I have one more call to make and then I am going to destroy my system and rebuild it using the local ghost image for the Latitude D620.
Vista has been a pain in the ass, and I am glad to see it go. It was a poorly thought through OS, and it was definitely not ready for release.
I will not be sad to see it go.
Tags: Vista, delete, not ready, return to XP
I am writing up a client presentation for next week, and I just realized just how flawed Internet Explorer is. Microsoft claims that the browser is standards compliant. Yet it still doesn’t support HTTP pipelining.
And the frustrating part? They won’t tell us why. I have my suspicions, which include TCP stack issues and a flawed HTTP handling mechanism that is still based on Windows 95 architecture, but an explanation from Redmond would be nice.
Every (and I mean every) other browser can do this.
Microsoft, it’s time you detached your Web browser from your OS, like you’ve forced everyone else to do.
March 10, 2007
March 12, 2007
Tags: Vista, annoyances, list, OWA, Exchange, IE7, Juniper, Netscreen Remote
So, it was time to re-build my laptop — 4 months of cruft gets in the way and really slows things down. And since the company I work for has an Microsoft Enterprise License that includes Vista, I took the plunge.
So far, it’s ok. Nothing that really rocks my world. And one serious hindrance: It seems that Juniper Networks / Netscreen don’t seem to have bothered releasing a Vista compatible version of their Netscreen Remote software. This means I have a serious disadvantage when it comes to working from home.
Other than that, it’s the annoyances that bother that outweigh the cool things that impress. I turned of the CPU/Memory sucking Aero transparency and animation, and I am still looking at having to upgrade to 2GB of RAM.
Meanwhile, if I took the time to install Ubuntu, I could have a equally cool interface, higher security, and a smaller memory footprint.
It seems that Microsoft has gone out of their way, in the name of security, to compromise usability. I won’t be recommending it for my friends and neighbours.
Tags: Vista, Windows Vista, annoyances, Netscreen, Juniper Networks, Netscreen Remote, Ubuntu
I often joke that in a train v. moose situation, the train would be the loser.
But I have never heard of moose v. helicopter before. [here]
Instead of slowing down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft’s tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.
Don’t screw with the moose.
Tags: moose, helicopter, cnn
After months of using Live Writer, I am back to Qumana. Simple, lightweight, does the job.
Tags: Qumana
All bow before my heraldic shield.
Let the delusions of grandeur commence!
Just found that Dwell magazine has a blog.
Ooops! A pseudo-blog. No feed.
Dwell: Get with the program.
UPDATE: Apparently it does! There is an RSS graphic at the bottom. But that’s not the feed link. Oh no!
You have to click the image to go to a page that has the page that has the RSS feed in it.
No. The feed is part of the blog. It MUST appear on the same page as the blog. Making it hard to find defeats the point of the process.
David Parmet pointed me to these Pledge Week extravaganzas.
My fave:
Surviving members of every 50s doo-wop band fight to the death with clubs — shirtless and totally coked-up — in massive Thunderdome-like arena
Merlin Mann is a god. One of the minor deities, but a deity nonetheless.
Some additions:
STOP. THE. AWFUL. PLEDGE. DRIVES!
