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Here's a quick quiz about me on a number of random topics.
Windows Reputation
Windows can't seem to shake it's need to reboot, reboot, reboot.
Mobile Phone Madness
My current phone is currently out of commission - and the industry's reaction is 'Well, then: upgrade!' Bleah.
The Love Of My Life
I'm about to get married. I've never been married before.
Pop Music Can Hold Surprises
What happens when you notice "the next big thing" seems to have outsmarted the music industry and put songs with real
depth on her album?
The Good, The Bad and The Awesome
Thoughts about a solar eclipse seen through bushfire smoke.
Sometimes We Win
I have influenced, in my own small way, a website back from the brink of IE-only-ness.
Promoting Linux
Could Linux be advertised like Microsoft advertise XP?
Making A Transition
For me, moving away from a Microsoft desktop started with successfully moving off Word.
Fonts: Another Linux hurdle
I've found what might be Linux's next hurdle: fonts.
Bifurcation of the Web
The web is morphing into at least two incompatible parts.
September 11, 2001
My observations about the terrorist attacks in the US
Microsoft strikes again
Microsoft haven't stopped assuming Windows is stable...
Watching a Microsoft Buy-in
People have all sorts of reasons for clinging to Microsoft's vision of computing...
Defining Humanity
How are we fulfilling our desire to be human?
Rewriting History.
What could East Asia be like now if China hadn't given up it's Emperor?
Licensing, The Next Generation
Is Microsoft's really breaking new ground with Office XP?
Spam spam spam lovely spam
They're coming up with new ways to try to make us take it.
Upgrades a-la Microsoft
Pursuing an IE-less upgrade to Windows.
Nailing plates to a table.
Applying technlogy to a situation can often make a simple task a complex one. Unfortunately.
Patent Audio
Could MP3 be under threat from a patent-free alternative?
Sound off.
Just what do we all sound like?
Teaching Microsoft Security
How much effort will it take to get the practice of decent security into Microsoft?
Resisting the Lure
So many toys to let pass by, unacquired.
Come the Marketers
May the best marketed product win.
All hail the great god of the Olympics!
Or not. Do you find Olympic hype to be overblown and inconvenient?
How much does Real Life suck?
Why do we spend so much time and energy "escaping" from Real Life?
Revisiting Microsoft Technology
Perhaps what Microsoft added to Windows 98 ain't so bad...
The Irritants of Cities.
What irritates you about a city?
When the buck stops here.
Sometimes, "being responsible" for something can be a surprise.
Trying for a Linux Desktop
I got inspired last week to re-install my work PC. As Linux.
Are we comfortable here?
How "at home" are we are here? I mean really?
Being busy.
How do you keep busy?
Visual BASIC and other horrors.
What crawling horrors seem to infest the IT industry?
The Art of Computing
Is computing more of an art than a science?
Would you ever leave IT?
Is there anything that would make you forsake employment in the IT industry?
What Does It Take?
Do you have what it takes to achieve your goals in the IT industry?
What you see is not all you can get.
Whether you like it or not, there are ways of controlling what you can get to on the net.
Computing in the Wild
Do you use computers in strange places?
Railing Against Panic
Did your company survive the ILOVEYOU virus by pulling your email gateway?
Take a break!
Mixing IT work and public holidays.
I like Blue.
Figuring out what makes you tick.
But me no buts.
Are we too quick to insult?
Icky Linux things.
What wonderful wierdness does Linux repeatedly burden you with?
Fire In The Valley, Part II.
What mistakes would you have had the pioneers not make?
Fire In The Valley
"Set the way-back machine..." An opportunity for reminiscing about what you missed...
Time, Time, Time.
Would adding an extra day in the week make you any less pressed for time?
When Leading Edge becomes Normal.
Following a product or a technology from Leading Edge to Mainstream can be a curious experience.
A Great Divide
International relations in IT can be fun fun fun...
A Corporate Desktop
Locked-down and tied-up: what is your corporate PC like?
Why don't my programming quirks match the language I'm using?
What is it that annoys you about the programming language you currently use?
Adding Documentation
How effective are your documentation methods?
Less Work and More Play
Are you able to say you go to Work to Play?
The Aftermath!
What Y2K wierdness did you personally experience, particularly at work?
Christmas Day 1999
Okay, so what did Santa bring you? Or did work come calling instead?
Home Entertainment... Computers?
With the popularity of DVD-ROM drives over components, what are your experiences in integrating a PC into a Home Theatre setup?
