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Things I didn't know that are good in different ways

Thing number one (good): Just so you know, OpenOffice can open Word Perfect documents just fine, using libwpd and wpd2sxw. This probably doesn’t mean that Corel is coming back, however.

Thing number two (good, but complicated): I learned today that I am easy walking distance from Feast and its gingerbread cake (with cream cheese frosting) and chocolate chestnut pie (with whipped cream). All hundred and mphfy-mmmph pounds of me are a little ambivalent about this.

  1. > OpenOffice can open Word Perfect documents just fine,

    Hey, that's great! Why did I ever switch from Linux to OSX?

    > using libwpdand wpd2sxw.

    Oh yeah, now I remember.

    (OK, OK, I know Open Office isn't just for Linux...)
    — Kieran Healy    Jan 27, 04:43 PM    #
  2. Oh, a little bit of snark from the other side of the world, eh?

    I'm surprised every time I get a WP document that I need to open. Somebody is still using it? Also, believe it or not, the past couple of weeks have seen me seriously considering looking into the possibility of maybe getting a powerbook. I'm just not sure if I'm cool enough for the hip side of the force.
    — Alan    Jan 28, 01:24 AM    #
  3. my wife still has all her dissertation in WP and really like the formatting capabilities of it. but now that i have her using a Mac at home, she can't use WP, so the OpenOffice tip is good news. At least she'll be able to open her documents - if i can get this to work.

    i think you can handle the powerbook, alan. you night have to add a splash of colour to your blog, though. :-)
    — lane    Jan 28, 02:08 AM    #