Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Category: Computers

  • More on Insanity

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    I posted a quote about insanity yesterday. I first saw the quote with “computer science” replacing insanity. Its hyperbole to be sure. There is a measure of truth. Out of 18 installs, on average 3 had bad installs. Using the exact same install method (which doesn’t have a human involved, completely scripted) again, a good…

  • Software Sucking So Seeking Something

    So many to cover let me number them. Trillian has been my IM client of choice since their beta. I’ve used Gaim and any number of programs who do multiple IMs from one client but found them lacking. Trillian was even the first software for which I was willing to pay my own money. (Otherwise…

  • Protected: Sucks To Be You….

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  • Computers:Impossible

    Discovered in the wild… Your mission if you choose to accept it is to record debug information now. This uninstaller will self-destruct in 10 seconds. 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… …BOOM! Pure awesomeness.

  • All Your Cache Are Belong to Us

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    Interesting incident with Blackboard Vista last night. The user interface for the server “lost” the default icon sets for the organizer pages. Other icons were not affected so changing to another icon set did not help. A legendary Blackboard support guy happened to take our call. I understand why so many other Bb clients like…

  • WebRunner

    Linux.com :: Mozilla begets WebRunner, a site-specific browser: Nowadays, people are turning to Web-based applications as replacements for desktop applications. Web-based office suites, mail clients, multimedia apps, and general productivity tools are all extremely useful now, but standard Web browsers aren’t always the best option for running applications. To provide a more suitable tool for…

  • Bosses Do Not Always Make Best Online Pals

    NPR : Bosses Do Not Always Make Best Online Pals: The era of social networking Web sites makes it a lot easier to cross the line into friendship with superiors. Lucy Kellaway, a Financial Times columnist, describes the problems with befriending the boss in the real world and online. Kellaway spoke with Renee Montagne. Really……

  • Web Trend Map 2007

    This map of the 200 most successful sites. (Web Trend Map 2007 (GIF Image, 1600×1024 pixels) TechCrunch on it.

  • Worm Food

    My next personal computer probably will be a Mac. However, I’m not sure whether I should be amused, terrified, or ambivalent about this Mac worm author receives death threats story. The beef over news of a worm targeting Macs, and the identity of the researcher who claimed to have created the malware, took an even…