A few days ago I had written a post talking about two little projects I’d like to see Microsoft take on this year, one of which involved doing something about their inconsistent data transfer abilities. Yesterday the post received a comment from Nicholas Orr who said that he had “resorted to downloading the same files [...]
01.7.10 | Featured, Internet, Technology | Jason
It’s a pretty bold title, considering I’m just a lowly contract developer, but there are certain things that Microsoft should work hard to do before the end of this year; and preferably before the end of this week.
I’ve been a loyal Microsoft user and supporter for the last 17 years, investing an awful lot of [...]
01.4.10 | Development, Featured, Internet, Technology | Jason
Do you insist on knowing the name and purpose of every directory and file on your computer? Are you disgusted when applications create directories right off your root? If you said ‘yes’ to either of these questions, then you probably don’t want to use Microsoft’s Security Essentials software.
Over the last week or so, a directory [...]
11.2.09 | Technology | Jason
Since before the time of newsgroups, people have waged a war of words online to promote, defend, or berate a particular computer platform. At the moment there are really only two contenders in the ring; Apple’s OS X and Microsoft’s Windows. Linux has, for the better part of a decade, tried to wedge [...]
08.19.09 | Technology | Jason
A few days ago, while telling me how stupid I was for saying that I wanted a notebook computer to last at least 15 years...
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Over the last decade or so I've been battling a bunch of minor problems such as insomnia, headaches, chest pain, and blo...