The buns got into some mischief last night – in a big, bad way. We’d just gotten our new guest bedroom set up – all sorts of nice things (gotta love IKEA), and of course plastic under-bed storage containers to keep the buns out from under the bed (in the most guest-friendly way). Unfortunately, the… Continue reading The Trial against the Bad Bunnies
Calvin on Snow
I think Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes) said it best: “Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.” Right on.
Bad User Experience
You may have heard of this new-fangled thing from Microsoft called Silverlight. Well, I decided to take a look at it the other day, and when I tried to install it, I was greeted with this unfriendly screen: Well, actually it’s not very unfriendly, but it certainly was unhelpful. Why did the install fail? Why… Continue reading Bad User Experience
I’m Sorry, but Windows Vista still seems too slow
I was downloading a file in Windows Vista today – I would say it was a “medium-sized” file that took no time at all on my super-fast cable modem connection to download. However, once it was done, this popped up: This new dialog took longer to calculate the time remaining to copy the file from… Continue reading I’m Sorry, but Windows Vista still seems too slow
They Don’t Make ’em Like They Used To
Yesterday I found that the Belkin Wireless Router I’d been using as a wireless access point had completely died on me. It simply would not power on – I don’t know if the problem was in the device itself or in its power adapter, but in either case – I had no wireless in my… Continue reading They Don’t Make ’em Like They Used To