The ridiculous

[clevermanka]

I didn't want to sully the earlier post with trivial crap. It's not often that I turn introspective and I thought it deserved its own post. So, a couple little things:

1.) How does one make an MP3 from a song on a CD? Is there freeware I can download someplace?

2.) When and why did Gmail change the way it formats replies? Yesterday my replies were formatted the way I like, with sideways carrots preceeding the text being replied to. Like this:
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>Original post
>Original post

My response
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This morning, not so. Now I have these annoying lines, like you get in MS word Track Changes Format, that run perpendicular to the text. I don't like it. Not at all. How do I change it back?

3.) I have to go to Target, World Market, Tuesday Morning, and Hobby Lobby today right after work. Bah. I'm tired of spending money. At this point, retail therapy is helping me just about as much as a punch in the head.

Comments

[mesniu.livejournal.com]

I can't help you with 2 at all.

But...

Windows Media Player v10 (downloadable for free if you don't have it) will give you the option to "rip" songs from CD to mp3 format. Just push the "rip" button, and it does it all by itself

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Wow! Well that's easy! Thanks!

[normalcyispasse.livejournal.com]

1: WiMP will work; if you want something with more flexibility and the ability to change bitrate, etc., check out CDEx (http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/).

Not sure about 2. I use GMail with SMTP/POP3 and don't have a problem.

3: Sounds like you could use a _________ (insert relaxing activity here).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

1: I'm not all that picky about quality, etc. My hearing is poor enough that I can't really tell the difference. I just want to make some new CDs for car-listening.

3: Yeah, I could use a ______ for damn sure.