Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Generator Blog

The evil genuises at the The Generator Blog have created some wonderfully creative ways to waste time. Go check it out.
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-Tank

Thursday, December 14, 2006

OpenOffice.org (All platforms)

From Lifehacker, (big surprise)

All platforms: Enjoy new features and bug fixes in OpenOffice.org 2.1, the latest version of the open-source office suite superstar.

In case you're somehow unaware of its existence, OpenOffice.org provides a full suite of Microsoft Office-caliber applications: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and even Visio-like drawing. Version 2.1 adds multiple monitor support for Impress, improved Calc HTML exporting and automatic notification of updates, among other features. Granted, these aren't earth-shattering improvements, but any new release of our favorite office suite is cause for celebration.

Available for all platforms, OpenOffice.org 2.1 is free.

Correction: Reader Tim points out that OpenOffice.org 2.1 (in English) isn't yet available for Mac OS X. Mac users should check out NeoOffice.

Friday, December 01, 2006

How to ensure a response to your email

From my favorite site, Lifehacker:

How to ensure a response to your email

Friend of Lifehacker Eszter Hargittai details how to write emails to strangers that will get a response. For example:

Write a clear and descriptive subject line. The reason for carefully crafting the subject line is two-fold. First, you want to make sure your message is not filtered out by a program as spam. Second, you want to make sure the recipient does not delete your note manually, assuming it is unwanted junk mail.

Write a clear and descriptive subject line. The reason for carefully crafting the subject line is two-fold. First, you want to make sure your message is not filtered out by a program as spam. Second, you want to make sure the recipient does not delete your note manually, assuming it is unwanted junk mail.

The above may seem obvious, but in our efforts to keep up with the flood of email here at Lifehacker, you'd be surprised at how unclear subject lines can get (and how many times subjects are completely empty). The article is aimed at academics, but the tips are applicable to anyone writing an email to a stranger looking for help. If you've got your own bag of tricks, let us know how you handle email to strangers in the comments.