Here is some interesting reading and a useful reference for anyone who deals with paper… A discussion about [url=http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html]International Standard Paper Sizes[/url] Something I didn’t know was: In the ISO paper size system, the height-to-width ratio of all pages is the square root of two (1.4142 : 1). This aspect ratio is especially convenient for … [Read More »]
Archives for May 2004
Things I miss and want back in my life
Have started to feel a bit depressed lately about the things I miss from my life and want to try and work them back in. First, reading. I read a lot, a trait I inherited from my parents I think. Dad was a librarian for a while during a hiatis from classroom teaching, and he … [Read More »]
OpenOffice.org technology in WCT Confirmed !
John D. Head wrote about the [url=http://www.johndavidhead.com/jhead/johnhead.nsf/dx/05112004122047PMJHENCK.htm]IBM Workplace Launch in Chicago[/url]: But the big shocker was that Ken stated that the editors were based on OpenOffice.org technology. With the huge increase in MS Office licensing fees, there is a buzz around OpenOffice. As someone who made their mark in this industry doing SmartSuite and now … [Read More »]
IBM Workplace Client Technologies and OpenOffice.org ?
According to Rajesh Jain’s blog entry [url=http://www.emergic.org/archives/2004/05/11/index.html#ibms_servercentric_software]IBM’s Server-centric Software[/url], the [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/technology/10ibm.html]NY Times[/url] has written about IBM’s recently announced Workplace product line, now in it’s version 2.0 phase. Rajesh quotes a section from the article: A worker using the Workplace software by I.B.M. can still run Microsoft Office programs. But I.B.M. also offers alternatives, built on … [Read More »]
The way we wore
IBM has an exhibit on their website with photos of IBMers from the last 80 years or so: [url=http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/waywewore/waywewore_1.html]The way we wore: A century of IBM attire[/url]