Archive for the 'Microsoft' Category

UnxUtils

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Being unfortunately saddled with doing web development on Windows I’ve had to come to live with Windows pathetic idea of a terminal, cmd. Since Microsoft apparently doesn’t see value in producing a terminal utility of any real value, cmd is next to worthless, particularly when compared with any *nix terminal application. After suffering through a […]

What if Microsoft had designed GMail

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Blogoscoped has an amusing article about what GMail might have been like if it had been designed by Microsoft. Much weeping and gnashing of teeth is to be expected, but also a good laugh. Check it out.
The blogoscoped article is very much in the same spirit as the now venerable, but still excellent “What if […]

How to Install Windows in 5 Hours or Less

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

A few months ago I suffered a complete hard drive failure on my home-built PC resulting in a need to reinstall windows from a partial backup. The process was… unpleasant. At some point I got hung up and did a Google search which brought me to a wonderful little gem: “How to Install Windows in […]