Archive for March, 2007

Strangest Release Notes… Ever.

Monday, March 26th, 2007

From TextMate: [2006-11-02: REVISION 1324] [REMOVED] TextMate no longer pays tribute to human sacrifices, rape, nor does it show a picture of the God of the dead in your dock -- ticket 945BEB5D It's real, I swear.  Download the trial and look in the release notes. It really amazes me that there is an ...

Question No: 194

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

You are configuring a workstation to use dial-up networking by installing an ISA internal modem operating on COM2 using standard settings. You are unable to initialize the modem. What is the most likely cause of this problem? A. Conflict with IRQ3. B. Conflict with IRQ4. C. Incorrect IP addressing. D. Incorrect IPX ...

My Love Is on the Ocean

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

This song is usually entitled, "Adieu to Cold Weather," and can be dated back to an early English broadside. My love is on the ocean; I think I'll let him swim, For in my heart I feel it, I'm just as good as him; His love is in his pocket' It's a little in his heart; The ...

UI Design

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

So you're thinking about designing a program, product, or... anything? Remember three simple rules. Users don't read stuff Users aren't coordinated Users can't remember anything Joel makes good arguments for these and I think he hits them spot on.  The above links are meant for computer programmers, but the same gist can be applied ...

Apple vs Microsoft; Updates

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Ok, so more news is coming to light about the WGA fiasco, and even applies to all Windows Updates. I won't retract my previous statement (about switching), but I'll provide the info below and let you make your own decision. As a warning, this is long, and gets kinda technical, ...