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Saw this from Evil 4's blog....

MS Office 2007

It was announced on the college daily email update a couple days ago, that Office 2007 is available for students to download. I wasn't very enthusiastic at the beginning. JC was interested in it and he downloaded the software. So I installed it on my laptop and later, on my work desktop.

I was editing some of my work that includes tables and figures using the MS Words 2007 for the first time. One of the new feature on MS Office 2007 is something called "Ribbon", which is a bunch of commands, but instead of using text only user interface, it comes with a graphical user interface. This ribbon thingy is taking up more working space than it is worth, so I hide them when not in use. Then another problem arise, when you need to search for a command, you need to CLICK from one ribbon to another, instead of just gliding from one to another like the older version and the menu will drop down. What a waste of motion economy!

MS effort to 'revolutionize' the office is definitely a good one. I needed to open up another word document, and I can't find the "File" menu. So fine, I will use CTRL + O, CTRL + S etc. I needed to format some of the sections, adding a Heading etc. and I can't find the "Format" menu. I tried to insert a row in my existing table and I can't find the freaking "Table" menu!!! I decided to customize the freaking ribbon thingy and change back to the older text version and guess what, I CAN'T!!!! I tried to customize it and I can't figure it out. It might be embedded in the software, but I can't find it. I tried to use the Help function, and frankly, after 10 minutes, I gave up.

Just the thought that I need to re-learn everything again, after so many years using Office just turned me off. Then, thinking about my dissertation, I am seriously considering uninstalling the MS Office 2007.

Piece of advice, if you do not have hours to learn everything from scratch, then DO NOT install MS Office 2007. @*^%(#&$^!^$&%$&#@^%*$^@!#$^!)@&#%$^*!^%^@)$#^&@$^%@$&%

假期...

千呼萬喚始出來 .... 我終於等到老闆到邁亞米去度假, 我終於自由了!! 雖然只是短短的五個星期, 而且還得繼續寫我的論文和德州交通部的研究工作, 可是老闆不在, 我們就沒有那麼多的約束, 開會準時出席, 該做的事做好就行了.

今天早上睡到日上三竿, 才心不甘情不願的起身. 這是這幾個月以來第一次可以睡這麼久, 也是這麼久以來第一次有這個需要. 覺得好累, 尤其是過去的兩個星期, 老闆快要去度假, 就拼命地把他之前不願意完成的工作趕完. 城門失火, 殃及池魚.

Ratatouille

Ratatouille!!~~

I went to watch the matinee show today with JC, NW, PA and AM. We didn't expect any crowd since Ratatouille premiered last Friday. However, we were wrong. There wasn't a crowd for Ratatouille, but there was a huge crowd for Transformer. We were in line for the ticket for about 20 minutes. When we got our ticket, it was around 2 pm and the ticket for Transformer was sold out all the way till 4.35 pm show.

Overall, the movie was superb, it was beyond what I had expected. The animation was excellent and I love the way that the animators paid attention to minute details. Some might consider the story line to be a common one, but for me, the important thing is, how you tell the story, not what is the story. I worked in a dining hall and I know a little about the equipment in a kitchen. It was amazing to me the way the animators put the equipment to 'work' toward the end of the movie. The scene with the dishwasher and the act in the kitchen that follows, I was cracking up very hard.

I love Ratatouille, especially the main characters: Remy and his brother Emile. They were hilarious. I had a good time with Ratatouille and I am seriously considering watching it again and buying the DVD when its in the market. That's how much I love the movie.

Transformer

NW, JC and I went to watch Transformer matinee show today. NW is big transformer fans, JC is HUGE transformer fans. So you can imagine what it felt like to go with two fanatics on the first day of the showing. JC was actually thinking of going to the Monday midnight show, but because we have Toastmaster meeting on Tuesday morning at 6.30 and he has to give a speech, so he decided against it. The funny thing is, the matinee show wasn't as crowded as we expected, there was still a good crowd, but it wasn't that bad till we can't get three seats together.

As for the review of the movie, I think I can safely skip that in my blog, since there are already too many reviews by other movie-goers on the Internet. All I will say is, it is an OK movie but I love it, the special effects are superb and the main actress is hot. I know that it sounds confusing, "Its OK but I love it" but that's how I felt after coming out of the theater.

However, JC LOVED the movie. When we got out of the theater, he had to rush to the restroom because he refused to step out during the movie and miss any part of the movie. On our way back, I can see the sparkle in his eyes, like a little kid who just found a new and exciting toy and couldn't let go of it. I remembered watching Transformer cartoon, but I do not recall all the details of the cartoon. He was keeping me update with all the characters in the movie, like Optimus Prime, Bumble Bee, Megatrone, Decepticons etc. So, I got some education on Transformer on my way back.