I just caught wind a bit ago via this article (Japanese) from Lifehacker Japan and here from labnol.org that Microsoft is primed to release a beta version of Office 2010 dubbed “Starter” along with, but separate from, the other beta editions. While the other betas can be downloaded freely (available here from Microsoft), Starter must [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Microsoft Office 2010 Starter: A good idea?
Posted in Tech, tagged Microsoft, Office on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Freakin’ Cool App of the Week: MuseScore
Posted in Freakin' Cool App of the Week, tagged music, open-source, software on November 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had an interest in playing piano for a long time — a time mostly spent with wishful thinking that I could play rather than actually learning something. Though, over the course of trying to learn, I’ve had opportunity to try out a few computer-based music notation apps. I think I’ve finally found what I’ve [...]
WordPress diff Easter egg
Posted in Humor, tagged Easter egg, WordPress on November 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just found out by playing around that the proofreading tool on WordPress also works in HTML editor mode. I tried it. It didn’t work (or it took longer than I waited) but that was the least of my worries.
HTML mode has a rather nasty tendency to strip out breaks between paragraphs (among messing up other [...]
Freakin’ Cool (kind of) App of the Week: Revealing Passwords with JavaScript
Posted in Freakin' Cool App of the Week on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Old, yet useful. Works in numerous browsers, not just Firefox. Just copy and paste the provided JavaScript (available here) as the URL in a bookmark, and click the bookmark on a page with an asterisked password entry field. All shall be revealed.
They really need JavaScript to read minds..
Actually, since Firefox can reveal all your saved [...]
Vergüenza ajena
Posted in Stuff for Language Nerds on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like to listen to The World’s World in Words podcast occasionally, and after going through the archives I found the above useful Spanish expression in this episode.
What does it mean? This (from here) is a solid definition:
es la verguenza que sientes tu cuando alguien relacionado contigo (pero que no eres tu) hace algo que te parece [...]
