Having trouble getting the movie uploaded. I will try again from the hotel and the hard wire.
I’ve had to update Windows Genuine “Advantage” on two different Windows machines three times over the past several days. What gives?
What an ADVANTAGE.
Here’s a memo to Microsoft: you can take the idea of a dynamic website a little too far.
Case in point: I was commenting on Herman’s blog. After signing in, Microsoft kindly filled in my details, including the blog link that I apparently inherited when signing up for Spaces. (I assure you, that was an accident).
Anyway, I don’t think I’ll be putting this web link on a business card anytime soon:
Fuck this hot drought bullshit. The only good thing about this heat wave is that your mozzarella sticks do not get cold. They just get stale. There’s nothing worse than cold AND stale mozzarella sticks. That’s when they become like, crusty cheese-flavored dried pudding. The kind of shit only astronauts would dare to eat.
I love the ‘net. Only on the net can you say things and expect them to haunt you months, or even years later. Hell, I may be eating crow in a matter of minutes for calling Mary Jo Foley an idiot for claiming Apple licensed Exchange ActiveSync – and I’ll be proud to do it.
Somehow though, I get the feeling that Steve Ballmer will not be so proud of this 2:20 clip when Friday rolls around.
I’ve gotten through the long, arduous trip from LAX to my home town. This day has been pretty much a flash before my eyes – not entirely sure I remember much of it, but here’s what I do remember about the trip:
Next list… of other activities:
Alright, in an effort to expand my reader base beyond 8 or 9 people, I really whored myself out today. I’ve added back the Google Adsense ads (of which I’ve earned a whopping $15.00 in a year – hooray!) and added simple links for you to share my needles back out to the community.
Everybody else does it. Shouldn’t I make it easy for you to share my blathering elsewhere?
1. I hate websites that use people art that is taken from an angle high above their head. I am so… incredibly… tired… of this angle. It is the single most overused, overrated, idiotic, silly, stupid, unoriginal thing ever. If you’re going to put clip art of random people on your website, please don’t climb a ladder and shoot pictures of them looking down at them while they look up with this big-ass cheesy smile. Just… stop. It sucks. You suck if you do it. Get off the net. Please.
So the negative spin last night and this morning on Vista is Microsoft’s decision to enforce the notion of the “upgrade version.” You cannot install Windows Vista without Windows 2000 or XP already installed on the system. This bucks the previous process of installing Windows from scratch, but proving you own the prior version by inserting the disc for verification.
I’m going to go on record as saying I don’t like this – not one damn bit, but I saw it coming. Given the “smackdown” mentality Microsoft has gotten themselves into, this was just a natural evolution. They’re merely enforcing what the license terms say should happen. One item you might want to be aware of though – when reading the Vista EULA… once you install the Vista upgrade, the Vista rights/EULA completely supersedes all licensing agreements for the previous version. This means you essentially lose your rights to even install the prior version of Windows ever again.
