Yeah. That's what I wanted.

Microsoft needs to get better at its "test drive" nagware. Copied from the MurkMUSH:

solarbird sends openly ** _wow_. **
solarbird sends openly ** _One_ attempt to use the "test drive" install of
Word 2k4 on my Macbook has convinced me that I want to uninstall it RIGHT NOW. **
solarbird sends openly ** honestly. i double-cliked on a Word document. the Test Drive came up instead of my licensed version. it then installed crap automatically. then it bugged me about a license agreement, and asked me if I wanted to buy it now or be reminded again later. then it told me I had 30 days of use and do I want to buy it now or be reminded again later? Then it didn't open my document. Then I opened my document again and this time it opened. Then I tried to print, and it told me no printing allowed in test version, and do I want to buy this now or be reminded again later? Then I closed it, and it asked me if I wanted to buy this now or be reminded again later. **
solarbird sends openly ** Then I found the uninstaller and ran that instead. **
[Redacted] says "Jesus God."
solarbird sends openly ** _That_ didn't ask me whether I wanted to buy _anything_. **

At least it didn't screw up my purchased copy of Word X for the Mac. Of course, I still have no Excel for the Macintosh, because Excel has this known bug where it doesn't like some fonts and crashes on startup if you have them. The published solution to this is to remove all your fonts - from anywhere on the system - and then add them back one at a time until you find one it doesn't like. Then delete that one. Continue until drooling from insanity. Or, in my case, install OpenOffice for the Mac. It isn't great, but hey, it actually runs.

Saturday's token: 0.2
Monday's miles: 1.6
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1468.6
Miles out of Rivendell: 1011.6
Miles out of Lothlórien: 556.6
Miles past Rauros Falls: 138.7
Miles to Isengard: 328.0


Green and White and Red All Over

( meemage )

l00t!

Following annathepiper, I report that I got l00t!

• I am kind of still in shock that Chibi Somebody (^_^) reached back into my Amazon wanted list and got me 浜崎あゆみのLOVEppears. Utter shock. Yay!
  
• A book! Drawing the Line, a book with a lot of newspaper comics history and interviews with cartoonists, by Gary Groth. I've only flipped through it so far, but it looks interesting.
  
• A sewing machine! This was a huge surprise, mostly because I thought that was awfully spendy for this year, but now I can try some of my ideas. Yay! I totally did not see that one coming.
  
• A really nice ceramic tureen. We never have anything for gravy, but now we do. Plus it can be used for other things. It's food-safe and we'll use it as intended, but I like it as an art object too.
  
• A cute little fairy pen. ^_^
  
• I'm also getting my bike fixed. It's fixable! I've also been told in no uncertain terms that I need a better bike - the one I have is a decent beginner's bike and I'm not a beginner anymore. But that'll have to wait at least a year, so this one's getting straightened out and a new rear wheel and a new rear gear set and a new chain and some new cables which will all be much less than a new bike. So I'm happy with that too. ^_^

Also, classes started today and were boring, mostly because we went ahead and had a sorta-"bio lab" that mostly consisted of yet another run-through of the lab safety rules and then an extra hour and a half of Chapter 25 lecture. Zzz. I think the labs this quarter are going to be even more dull than the labs in fall quarter, but I could be wrong. I hope I am. Why the hell do they teach botany only in the winter? Why not do it when, you know, plants are actually growing?

O well. Two more quarters at Shoreline, I can manage.