Grrrr...Microsoft....grrrr....

We recently had all of our computers "upgraded" from Office XP to Office 2003. Microsoft's Photo Editor, a part of the older office suite, is now gone. Poof. Replaced by a photo manager. You'd be surprised how often I've used the photo editor in preparing presentations.

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Yes, I'm sure there are a zillion better programs out there, some probably for free or cheap. But we can't load unapproved software, and getting software approved -- well, it would be faster to paint a picture in oils, and wait for it to dry.

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Libby fingers Bush in CIA leak

I am so dumbfounded by today's news that I'll just post a link:
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Mono vs. Stereo, Beatles White Album

Interesting comment overheard recently (there was a Paul McCartney special on PBS recently, maybe that's where I heard it?). Apparently, as stereo was becoming popular, artists would put out stereo and mono copies of their recordings separately. Some just remixed the stereo tracks, other re-recorded the whole album. The Beatles were in the latter category, and the result is that if you get a mono recording (fairly rare!) you'll find differences from the more common stereo recordings.

How true is this?

How extensive is this?

And how difficult is it to find such mono recordings?