Adobe Creative Suite 4 installation
This is my phlog on some trouble I had installing Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium. The problem was related to me choosing the “wrong” language file.
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Windows 7
I bought Windows 7 today and “upgraded” from XP. Everything seems to be working fine, just a lot of software reinstallation to do.
Mathemagic CAMI update
I have posted previously about the Mathemagic computer tutor. This followed a sales pitch to us at Kalgoorlie in June 2007.
I later created a forum post on an otherwise inactive forum, which continues to attract comments.
I would shut that forum down, except for the interest in that post.
People are unhappy, based on the comments.
I’m surprised there hasn’t been a government department somewhere that’s stepped in and said this whole sales pitch is dodgy.
My advice to anyone researching this product is don’t buy.
Life before Microsoft Office
It’s hard to believe there was once a world in which Microsoft wasn’t the dominant developer of software for word processing and spreadsheets.
I actually don’t use MS Office much these days, but its presence is ubiquitous.
I like Atlantis for quick documents, saved to RTF format and OpenOffice is my main choice in Linux.
At work we use Pongrass for text editing and I only need Word for opening contributed documents. (more…)
Microsoft Office 2007
I can’t bring myself to like Office 2007. My Vista PC came with the software last year. I tried it for a while, got rid of it and installed Office 2003.
Liking to experiment, I reinstalled Office 2007 and now wish I didn’t.
It’s hard to know why Microsoft changed the traditional interface that worked. Using Word 2007 is like learning the program from scratch; so many things are different, even how to save a file.
The default Calibri font, point size and paragraph spacing is annoying. I’m sure this can be changed, but why upset traditional users the moment they open a blank file? (more…)
Ubuntu Hardy Heron
I’m using Linux again for the first time in about nine months. The release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron caught my attention and I decided to give it a go.
I recently revisited Puppy and Sidux without satisfaction. The main problem with Sidux was I just couldn’t get the fonts to look good. (more…)
New web gadgets
I’ve been so busy for most of this year that I haven’t had much time to indulge in experimenting with web scripts, online services and widgets. Winding down towards a holiday I had the opportunity this weekend.
My first discovery was a free script called PHP Easy Downloader. It cleverly creates a neatly structured directory of text or image links for all the contents in a web folder. It’s ideal for listing downloads of files or pictures.
The program includes icons for file types and can create thumbnails of images. It has an accurate search function and can list files according to several options. There’s also a back-end administration tool.
I’m using it to list file downloads and to show a thumbnail gallery of my images directory. The latter isn’t my main photo gallery, but I thought this script would be handy to administer the files I have uploaded previously for this blog and elsewhere, many of which are no longer in use.
I’ve been experimenting a bit lately with video and searched a while for an online video solution. Motionbox has limited free storage (300MB) but looks attractive and offers handy features like online editing.
