n# » A strange way to dramatically speed up Windows XP
1. Right click my computer, select properties
2. Click the ‘Advanced’ tab
3. Under performance, click Settings
4. Click the ‘Advanced’ tab
5. Click ‘change’ under Virtual memory
6. Make a note of the existing swap files
7. Set the current swap file to a very small size e.g. 2mb
8. Restart [...]
Job Interview 2.0: Now With Riddles! – Worse Than Failure
During a screening interview, I was asked how I would design a bike fit for someone visually impaired. I responded something to the effect of, “What, like, for blind people?”, and she answered yes.
I thought for a moment and then I responded, “Well.. a blind person [...]
Ballmer blames pirates for poor Vista sales
Ballmer admitted to financial analysts that the predictions for Vista had proved ‘overly optimistic’ and he blamed the pirates in China, India, Brazil, Russia and other emerging markets.
He said his final solution would be to increase the intensity Windows Genuine Advantage as part of an effort to squeeze more [...]
The Shitbrickâ„¢
The Zune’s a turd, buy an iPod.
Daily Techno-Babble » 4 Reasons Why Windows Vista Is Just Not Worth It
As you all may have heard, Microsoft has released Windows Vista to manufacturing yesterday. A momentous event? Well that just depends on who you ask, and if the person is myself then you are going to get the following four reasons why I [...]
» Playing Google Videos In Windows Media Player » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel
Despite being an .avi file, a very standard video format, Windows Media Player can’t play it because Google has included in the file a bogus fourcc code in the file that WMP chokes on. Take that same file, change [...]
Strange new worlds, and programming languages…: Good bye Microsoft; Pete has now left the building!
In 1991, I installed Windows 3 on my desktop PC at work. Work at the time was indentured servitude at a construction company in my home town where they massively underpaid a naïve but talented guy (me) a measly 4 grand [...]
Dear Sir Bill Gates: invoice enclosed | The Register
Please find enclosed my invoice for £1,200 sterling for administrative and consulting work, caused by the need to repair Microsoft sabotage. I dare say you’d like details:
Last night, your organisation destroyed about three hours worth of work I’d done.
The Cult of Mac Blog
Some things are just too good to be true and too honest not to be. A MacDailyNews reader turned up this quirk of the Microsoft Security page, which showed a happy Powerbook user identified with the label “Click. You’re Clean.” They’ve done a great job proving that it is, indeed, a [...]
