Monthly Archives: November 2007

Dialog Boxing

I’m thinking of translating an operating system into Ramsay. How about this for a reboot dialog? I’m so fucking annoyed. We shutting it down and starting it up again!

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The Smirking Gnu

I have been using GNU/Linux as my main desktop OS since 2002, but today was the first time I’ve seen “Linux” being explicitly mentioned in the system requirements for a regular run-of-the-mill hardware product: Windows Vista 1) / XP (SP1 and above) / 2000 (SP3 and above) Mac OS (10.x and above) Yes Linux (2.4 [...]

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The Sucker in Success

Success is something you have to learn, like seeking certain peoples advice and then run the opposite direction with it.

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Gmail — The Sequel

Whoo hoo! When I turned on my desktop computer this morning the Gmail tally in my taskbar had some trouble logging in. Worried that I had lost my internet connectivity (not that unusual if you’re a Blixtvik customer) I fired up Firefox and logged into Gmail. It worked. Then I noticed the Older version link [...]

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