Monthly Archives: November 2009

Microsoft Office 2010

Posted by Robert Ying at 3:18 pm on November 22, 2009

For those of you who haven’t tried it, the beta of Microsoft Office 2010 is available for download.

Go here to start the download.

You probably want to download the 32-bit version, as it is more likely to work on your computer. The total download size is 684.84MB, so it will take a while to download.

While Microsoft will give you a key, here’s a few MAKs so you don’t have to do it.

PYMDW-8DFY2-Y68BB-XHDGD-CT443
2PWHY-KT4X6-96PYW-XQR7V-HW2W9

After you have installed Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Microsoft Word 2010 Beta and click on the “File” tab. This will take you to the Backstage view. Next click “Help” in the set of tabs on the left.

Step 2: Click “Change Product Key” on the right side of the screen.

Step 3: Enter the Multiple Activation Key (MAK) displayed above. Please check the box to activate automatically or restart the app to activate using the activation dialog box.

Step 4: That’s all you need to do. Entering the MAK key in Microsoft Word 2010 Beta automatically activates all the Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta applications. Click on the “File” tab to return to the Document view.

Source: www.amitbhawani.com

SPL

Posted by Robert Ying at 10:17 pm on November 18, 2009

Troop 453′s Senior Patrol Leader elections were today, and I won. So now I’m in charge of the troop, and have lots more stuff to do… but it has it’s perks. Kind of busy nowadays, can’t post often =(

University of the Pacific

Posted by Robert Ying at 10:08 pm on November 1, 2009

This past weekend I went to my first tournament outside of the Bay Area. The University of the Pacific (UOP) tourney was an interesting experience, showing a few differences from parliamentary debate in the Coast Forensic League.

First off, the tourney had a strictly-enforced 10-minute forfeit rule, causing 7 teams to be disqualified in their first round. This meant that 14 teams had zero speaks for at least one round, which I believe skewed results.

Secondly, the quality of the other teams seems to be held to a lower standard. In our second round, Betty and I hit a team which provided no relevant on-case arguments and spent the entire debate flaming us. They claimed that we were “lying” and “[didn't] deserve to be in parli”. Of course, we took offense, and gave around 10 joint points of order and clarification.

The judging at the tourney was really iffy for most rounds. Other than 2-3 flow judges, most judges were UOP students asked to judge a round. This meant that we only had legitimate judging for one round, and the rest were as lay as lay can be.

Overall, I thought that UOP was a pretty good tourney, and that it was a lot of fun. I do wish we could have gotten better than a 3-2 record, though… maybe next time.