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Women… you can’t live with them, you can’t live without them.

Women… you can't live with them, you can't live without them.

Sometimes you wish the entire gender didn't exist and you were gay. Other times you swear life would be meaninfgless without them, and they make the most dismal of days wonderful.

I've long been convinced they all have a million different personalities, each entirely disparate that they switch between on a daily basis. Sometimes multiple times a day.
Science should forget studying the human body… study the femakle mind.
I'd like to know how the same person can make you almost cry (Yes, cry! and that is something I do NOT do) and break your heart.) then make life wonderful… all in the same day.

September 20, 2005 Posted by Rand | Relationships | | No Comments Yet

MS Office 2007 Video

Ever heard people complain how slowely Microsoft Office improves?

I think that's about to go out the window entirely with Office 12.

MUST SEE Office 12 Preview Video. I don't know what to say but… wow. Incredibly easy and intuitive to use, yet still very functional and flexible… looks extremely good as well.

The first 8 minutes of the video are nothing special, you can skip right past it if you wish. Just after the 8min mark they start showing off the applications though, and from then on you'll be amazed.
I swear, this is bordering on a revolution.
Such a simple thing as revolutionary? Sounds crazy admitedly, but I'm that impressed.

I've only payed passing attention to upcoming Office versions in the past, but after seeing this Office 12 now just up to being almost as eagerly awaited as Windows Vista which is saying something since Vista is going to be the core platform for the next decade ala Windows 95 was.

Believe me, I'm not kidding in the slightest… this is an absolute must see video.

This will make all applications much much friendlier to use. I'm already wishing I had Excel 12 right this second.

The applications seem a touch buggy, and it's very clearly unfinished in places. There are also a lot of pauses and slowdowns but this is pre-beta 1 code so that's largely to be expected.
Still, with all the live previews etc you can bet system requirements are going to take a dramatic leap in Office 12.

Athlon64 @ 2.65GHz meet an Office suite that actually makes your processing power justified. Been a looooong time since a mere suite of Office Applications, run individually put even the tiniest load of processors a few years behind the time.
Office 2003: Intel Pentium 233MHz
Office 12? Penitum III 800-1.2GHz?

September 13, 2005 Posted by Rand | Computer software | | No Comments Yet

“Mad Mike” Milbury

"Mad Mike" Milbury has gone verifiably insane again, and is trying to trump the incredibly long and incredibly and insanely expensive deal for the eternally underperforming Alexei Yashin.

You thought dealing Luongo for a 1st that turned into Dipuetro was another example of the fact that he seemed more like he was picking names from a hat then using his head?

Well now he's gone and offered 15-year, $67.5 million contract. Yes, I know… but it's true… I'm still in awe as well. How this guy keeps his job I'll never know.
You could make random trades, and random draft selections and you'd still be 5X as successful as Mad Mike and a whole lot richer as well.

They don't call Milbury "Mad Mike" for nothing! It proves he learned nothing from his infamous signing of Alexei Yashin to an unmoveable 10 year, $90 million contract back in 2001.

September 3, 2005 Posted by Rand | NHL-Other | | No Comments Yet