Category Archives: Completely useless

the problem with the iPhone

Posted on January 13, 2007 by ward

So Apple announced the iPhone on Tuesday. It looks beautiful with its big screen, and it sounds exciting – both from a user interface perspective (those multi-finger touchscreen commands sound fascinating) as from a technology perspective: it runs (a stripped … Continue reading →

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broadband in the US sucks

Posted on November 10, 2006 by ward

I’ve said it for a long time, and it seems at least one person in the FCC is starting to speak up. Why is it that in the richest country of the world, in one of the major metropolitan areas … Continue reading →

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why I don’t use microsoft

Posted on October 27, 2006 by ward

Signal vs. Noise provides a neat example in a blog post titled Web developers – Microsoft has no idea what is going on.

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startup sounds in Vista

Posted on September 1, 2006 by ward

So; you will not be allowed to change or turn off the startup sound in Windows Vista. This has taken Microsoft months to decide, and the decision has involved lawyers, marketing, engineers, and no doubt countless managers. If you were … Continue reading →

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cell phones

Posted on August 3, 2006 by ward

Signal vs. Noise has an interesting post on the state of cell phones. I disagree with one statement: Today’s phones are failures — mainly software/interface failures. I think today’s cell phones are mostly that – phones. All the other features … Continue reading →

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why broadcom sucks

Posted on May 17, 2006 by ward

I’ve upgraded a few key parts of my laptop. I have a somewhat ageing Dell Inspiron 5150, which has some nice features (1400×900 screen resolution, 3GHz P4 CPU) and some not-so-nice ones: it weighs a ton, it gets really hot … Continue reading →

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phishing

Posted on April 24, 2006 by ward

Received a phishing e-mail that made it through ClamAV. Nothing special about the message but the end: Thank You , Commonwealth Bank of Australia Management Stuff I wouldn’t want to deal with any bank that doesn’t have stuff. Would you?

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useless AIM SDK

Posted on March 6, 2006 by ward

So AOL has released an AIM SDK allowing third parties to interface directly with the AIM network. Great news, right? Well, not really. The FAQ states: Developers are not permitted to build Custom Clients that are multi-headed or interoperable with … Continue reading →

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