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So I was chatting with kalira last night and we got to talking about older file formats and programs (because we started writing on Ye Olde Computers), and I mentioned how my very first fics are all in .wri format, which was the old Microsoft Write program from like...Windows 3.1. I had converted a couple of those old documents to .doc and .rtf back in the early aughts, but there were probably 6 or 7 that I’d never converted, which was Not Great as time marched on and .wri files became deprecated.

Over the past ~10 years, literally nothing I have tried would open those files; all the Microsoft stuff I can find basically says to use WordPad, which will (technically) open the files, but they are chock-full of so many random characters that they’re virtually unusable. I figured I’d have to manually pull the content out of each one, but as these are all novel-length stories...uh...that was going to be an Intensive Process.

Anyway, after that, I woke up this morning thinking that, hey, it’s been a few years since I’ve tried; I should search again and see if I can find anything that can open .wri files so I can save them in a newer, readable format.

What I found was an article that said, basically, “try LibreOffice.” The most recent review I found said that it would open most legacy file types, and honestly as long as it would 1) open them in a readable format and 2) let me copy-paste them into a new Word doc, then I was going to be a happy camper.

So I installed it, figuring what the hell, and used it to open the oldest .wri file on my system, a Star Wars fic.

And for the first time in nearly 20 years, I could READ MY FIRST FANFIC.

I’ve now opened and saved all of those old files as .docx files, so God willing, they should be readable for a long time to come.

So this is just a reminder: if you have old files that you haven’t converted to a newer format, do that before you (potentially) lose that ability entirely. And if you have legacy file types like .wri files specifically, give LibreOffice a try to get them open again.

(Crossposted to Pillowfort.)

So one of my goals this year was to stop putting things off and actually dive into my list of shows to watch and books to read. While I have made a huge dent in the list of shows I want to watch, I've only read one book on my TBR list and the others were either ones I had already read, or ones I acquired later. XD

Anyway, here are my brief thoughts on the things I've read/watched so far this year:

Books:
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Currently reading: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole, Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Johnathan L. Howard

Movies/TV shows:

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Currently watching: Hitorijime My Hero (DVD), Double Decker (Crunchyroll)

Note: I did just finish Double Decker last night and I will likely finish HMH tonight, so I'll probably have a post with my fuller thoughts on both of those later this week.

However, April 1 also begins Camp NaNo, and I have not just one, but two auction fics for Fandom Trumps Hate to write. So more reading/viewing will probably be on hold until the end of the month. (Although, since both of my fics are Tiger & Bunny, it's just research to rewatch a few episodes to get into the headspace for writing...right?)

So I originally posted this entry on my Tumblr back in January 2018, and figured it was as good a place as any to start moving some of my rambles/not!fics/random meta over here. And besides, more people should know about Tiger & Bunny!

Note: I switched out the original gifs for my own screenshots, because reasons.

I’ve been debating making a post like this since, oh, December 1, but with the holidays I haven’t had the time to sit down and do it. But since:

1) I’ve typed out an explanation to no less than 3 people in the past 24 hours,
2) I’ve got another fic for it waiting to be posted, and
3) a new Tiger & Bunny series was just announced yesterday and I’m still screaming about it,

I figure now’s a good time to talk about my newest obsession. XD

Before we get started: I place the blame for me getting into this squarely on @paintedrecs and @domesticated-chaos. Everything is your fault forever. I love you both.

ANYWAY.

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