Feedback is dribbling in on my Powerpoint interoperability story. Some say that calling OpenOffice.org a decent UI is a sign that my standards are too low. On the contrary, the fact that I hate all presentation software with a passion, yet did not notice the UI in any specific way, is evidence that the UI is doing exactly what it is supposed to be doing: getting out of my way.
Also, a snide note from a grammar nazi who took umbrage with the sentence There is a zen to it which I am not one with.
Now, there is so much wrong here, I don’t know where to begin. The metaphor is tortured, the sentence structure would confuse Yoda, and it abuses the word zen
in a cruel and unusual manner. However, this snide note simply began and ended with the fact — undeniable even by English major dropouts — that the sentence ends with a preposition.
This reminds me of a joke.
Two busty coeds — a Southern belle and a New England yankee — are in Florida on spring break. The belle turns to the yankee and asks,
So, where y’all from?The yankee turns up her nose and says,
I’m from a school where we don’t end sentences with prepositions.Without missing a beat, the belle replies,
So, where y’all from, bitch?
