Tag Archives: rant

On skins and plugins

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Steven Fisher

I started this post over six months ago, but never quite got around to finishing it. It might never be finished. But this is a thorn to me, so I’m just going to post it as is. Should your new … Continue reading →

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Is there something wrong with asking?

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Steven Fisher

One of my pet peeves is “hint hint, nudge nudge.” Why? Because you’re asking for something and trying to make it appear as if you’re not. Is it really that hard to ask for what you want? I should add … Continue reading →

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Lying is in

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Gadgets seen as best way to tell white lies.

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Beating a dead horse

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Steven Fisher

My relationship with Microsoft Word for the Mac has always been a love/hate one. I can’t really describe why I love it – there’s just something about the way the main document window behaves that fills me with word processing … Continue reading →

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Just another day

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Steven Fisher

This is the first year I’ve decided to completely ignore the scary side of Halloween. And yes, this is a permanent thing, and will include when I have kids. In fact, that’s the main reason I gave it up. I … Continue reading →

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Forced Hardware Upgrades

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Steven Fisher

Several attempts to re-install Ubuntu 6.06 later, I was forced to conclude that something was wrong with my power supply. Since it was an integrated power supply from Antec and I don’t feel like giving them any more business, it … Continue reading →

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The crappy skin contest

Posted on March 12, 2006 by Steven Fisher

I wish I had a prize to give out, but nevertheless — can you top this? I’m sure you can. Video and audio card manufacturers have been racing for years to produce terrible interfaces. Surely someone has made a bigger … Continue reading →

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Palm Development Tools Still Suck

Posted on December 29, 2005 by Steven Fisher

I wrote this in November 2004. It remains just as applicable to this day. I wanted to make a few comments on the state of Palm OS tools and such, and I didn’t want to post them publicly because they’re … Continue reading →

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PCWorld a list-washer?

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Steven Fisher

Got this in response to a spam report. Yes, I said spam — I’ve never subscribed to any PC World mailings, and have years of archives to prove it. Unfortunately, since you chose to have SpamCop conceal your actual e-mail … Continue reading →

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Apple using AMD?

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Steven Fisher

This image was forwarded to me by a reliable source in Apple. It seems that in addition to compiling Mac OS X for x86, Apple has a backup plan for the Intel backup plan: AMD. See, geeks all along have … Continue reading →

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