So Windows Vista will come out (when it does) with 7 different versions. My first thought: “[Groan] Oh, that’ll be just great for support, trying to figure out which people are using and why ‘feature X works on my other computer but not on this one…’.” How can Microsoft tout usability and simplicity? Because most […]
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The Heart of the Matter “I’ve been tryin’ to get down To the heart of the matter But my will gets weak And my thoughts seem to scatter But I think it’s about forgiveness Even if you don’t love me anymore” Why do we understand these truths or feel empathy from the world at large […]
I’ve heard this quote before, but it has been in my mind this last week or so since I’ve been on the phones supporting customers: “Computer programming today is a race between software engineers, striving to build bigger and better ‘idiot-proof’ programs, and the Universe, trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the […]
So I’ve been very busy lately, and mostly because of work. That’s a veryhref=“http://www.google.com/ig”>personalized homepage, I keep a few interesting sites’ feeds there. Makes for a nice break from the dirty innards of Microsoft Office. So I have managed to stay abreast of a few projects that have kept my interest. As usual, they revolve […]
So I’ve been repeatedly impressed with Google lately. I mean, many people know that “to google” has been a verb for a while, since it’s kind of the de facto way to search the Internet. But also, I’ve been using their email service, which is really awesome in all respects. Turns out Blogger (what you’re […]
Lesson of the week: A blog is only as good as the posts you put therein. Of course, since a blog is more than the sum of its posts, …I don’t know what that means for me, but it’s good. So Pygmy’s coming along. I just released the third version last weekend and am pleased with […]
So I’ve started a weblog. Something I never thought I’d do. I used to use LiveJourney back before the word ‘blog’ was coined and I used Xanga to document my trip to Europe, but I always thought that they ended up being a bit ostentatious. However, lately I’ve been reading more than a few, mostly […]
