I guess the easiest way of giving a synopsis is to review where I was having issues with the YE model. It actually started studying the OT and was primarily the two accounts of Gen 1 & 2. I just couldn’t buy into the documentary hypothesis, so the Gen 1 account being an E source and Gen 2 being a P source seemed, for lack of a better word, lame. Passages like Psalm 19 and Romans 1:18-25 were also giving me problems because their teaching of natural revelation did not align with with what I saw in Gen 1.
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Ok, first of all, a few corrections need to be made with regards to the success of MS Office. It’s success had nothing to do with price. It had everything to do with the failures of WordPerfect and the defeat of Lotus 1-2-3.
Though MS Word was one of the oldest word processors on the market (I came across my 1983 Word 1.0 floppies a few weeks ago) it was WordPefect that had become the behemoth standard for word processing after WordStar. Mostly due to things like no more “dot codes,” print preview, reveal codes, that wonderful empty screen and legendary tech support. By the late 80’s the WP 4/5 file format had become the standard in healthcare, medical devices/pharma, defense and most important, government regulatory agencies. Sure, you could use other processors, but export compatibility with WordPerfect was essential.
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Once many years ago I presented a top 10 list for philosophy of sound in the church. Ok… being a software engineer in one of my incarnations allows me to count down to zero, so there isn’t a mistake in the numbering. This is that list: Read the rest of this entry »
Office Apps:
Quick Office – Better PowerPoint app and WYSISYG word processor. Can print to PDF (paid)
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Documents To Go – Best overall MS Word and Excel compatibility and features. Very reliable. (paid)
MindManager – Mind mapping app. Great organizing tool for brainstorming. (free)
uTrack – scheduling organizer — based on idea of sticky notes on a whiteboard (free and paid).
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Well, after five long years, my old Motorola MotoRokr T505 hands free speaker phone has died. That it lasted five years is saying something. That it lasted five years in St. Louis — being alternatively frozen and baked — says a lot. Unfortunately, I still have to go through the nuisance of replacing it. Read the rest of this entry »