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Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:57 PM

Can You Write Good Code for an OS you Despise?

No, this isn't another of my anti-Mac frothing rants. This is one of my "here's what I hate about many of the open-source projects I deal with" rants. I'm trying to find an SFTP client for Windows that works the way I want it to...
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Friday, March 21, 2008 9:15 PM

Retro-bundling - another suck of the Apple

I thought I was done blogging about Apple Software Update, having removed QuickTime from my system completely, and sworn never to install it again or watch another QT or MOV file. But nooo, someone had to spoil it by telling me what Apple Software Update...
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Friday, February 29, 2008 6:47 PM

Random leap-day events.

A semi-hobby of mine is that of date- and time-related issues with computers. Something that we all take for granted, and assume to be easy, is actually incredibly complex, with rules that depend on where you are, when you are, which laws you follow,...
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Monday, February 04, 2008 12:21 PM

Google on Microsoft / Yahoo! Deal: "Wah!"

In case you've been under a rock, Microsoft appears to be trying to take advantage of Yahoo! Inc's recent poor performance to make an unsolicited offer (as far as I can tell, it's not a hostile bid until and unless Yahoo! officers declare...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:46 PM

Get Well Scotty McLeod

I could have titled this "adversity shows how small our world truly is". I had no idea that so many of my friends, acquaintances, MVPs and Microsoft staff are also friends with Scotty McLeod - until he got hit by a train last week. He is recovering...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:44 AM

Steve Jobs' head in a box

Apple's latest product announcement - you can now buy Steve Jobs' head in a box. Here's a picture of an unnamed Apple salesman demonstrating the lightness of Steve Jobs' head in a box: Perhaps if any of you have heard about features of...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:09 PM

MacBook Air debuts; iTunes Pesters Me Again

The big news from Apple this week was that they have a flatter laptop than anyone else (except Intel, who have a "Lorado" concept model that is much cooler, is demonstrated with Vista, and comes with an optional sleeve that has a Sideshow display...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:24 PM

Waiting for Vista SP1?

In a previous article, I wrote about how to sound stupid by saying " let's wait for Service Pack 1 before we deploy Windows Vista ". Now here are a few ways to sound clever, by pointing to specific issues that will be fixed by Windows Vista...
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Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:33 AM

New Scientist chat-up lines

We used to joke that a friend of mine used New Scientist magazine as a dating tool. Quiet and shy, he'd be sitting alone in a group of people, but as soon as he pulled out his New Scientist magazine, he'd find himself surrounded, inexplicably...
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Monday, December 17, 2007 5:38 PM

Removing Apple Mobile Device Support

As mentioned before, I'm not a fan of Appple 's, particularly because they tend to impose crap on me that I'm not interested in having. I've been trying to figure out how to remove iTunes , iPod and Aple Mobile Device Support on and off...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007 12:25 PM

Microsoft Support Switches to Live Search

In the spirit of the famous review of Spinal Tap's album "Shark Sandwich", I was tempted to post a two-word review,the first word of which is "Advanced". My three-word review, then - "Worst. Search. Ever". But, just in...
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Monday, November 26, 2007 8:29 PM

What I need for Christmas

At one point, I mentioned to my wife that I could do with a leaf blower. Then I figured out how I could take the shop vac and turn it into a leaf blower. Now I could do with a leaf blower and a shop vac.
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