Saturday, March 17, 2007

Back and Grumpy

I shut down my old computer and spent the next several days setting up my new computer. Though I do like the new speed and some of the new functions, changing user interfaces for the sake of looking "new and improved" just frustrates me – I'm still served perfectly well by menus and keyboard shortcuts. Mostly, it just irritates me because there is a new learning curve for a program with which I was once perfectly comfortable. It wastes my time for very little return. Thank you Microsoft.

On the other hand, as mentioned earlier, there are some nifty new functions! I'm typing this in Word and will simply FIND the publish button and "poof!" the post is gone to the blog. Nifty, cool, keen, far-out, and yes, I did say the OLD bald fat man started a blog J