and pasted it into Wordpad first. I saved it as RTF and TXT. Then, I opened the RTF in Word and saved it as .doc, .docx and .odt
- Curtiss Grymala
Ah, OK, compression makes sense, though I still argue that compression and formatting should be avoided unles they are critical to the content. I save 140 characters of text in UTF-8 with no BOM and the file is 140 bytes. I can email that text, SMS it, Tweet it, IM it, read it in any browser, etc.
- LogEx
I'm certainly not saying Word is the be-all, end-all, but it does work well and it is fairly universal. If someone doesn't have Word, they can easily open a Word doc in Word Viewer (free), OpenOffice or even in GoogleDocs if they so choose. Word simply works, and it works well. With GoogleDocs, whenever I change the formatting on one thing, it always ends up screwing up the formatting on something else. IMHO, even GoogleDocs can't match the comments and tracked changes features in Word.
- Curtiss Grymala
Sorry, but unless you save it in a much older Word format, all of the above are not options on my pda.
- April Russo (app103)
Could have been worse. You could have saved it in an old WordPerfect format.
- Steven Perez
One of my co-workers still insists on WordPerfect. It's a total pain to deal with.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
open document ftw
- Logan Lindquist
OpenOffice?
- Gordon Joly
from twhirl
And there is another reason not to use .doc. 20 years from now you may not be able to open it.
- April Russo (app103)
Logan - I'd be willing to bet that, if April's PDA can't open a Word 97-2003 document, it probably can't open an ODT file, either.
- Curtiss Grymala
April - We have no idea what file formats will still exist or be usable in 20 years. That's an odd reason not to use a particular format, especially one as well-supported as Word
- Curtiss Grymala
When I was working at the law firm in Palo Alto (in 2005), there was one court in San Diego (I believe) that required all legal documents be sent in Word Perfect format
- Alex Scoble
from IM
almost 150 comments and still nobody has said it........'Word Up!'
- Morgan Haley
Alex - at least they didn't insist on WordStar format
- Curtiss Grymala
Ahh, WordStar...that brings back fond memories...first word processor app I ever used.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
For my pda, Word 97 yes, as long as it is .psw.
- April Russo (app103)
Mine, too, Alex. We used WordStar first, then moved up to WordPerfect when we got Windows 3.
- Curtiss Grymala
Alex, most of the world prays to a sky daddy. ...doesn't make it right. :)
- Edward Zwart
Curtis: It's something to think about when saving documents, especially for archivists, if you think there could even be a remote possibility that it may be important enough that you'd want to open it at some point in the distant future. My guess is that plain text would still be usable at that time. The historians of the future are going to have a hell of a time with our digital stuff. Not like carvings on stone or print on paper.
- April Russo (app103)
No, but when most of the world prays to a sky daddy, you are probably better off not making fun of said daddy unless you want to be run out of town or worse.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I don't believe you can quantify your statement "most of the world still works in Word."
- Mistletoe Glen
I believe that I already did, Glen
- Alex Scoble
from IM
If you really want your words to last, try nickel plates with high-resolution analog ion-beam engraving [http://www.norsam.com/hdroset...] and hope that future generations will be able to read the language you wrote it in.
- LogEx
I don't think you'll find Word listed in here: http://wakoopa.com/app103... And if wakoopa had been around 6 years ago, you still wouldn't find Word there.
- April Russo (app103)
Can't Twitter not read Word documents yet?
- Jan Ole Peek
Game, set, match!
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I wish I still had a copy of Office 2000. I'd send you a .doc that would make you tear your hair out trying to view the message.
- April Russo (app103)
Heh, too bad you don't, because I'd take that challenge too
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I have a rather old application that only runs on Windows XP or older, that integrates with Office 2000, that allowed me to attach sticky notes to Office documents, viewable only by people that also have the same version of the same discontinued application installed, along with Office 2000. It works with no other version of Office.
- April Russo (app103)
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
from IM
O D T
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Maybe I haven't said this often enough, Alex, but I think I love you. My Wednesday has just taken a turn for the better after reading this thread :D
- WorldofHiglet
If Robert uses Gmail, he could just open the Word attachment directly in GoogleDocs.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Wow, this was a long (and hilarious) thread. I honestly can't believe that anyone is taking the stance (and apparently believing it) that .doc isn't the standard word processing format for most of the electronic document world. Fight the good fight, Alex.
- Chieze Okoye
Yes, but that would require him to do extra work, Jandy. He can't even be bothered to use friendfeed anymore. ;)
- Alex Scoble
From what I understand Robert lives on his phone now, and if he can't open it on his phone it pretty much is useless to him.
- April Russo (app103)
I just knew that it would eventually come to this! Families torn apart by a difference in document file format conventions!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
LOL
- Chieze Okoye
He lives on his phone? Is that like being sent off to the phantom zone like General Zod?
- Alex Scoble
Wait a second, Droid doesn't have a Word Doc viewer?
- Chieze Okoye
I know I've said this before, Alex, but sometimes your brother's uber-nerdiness slays me.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Chieze - If that's the case, that would be the bigger news out of this thread. That would be absolutely insane
- Curtiss Grymala
I've toyed with the idea of using Open Doc and then converting for clients, but am always worried about the hassles of formatting, footnotes, etc. Plus, I think only Word has Grammar check (hate it but need it). Anyway, my recent contracts with a publisher specify "IBM compatible" documents. I think they mean .doc. So I comply and don't piss in the wind. I'm happy to have Alex make me feel less ashamed of that fact.
- Mark Horne
I thought he was still on the iPhone.
- Alex Scoble
iPhone has a doc viewer built in, so if he's complaining about not being able to open it, he must not still be using the iPhone
- Curtiss Grymala
Unless he's trying to edit the document. In which case, he can't easily do that on the iPhone
- Curtiss Grymala
Someone once sent me a comprehensive shoot-out style software review of just about every wallpaper changer application for windows that exists, knowing full well the review was going to be published on a web page in HTML format...as one of the most complex excel documents I have ever seen. After 3-4 people collaborating on how the hell I could open and view this properly to extract ALL...
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- April Russo (app103)
Hehe, nice
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Always meet the requirements of the people who are paying the bills
- Alex Scoble
from IM
haha, okay okay, I won't make fun of you for using Word. Just don't hurt me!
- Edward Zwart
Psh. Should have printed a Print Shop banner
- Rodfather
Rodfather - Could have sent him a file in Newsroom format (an old desktop publishing proggie for the Commodore64)
- Curtiss Grymala
Or geoWrite. Part of the GEOS
- Rodfather
Hah! I remember running GEOS on my chickenhead.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Who says interaction dosen't happen any more on FF??
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