* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games?
I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
https://clz.com/games
On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:21:52 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
https://clz.com/games
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games?
I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
I prefer a spreadsheet just because its more platform neutral and
doesn't require an online connection to use. Just drop the file
wherever and I have the data. Plus, it has all the fields I want and
is easy to modify.
I actually had a database for it (not a real one; I used Access ;-)
but it didn't really add all that much in needed features and wasn't
as portable, so I went back to the spreadsheet.
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games?
I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
https://clz.com/games
On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:21:52 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
https://clz.com/games
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games?
I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
I prefer a spreadsheet just because its more platform neutral and
doesn't require an online connection to use. Just drop the file
wherever and I have the data. Plus, it has all the fields I want and
is easy to modify.
I actually had a database for it (not a real one; I used Access ;-)
but it didn't really add all that much in needed features and wasn't
as portable, so I went back to the spreadsheet.
Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
https://clz.com/games
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games?
I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
But not free.
On 1/29/2025 10:28 AM, Ant wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
https://clz.com/games
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games? >>> I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
But not free.
Ah, I missed that they've gone to a "subscription model" for the
software. I'm using an older version from before they did that.
Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/29/2025 10:28 AM, Ant wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
https://clz.com/games
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games? >>>>> I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
But not free.
Ah, I missed that they've gone to a "subscription model" for the
software. I'm using an older version from before they did that.
Is that old version still around to get?
On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:28:30 +0000, [email protected] (Ant) wrote:[snip]
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:21:52 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Ditto. Which spreadsheet? Excel? :)
Knowing me, probably Lotus 1-2-3 v2.0. It runs in DOSBox!* ;-)
(but actually LibreOffice *.ods. It does the job well enough and its
got portability, which is what I'm mostly interested in.)
On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:40:26 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/27/2025 7:23 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:21:52 -0800, Dimensional Traveler*shrug* They have a half-dozen or so software packages for different >>things. I have the ones for Books and Movies (home media basically,
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 1/25/2025 8:59 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
https://clz.com/games
* have I ever mentioned I have a spreadsheet where I log all my games? >>>>> I'm sure it must have come up before ;-)
I prefer a spreadsheet just because its more platform neutral and
doesn't require an online connection to use. Just drop the file
wherever and I have the data. Plus, it has all the fields I want and
is easy to modify.
I actually had a database for it (not a real one; I used Access ;-)
but it didn't really add all that much in needed features and wasn't
as portable, so I went back to the spreadsheet.
VHS, disc). I find them useful as I have several thousand of the first
and over 600 of the second. I'm also still on version 18 of both,
haven't paid for the upgrades/updates, and they work just fine.
Come to think of it, in some ways I use "Playnite"
(https://playnite.link/) as a database of my video-game library. It's designed mainly as a launcher that allows you to combine all your
various libraries (Steam, GOG, EA, UPlay, etc.) into one app, but you
can also add "empty" games to it (e.g., no way to play the games, just
in the list as placeholders), and in fact I do that for my newer Playstation/XBox games.
Often when I need to refer to games released in a specific year (or
just get information about a specific game, like publisher or when it
came out) I use Playnite for that purpose.
It does lack several significant fields that I'd find useful
(including date and price of purchase, how I got the game, and where
I've stashed the media, if it's on disk), and it lacks portability. If
I'm not in front of my main PC, I've no access to the info. So in this regard, my spreadsheet still serves a useful purpose.
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote at 15:20 this Thursday (GMT):
(but actually LibreOffice *.ods. It does the job well enough and its[snip]
got portability, which is what I'm mostly interested in.)
Of course, if you want PURE compatibility, you could always use a .csv
file ;)
But then I don't get all the pretty colors!
(or the font effects... or the formulas... or graphs...)
I mean, is it even really a spreadsheet if you don't have a pivot
table embedded in it somewhere? ;-P
On 2/16/2025 7:39 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07As someone who works extensively with spreadsheets both professionally
<[email protected]> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote at 15:20 this Thursday (GMT):
(but actually LibreOffice *.ods. It does the job well enough and its[snip]
got portability, which is what I'm mostly interested in.)
Of course, if you want PURE compatibility, you could always use a .csv
file ;)
But then I don't get all the pretty colors!
(or the font effects... or the formulas... or graphs...)
I mean, is it even really a spreadsheet if you don't have a pivot
table embedded in it somewhere? ;-P
and personally, YES! Pivot tables are evil.
Dimensional Traveler <[email protected]> wrote at 18:08 this Sunday (GMT):
On 2/16/2025 7:39 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07As someone who works extensively with spreadsheets both professionally
<[email protected]> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote at 15:20 this Thursday (GMT):
(but actually LibreOffice *.ods. It does the job well enough and its >>>>> got portability, which is what I'm mostly interested in.)[snip]
Of course, if you want PURE compatibility, you could always use a .csv >>>> file ;)
But then I don't get all the pretty colors!
(or the font effects... or the formulas... or graphs...)
I mean, is it even really a spreadsheet if you don't have a pivot
table embedded in it somewhere? ;-P
and personally, YES! Pivot tables are evil.
So you "pivot"ed away from using them?
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 714 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 138:42:24 |
| Calls: | 12,087 |
| Files: | 14,997 |
| Messages: | 6,517,398 |