Random Daily Banter

[AndyRM]

Nor me. OK, I'll let him off that, but the font & kerning still make me feel a bit ill.

There's nothing wrong with Copperplate Gothic, but they've done more than ruin the kerning.

 

[Pinno718]

...Lotus 1-2-3. ..

That is a blast from the past.

 

[briantrumpet]

There's nothing wrong with Copperplate Gothic, but they've done more than ruin the kerning.

Indeed. Font abuse should be a capital offence. (SWIDT? 😜)

 

[briantrumpet]

That is a blast from the past.

I've still got the installation CD-ROM.

 

[Pinno718]

I've still got the installation CD-ROM.

It won't work on your gramophone.

 

[C R]

I've still got the installation CD-ROM.

I still have the 5 1/4 inch floppy off which I used to run 123 in the early 90s, but nothing to put it in. I imagine that it isn't readable any more.

 

[rakkor]

Rather niche, but having swapped from Blogger (Google) to Wordpress in 2015 and eventually run up against the latter's storage limit (and having discovered that buying more Wordpress storage is stupidly expensive), I've just been looking into going back to Blogger, and it seems photo storage is unlimited and free for photos (I think as long as they are no more than 2048 pixels wide). In any case, as I've got 100Gb of Google storage if needs be. (Its an annoyance that you can't link from Google Photos into Wordpress.)

TBH, I thought that Bogger was as defunct as Netscape, but it seems it's just been frozen in time, like Lotus 1-2-3. Still works, as far as I can tell, and since I'd only be using it for a handful of (non-social media) people, I might wind it back up again.

I bought myself a NAS and now host my own Wordpress Blog, obviously not for everyone as it's both technical and a pain in the backside to make sure it's properly secured against all the bad actors, but for a geek it's an immensly satisfying exercise.

 

[briantrumpet]

I bought myself a NAS and now host my own Wordpress Blog, obviously not for everyone as it's both technical and a pain in the backside to make sure it's properly secured against all the bad actors, but for a geek it's an immensly satisfying exercise.

Yeah, I like the blogging bit of it, but not the nitty gritty of hosting etc., so look to find something cheap/free, reliable and easy.

I was just amazed that Blogger is still functioning at all, given that the last overhaul seems to have been in 2018, but still must bear a cost to Google.

 

[Pinno718]

I still have the 5 1/4 inch floppy off which I used to run 123 in the early 90s, but nothing to put it in. I imagine that it isn't readable any more.

It would make a nice coaster. Buy some clear epoxy.

 

[briantrumpet]

I still have the 5 1/4 inch floppy off which I used to run 123 in the early 90s, but nothing to put it in. I imagine that it isn't readable any more.

To be fair, I'd not go back now I've moved to Google Sheets and made it do the things I want it to (the best bit for a non-techie is using the add-on 'Autocrat' to do invoice pdfs and attach them to Gmail emails that get sent out, all automatically), but compared with the ultra-clunky and (for me) over-specced Excel, it was ideal for keeping my accounts and creating invoices, even if there was quite a lot of 'manual handling' to send them out as pdfs.

 

[Pinno718]

To be fair, I'd not go back now I've moved to Google Sheets and made it do the things I want it to (the best bit for a non-techie is using the add-on 'Autocrat' to do invoice pdfs and attach them to Gmail emails that get sent out, all automatically), but compared with the ultra-clunky and (for me) over-specced Excel, it was ideal for keeping my accounts and creating invoices, even if there was quite a lot of 'manual handling' to send them out as pdfs.

Why pdf's? You can create autofill address databases for Excel and a template where VAT etc are totalled automatically. Then simply attach the invoice to an email.
Seems a bit of a faff to me.

 

[briantrumpet]

Why pdf's? You can create autofill address databases for Excel and a template where VAT etc are totalled automatically. Then simply attach the invoice to an email.
Seems a bit of a faff to me.

Eh? That's what I'm doing... attaching an invoice to an email from a spreadsheet database and an invoice template.

 

[C R]

Why pdf's? You can create autofill address databases for Excel and a template where VAT etc are totalled automatically. Then simply attach the invoice to an email.
Seems a bit of a faff to me.

Pdfs are non editable.

 

[briantrumpet]

Pdfs are non editable.

And anyway, it's not a faff if you have a system that does it automatically!

 

[Rusty Nails]

I still have the 5 1/4 inch floppy off which I used to run 123 in the early 90s, but nothing to put it in. I imagine that it isn't readable any more.

The downside of growing old.