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▪ AOL in France

▪ Beware of Bloggers

▪ Blog - Redesigned

▪ Blog - a New Design

▪ Google Browser?

▪ Googlism

▪ Hard to Read?

▪ Is Popcorn a Vegetable?

▪ Microsoft Frontpage

▪ Microsoft Office 2003 Stupidity

▪ PhotoFriday.com - Fuzzy

▪ Which Classic Pin-Up Model are You?

▪ Who is Older?

▪ Complete Topic List

Microsoft Office 2003 Stupidity

Here's another "Stupid Microsoft Trick." I have Office 2003. I did not install all of the programs that came with it when I first started using it. Now, I find that I want to install another program from it.

Okay, I grab the CD and it comes up with an "update" option. I click on the program that I want to add and away it goes. When all is said and done, I find and test out the program. Everything works fine ... UNTIL ...

I discover that ALL of my previous Office programs such as Word have been UNINSTALLED because I did not select them on the "update" option page. How illogical is Microsoft getting? It seems to grow worse every year.

And I am more determined than ever to abandon FrontPage because of all the extra unneeded codes that it wants to slip in. As simple as this blog page is, I still have to go in and directly code lines that FrontPage should not be including. Argh!

Who is Older?

My husband I went to Barnhill's for lunch. They offer all kinds of American-type food such as chicken and steak. I love their catfish -- it's the best catfish I ever had. When I happened to look at the receipt later, I noticed that we were charged one regular lunch price and one senior discount price.

We are both in our forties so I asked my husband which one of us was supposed to be "the senior." He wisely said, "It must be me." I congratulated him on knowing the right thing to say. He has learned a few things in our 24 years of marriage.

Which Classic Pin-Up Model are You?

I haven't done a Quizilla questionnaire in a while. Here's one going around right now -- which female pin up model are you?

You're Brigitte Bardot!

What Classic Pin-Up Are You?
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Microsoft FrontPage

I use Microsoft Frontpage, I am ashamed to admit. I used to write in straight HTML code, then I used Microsoft Word when it first came with a web page converter. That was funny because it was so slow and buggy and I had to go in and manually change some of the HTML, but it was still faster than straight coding.

Microsoft FrontPage came out so I switched from trying to blunder through Word's web page converter. Unfortunately, FrontPage is buggy and does things to a page that I wish it wouldn't. It's gotten better, but it is still a bit aggravating. (Sometimes, I go into the HTML and write a line or two, after which, FrontPage decides that it isn't logical and changes it right in front of my eyes! Then, I have to go into the Notepad to make the code changes - argh!) Alas, from using FrontPage so often, I am used to it. I know many of the bugs so I resist switching permanently.

I have worked with Macromedia's Dreamweaver. This is a much better program. I'd recommend it. I don't have much experience with it, yet, but I hope to learn it better as I go along. I keep jumping back to FrontPage because I am more familier with that buggy program, though.

I need the self-control to learn something new and better rather than stick with the old familiar program.

Hard to Read?

I appreciate those who have posted and written to let me know that the font on this restyled page is hard to read and appears extremely tiny on their browsers. I am not sure why since I was using the same font and font size as the older version of this blog.

I am going to try different font and size settings to find one that works for most people. Please let me know if this looks any better now. I also recommend clicking on the word "View" at the top of the screen, then selecting "Text Size" and try making it larger (if using IE).

I am still mystified why the older blog with the same font and size was easier to read than this new one before today. I didn't change the font settings then.

Does this new font scheme seem better to you? Is it too big or too little?

My husband found an interesting article about AOL in France from Ed Foster's GripeLog. France is not going to let AOL get away with several things. France felt that many of AOL's terms of service were unfair to customers and forced them to make numerous changes. Here's a quote.