Geeky Stuff

Saying Goodbye is so Hard


Dear MS Office,

We’ve had some fun times, haven’t we? Like that time I was presenting at a Linguistic Colloquium and Powerpoint crashed, and then randomly misplaced all my audio files, so I had to improvise and recreate the infant cries with my own voice :lol: So fun.

Oh and I will never forget that time when Word crashed whilst I was writing my MA thesis conclusion, and the back-up save failed, and the back-up back-up fail was a huge mess, so I had to re-write it from my actual “brain” memory at 5am. Good times. Wow.

Oh and Excel. The way Excel screws up everything. So, like, everything I did in it became a cesspool of disorder and crappiness. Love that. The long hours of entering data that I lost because of you will be remembered fondly.

And every time I transfered files from my Mac to a PC. Like the day I was printing out my thesis (at the last possible moment) and you decided to add a extra blank page to the beginning of every chapter so all the page numbers were pushed out of sync with the Table of Contents (which was a bloody disaster… again… because of you).

To summarize: YOU SUCK, Microsoft RUBBISH.

Fond Regards,
Lisa


PS. Meet my new bf.

iwork-08

We are so in love.

You Might Also Like

  • Slaff
    August 7, 2007 at 5:47 PM

    Seems to be a great office tools :D

  • MJ Klein
    August 7, 2007 at 5:52 PM

    i use Open Office under linux. absolutely incredible and works with MS and Word Perfect products.

  • Tom
    August 8, 2007 at 12:01 AM

    I have absolutely no opinion, but this opinion on the overall opinion of universal opinions. Good night.

  • walid878
    August 8, 2007 at 7:22 AM

    hi lisa
    thank u for visiting my photo blog
    keep on visiting it i add new photos daily
    thank u again

    walid the egyption

  • antonio
    August 8, 2007 at 9:12 AM

    Good for you on taking the plunge!

    I can relate to you “experiences” and also looking into moving to a MAC! good luck!

  • Xavier
    August 8, 2007 at 10:52 AM

    Hmmmm…. Maybe now that i have a MacBook i should get iWork? …. This trial version of Office is oh so awesome though!

  • grant czerepak
    August 8, 2007 at 1:15 PM

    I have gone completely open source.

  • Lisa Bettany
    August 9, 2007 at 5:41 PM

    @Slaff — yaya!

    @MJ Klein — Open or Closed, MS is still Rubbish.

    @Tom — Badger.

    @Walid — no problem. i like photo’s. no photos. right @Tom?

    @Antonio — i am relating with your relating. i feel the www chasm of solitude start to close slightly. we are all one.

    @Xavier — MB luv AKA “The Oven”. Words of Wisdom: 1. Buy cooling pad ASAP; 2. MS Office trial is even more Rubbishy than real one. Boo!

    @grant czerepak — wikkid!