1) copy this code and save it is as xlsx2xls.vbs  OR simply download it

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(Wscript.Arguments(0))
objExcel.Application.Visible = False
objExcel.Application.DisplayAlerts = False
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Wscript.Arguments(1), 56
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
objExcel.Application.DisplayAlerts = True
objExcel.Application.Quit
WScript.Quit

2) in your batch script you can call it by doing this

c:\xlsx2xls.vbs "C:\inputdocument.xlsx" "C:\outputdocument.xls"

don’t mix up the order, don’t mix up file extensions, don’t mix up file paths because if you do it will overwrite your existing stuff without prompting.. and of course you will have to write this last command in one line

• they stopped producing them in 2006
• you can get one for less than 10k in great condition
• they are not actually sport cars, Toyota didn’t even bother putting v6 in it, they basically come in 180 hp max

i’m actually really tempted to get one, they are cheap and i can totally afford them. but first of all i kind of want to pay my student loan first. and second of all.. i think i’ll wait until i have money for bmw m3 in e46 chassis. i think i’ll get one with SMG transmission. from what i hear it’s everything that i thought tiptronic would  have but it doesnt. yeah, tiptronic is a terrible terrible thing. well i mean it’s not really bad..it’s just completely useless. it can’t do absolutely anything that a kickdown in automatic mode wouldn’t do. so yeah. eventually i’ll buy m3 and i’ll try getting into motosport.

im coming to saint petersburg this spring. it’s going to be amazing. it’s unbelievable how much i have to look forward to.

i met this person another night. it’s unbelievable how sometime you can just look into someone eyes and find out everything about that someone. some people are just really open and alive, it’s a shame they are a rare bread.

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в дороге нет кольца назад
где сад уснул, где лес лохмат
навис над домом, где рассвет
прорезал белый силуэт

и зимы прочно замели
засовы, двери и огни
в метель. так ярко вспыхнет свет
луны, как пачка сигарет
взорвалась и ушла наверх
новой звездой горя для всех

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она уснула. она устала.
ей было мало. но жизнь сначала
начать смогла проснувшись юной.
синицей, мышью, может пумой.

реинкорнации процесс
для нас темней чем самый тёмный лес.

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когда упало небо, где ты была?
где ты была, когда я пел тебе бы.
одной, когда бы ты была вблизи,
но ты была поодаль. где ты была?
когда срубили тополь? когда грачи летели клином?
где ты была когда весь мир бесился карантином?
где ты сейчас?

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Авто угнало, свет погас. Ушёл последний
Поезд на вокзале. В твоих руках две линни
Как розы на стеблях шипами рвут судьбу
Как шёлк. Я видел их, я рисовал их сам.

it’s funny how sometimes  almost nothing happens for days, it’s the same routine over and over and over again. and then one day out of blue everything starts Happening. things get changed. today and yesterday were of the latter kind. i got a lot of news from completely different sources today. actually it was tree pieces of information rather than news. the real events happened weeks or maybe even months ago. two were bad and one was good. i dont know if they evened out, i dont know how much to care about any of them. they may mean everything or nothing at all.

i cant stop reflecting on them. i m sitting in my room, im dringking tea.  im listening to this song by ghinzu from their new album,  it’s called this light. “would anybody close my eyes? would anybody shut me down?”

im in overdrive, seriously, i need to chill. i want to go to strangelove next thursday. its the best place to go to in toronto (thanks ira!)

and now i will take a hot shower, make some more tea, plug in my old fender amp into the wall  and let it fukc my neighbours brain for a little while.

“… forecast errors from a good forecasting model must be unforecastable!” (Elements of Forecasting, Diebold)

“The statistical literature describes false positives as Type I errors and false negatives as Type II errors. Most common of all is the Type III error: not being able to remember which one is which.” (Thinking strategically, Dixit)

haha, i just watched Coraline, it was fun. im not big fan of the doll-style animation.. but i really really enjoyed this one! check it out. and the cat is increbly cool. see the screenshot above.