Free Alternatives

Most Great software available today are so costly that people either dont use them r get involved in piracy.
Y do such things wen u hav great free alternatives....
Here's one such product....

Microsoft Word has lot of features, but its also costly and not all people can afford MS Office. For those who cannot shell out that much money there are lot of alternatives, which does the basic functionalities of Word processing and are free to use. Here is a list of free alternatives to MS Word.

• OpenOffice.org: OpenOffice need no introduction, its one of the popular free word processing softwares. OpenOffice.org is a multi platform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. OpenOffice latest version is 2.3 and it incorporates an array of new features and enhancements to all its core components. You can download the latest version from here. OpenOffice also supports variety of extensions.

• AbiWord: AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. It supports Microsoft Word documents , OpenOffice documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text Format documents, HTML web pages, etc.

• EasyOffice: EasyOffice+PDF Filter is an office suite compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel and Adobe PDF files. It is a software from e-press.com and has good features.

• IBM Lotus Symphony: IBM Lotus Symphony is a free office suite, based on OpenOffice.org, that includes a word processor, presentation software and spreadsheet. It supports Open Document Format (ODF), Microsoft file formats (.doc, .ppt, .xls, .dot, etc) and Lotus Smart Suite formats. You can download the software from here.

• Jarte: Jarte is a word processor which handles Microsoft Word 95, 97, 2000 documents, rich text format (RTF) documents and plain text (ASCII) documents. It boasts of a good user interface which is easy to use as well. Jarte also has a plus version which has more features, but not a freeware.

• Ultrapad: Ultra-Pad is a freeware advanced Word Processor Application for Windows 95 and later. It features some of the most advanced features you would ever want in a Word Processor. Ultra-pad is skinnable software and there are themes available for download to change the looks. You can download Ultrapad from here.

Things to do to feel better

1. Smile (how long?)
2. Share your feelings with a friend or family member (Are you sure....)
3. Tell a joke (No.... People will laugh at me)
4. Go to the movies (Are you kiddin??)
5. Plant a flower (Is a cauliflower O.K?)
6. Take a warm bath or shower (Hei! Its not my B'day yet)
7. Eat one of your favorite meals (Now this is more like it!!)
8. Have some chocolate (Why only some?)
9. Get a facial (To make others feel better?!)
10. Exercise (I cant here you... See you later...)

Interesting facts

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it)

2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it)

3.Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Don't try this at home...maybe at work?)

4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmmmmmm........)

5. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (If you're ambidextrous do you split the difference?)

Wierd or Bizarre?

I'm a fan of wierd bizarre things...
having said that this is one of the wierd things i came by.... Use it if u dare...


"SCRATCH MASTER"mosquito bite scratcherDeclared "unsafe" and banned by the Safety Council for having dangerous exposed moving parts, the "Scratch Master" never made it to production. Its original design, shown here, enabled a person to scratch hard-to-reach areas of the body. Users would risk injury by backing up to the device, positioning the irritated area for best relief.Though dangerous and cumbersome, there are those who claim it to have been "The best darn scratcher ever".*Idea for a mosquito bite scratcher sent by Rachel Mckenna. Thank you very much, Rachel! Your idea is appreciated.