The latest web idea that might catch on is revyu (and it’s alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha alpha, so don’t expect too much).
It looks like a good idea, but to use it I need to create yet another bloody net login! Aren’t we past that yet? Why no OpenID?
I almost Googlewhacked with a search for revyu openid: two pages generated by del.icio.us and one No such article from Gmane.
Phew! I did goodest at the Are You Gooder at Grammar? quiz:
Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know “no” from “know.” Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).
OK, so it’s really about punctuation, but it is fun.
When I got my PowerBook nearly two years ago I started using NeoOffice for office documents. It is a Mac-specific port of OpenOffice.org and was a bit slow on the PB, but usable. I don’t use office apps very much at home and it was perfectly adequate for my needs.
After upgrading to the MacBook Pro I had to ditch NeoOffice because it didn’t work on Intel-powered Macs. It was also based on OOo version 1.x so it was a bit out of date. I switched to the OOo version 2 release that uses Mac’s X11.
OOo worked fine (but not very Mac-like) until last week, when it broke: it wouldn’t even start. The killer was probably Apple’s X11 update which I automatically installed (as you do…). Installing a new version of OOo and deleting OOo pref files did not fix things.
I couldn’t be bothered trawling the Net for solutions, reverting X11, etc. (the usual geeky fix-it-yourself stuff) so I took another look at NeoOffice. Lo and behold! the NeoOffice team had updated it to be based on OOo 2.x and to work on Intel Macs. A double bonus.
It is in beta but has worked fine for me so far. I can use the Command key again (As God Intended™). I have even donated money to support NeoOffice development.
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