Author: richardfcrawley

Richard F Crawley III is a writer and Linux user. He writes about Linux and writing applications (and other topics) on his blogs https://richardfcrawley.wordpress.com and http://richardfcrawley.blogspot.com. He has worked in IT for 15 years. He also writes fiction and screenplays. A short story, "The Subway," was published in Eureka Literary Magazine and nominated for an Illinois Arts Council Award. His is currently writing a screenplay.

Life’s Race

I wrote the following in 2005, but did not post it until now. I have italicized the present. I almost … More

Scrivener

After having worked with the Linux beta of Scrivener, I have to go with it within Ubuntu 14.04. The Windows … More

Awakenings

For the last year and a half, I have been working at Illinois Central College.  The first six months there, … More

Using Google Docs OCR

From 1991 through 1996, I wrote on a Brother word processor that was comprised of an electronic typewriter attached to … More

Formatting Monsters

If you use OpenOffice, I’m sure you’ve encountered formatting monsters when dealing with files saved in Microsoft Office‘s proprietary formats.  … More