It's sort of depressing, really. (2003/06/09)
Intuit was, for a long time, the valiant little company, standing up to big bad Microsoft. But it’s been going downhill, for a long time. First came the spam problem; they started spamming registration addresses. Then came the dubious Mac support. Then Quicken 2002 turned out to be prone to crashes and occasional data corruption. Then I found out they were NEVER going to fix those bugs, and that 2003 simply added flashy features. Then I finally got data corruption that I positively could not get rid of.
[read more...]My new Zaurus (2003/06/07)
I am typing on the tiniest keyboard. Actually, the C700 has a pertty big keyboard, but it’s still tiny compared to a real computer.
[read more...]Bible II: Electric Boogaloo (2003/06/05)
I have always wondered if other people have a different Bible than I do; perhaps it’s called “Bigger, Longer, and Uncut”.
[read more...]Trolls, flames, and responsibility. (2003/06/05)
“What should be done about a member who repeatedly misquotes, paraphrases and sets up strawmen, only to get the other posters upset and frustrated, and when the other posters reply in this upset and frustrated state, the member who set the whole thing in motion reports the members who have been upset or frustrated by the tactics?”
[read more...]Writing and laziness. (2003/06/04)
The hardest part, for me, of being a “writer” is trying to figure out whether or not I’m being lazy.
[read more...]Hey, I can combine these into one sentence! (2003/06/03)
I’m one of those people who talks before he thinks. No malice, no ill-intent; it’s just that forming words doesn’t require any kind of conscious intervention on my part, so it tends to just happen, without much awareness until it’s already happened.
[read more...]Metanoia (2003/06/02)
So, my spouse’s working on a comic. And it’s a cool comic. It’s tentatively called Metanoia, and I can’t see the title changing any time soon.
[read more...]My love/hate relationship with Apple. (2003/06/01)
I love Apple. Their computers “just work” most of the time. OS X is more stable than anything I’ve ever used except NetBSD and BSD/OS. OS X is pretty, for all that most of the time I’d rather it wasn’t.
[read more...]My Instapundit Number Is 2 (2003/06/01)
My Kibo number is one. That is to say, I have gotten email from Kibo. If you have no idea who or what “Kibo” is, but I’ve emailed you, your Kibo number is two.
[read more...]I hate it when they do this. (2003/05/30)
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