A number of interesting posts detailing some behind-the-scenes type stuff about Vista: Mini-Microsoft: Copying Xerox, Vista Mistakes, and VP Perspectives Windows Vista Feedback – Chris Pirillo 65 More Windows Vista Mistakes – Chris Pirillo As a software developer myself, I both cringe at these sorts of things (Microsoft should know better) and take heart from… Continue reading Learn from Vista’s Mistakes
Don’t Steal the Focus
Jeff Atwood made a wonderful post the other day called Please Don’t Steal My Focus, and I have to say I wholeheartedly agree with him. Of course, the question that is raised is “why are programs still doing this?” My pick for “worst offender” is, ironically, Microsoft Word. When you open Word, it forces itself… Continue reading Don’t Steal the Focus
The Right to Read
I stumbled across this the other day – it’s a sort of story about the future, or what it might be like, if we continue to allow both large corporations and the government dictate what we do with the information we buy. I came across it because I was reading about Amazon’s new e-book reader… Continue reading The Right to Read
Why I Don’t Play Newer Games (Mostly)
It is a (sad?) fact that I play far, far fewer games than I used to. Suffice to say, there were thousands upon thousands of games available for my Atari 7800. Ditto for my original Nintendo (NES) and Super Nintendo (SNES). And when I owned those systems, I had pretty large libraries of games –… Continue reading Why I Don’t Play Newer Games (Mostly)
Desktop Madness Vol. 23
We’re on a roll, now! And now, some OS-tan related wallpapers. Enjoy! In case anyone was wondering, yes, I’ve been fiddling with the “default thumbnail size” setting in WordPress. It’s hard-coded in, unfortunately – I think it should be a user-setting.