I am afraid I am being forced to curtail my on-line activities somewhat. Since Monday, February 2, my pseudo-high speed Internet hook-up via satellite has been on the fritz. It might not have been a coincidence that, on that day, after several weeks of very cold weather, we had milder temperatures, which caused all kinds [...]
It really is mind-boggling. Bell Canada Entreprises (BCE) is the leading telecommunications company here in Canada. Due to long-standing monopoly or near-monopoly conditions in many parts of the country, including my little corner of the woods, I have little choice but to be one of their customers.
For example, they are the only wireless provider that [...]
Encouraging news about the use of Unicode in web pages worldwide
At least that’s what my experience with my father-in-law suggests.
Crappy electronics.
An awesome excerpt from Prince’s last concert at the O2 Arena in London available through his official web site.
A stealthy software update finally brings the on-screen guide up to speed.
New interface drops single-window, frame-based approach and improves accessibility for all users, not just disabled users.
I was not expecting a masterpiece of usability, but this feature is really poor.
Shockingly bad journalism, but an interesting perspective nonetheless.
Another store with no geographic restrictions.
Yet more nonsense from the record industry and retailers.
I have to stop pulling my hair, but I just cannot figure out this particular problem.
A simple RTF file is enough to bring an application down…
More warnings about Google Desktop for Mac OS X, if you need any.