Superfunkomatic - Observations of the Socially Inept

well, being that i’m an early adopter, i decided last night to install the latest and greatest macintosh OS - 10.5 leopard. pretty slick, no problems with the install. then…
what the frick? now the websites don’t work, blogs don’t work, forums don’t work. the new operating system broke my webserver.
i freaked out, tried editing the […]

my little school companion (small stanley), the macintosh G3 400 PowerBook laptop, has served me well. i bought it in 2000 when it was the second fastest laptop. well, i’m still using it today, even to post this very entry.
bit of a scare this morning. i had a bit of a spill on the way […]

bills done it again, the 00s will be the ‘digital decade’. oh bill, what a revelation! you mean the fact that computers proliferated in the 90s, digital video and cameras exploded in the 90s, the internet exploded in the 90s, digital music in the 90s, yep - he’s got his finger on the pulse of […]

what does it say about a companies culture when their products are referred to as

zune - the ipod-killer
xps - the adobe pdf-killer
x-box - the playstation-killer

i think the names associated with the release of their new products speaks volumes about their view on competition.

How many times does Microsoft have to try and debut a new technology in a live setting only to have catastrophic failure? It’s like working with child actors and chimps, always avoid the live demo unless you’re 100% sure it’s going to work, otherwise you look like a tool.
Microsoft, naturally, has an excuse - ambient […]