Blue screen of death – WTF

Apparently it is expected, and quite typical, for the work laptops to experience the blue screen of death. I just had my second, in as many months. Crazily, a shift reboot seems to cure all (at least on the surface). This time round, though, I got this message when I logged back on again. Pray, [...]

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MicroSoft Errors – WTF

I love these I was happily working in Visio, and did the unthinkable … yes, I tried to … wait for it .. copy and paste a shape from one page to another. Gasp!  Shock! How could I! Should have known better! Visio dies quickly; and then this error pops up: Obviously, I need to [...]

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Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft

Err … these ads are embarrassingly bad. And offensive (in my mind) esp when seinfeld declared they need to get in touch with the common man. Gheesh! All I can say is: Go Mac! Oh, need I say that MS has dropped this campaign, but will be using Jerry elsewhere? (question: does shoe circus exist? [...]

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Today’s insanity: the most bizarre Microsoft help page you’ll ever see

Interestingly enough, I got directed to perhaps the weirdest page in Microsoft’s help and support site I’ve ever seen. The title of the page? “Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music.” The first line of the article reads: During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play “Fur Elise” or “It’s a Small, Small World” [...]

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Why Apple fans are so loyal

A CNN Technology article tries to explain why Apple fans are so loyal to the brand despite a flurry of problems with the iPod and iPhone. Their reasoning: the iPod brought Apple into the mainstream along with an incredible cool factor that is so great, people will refuse to abandon the brand despite all the [...]

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Console games extinct by 2020??

Wild Tangent CE, Alex St John, predicted in a talk in Seattle that gaming consoles as a physical box will be extinct by 2020. He substantiates his claim by saying: shareholders of Sony and Microsoft will no longer tolerate the massive, billion dollar investments that it takes to create proprietary video game consoles. He further [...]

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Today’s insanity: a certain amount of piracy is necessary!

There’s a very interesting article at The Long Tail that says that a certain amount of piracy is necessary and should, in fact, be tolerated to a certain degree. Not that the article is advocating piracy; after all, theft is theft and it’s a crime either way. According to the article: …efficient software and entertainment [...]

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Hits and Misses of Microsoft

Came across this BBC recap of Microsoft’s hits and misses since it’s inception. It’s interesting to see that the hits include things like the Xbox and a PC in every home, while the misses are more ideological such as lack of innovation or openness to open source. An interesting read. [ Link ]

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Since we’re in a Nintendo-hating mood this week…

Here’s a list of 100 reasons to hate Nintendo, courtesy of Games Radar. If you feel that Nintendo doesn’t deserve the hate (or if you’re an equal-opportunity hater), here are lists of 100 reasons to hate Xbox, Playstation, and PC gaming. Some of the reasons are quite entertaining, such as “Same sh!t, different Zelda”, “Viva [...]

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