➠ July 31, 2009
Move to Windows 7
From the “Holy Shit! Are You Fucking Kidding Me‽” department: Windows XP users will have to format their hard drives and do clean installs to upgrade to Windows 7 — there is no “upgrade” option that keeps their installed programs intact.
➠ July 29, 2009
Upgrade Xbox 360 hard drive
How to upgrade an XBox 360 hard drive from 20Gb to 120Gb without paying MS a stupid amount of premium for it coming in a plastic shell. I just did this and it was a pain in the ass, but I saved over $100. I think that was worth it!
➠ December 31, 2008
30GB Zune apocalypse arrives as devices enter digital coma
All 30Gb Zunes go kaput simultaneously. The only reason these devices care what day it is? The secure clock used by their DRM.
➠ December 10, 2008
Softwear by Microsoft, A Clothing Line
Microsoft would like to sell you the billg mugshot on a T-shirt. Bizarre.
➠ September 15, 2008
Penny Arcade! - Consensus
A pretty accurate representation of the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft ads.
➠ June 25, 2008
➠ March 4, 2008
John Resig - Unbreaking the Web
The real reason for Microsoft’s switch to web standards in IE8? John thinks he’s found it.
➠ February 17, 2008
Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98!
Posted mostly because it’s clever, but also because I miss hacking on MOD files.
➠ February 12, 2008
YouTube - Rabbit Rescue
Amy Sedaris and some bunnies do some top-notch pimping for Microsoft Office.
➠ February 6, 2008
Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter
From the “Are you fucking KIDDING me‽” files: After paying $350 for an XBox 360, you have to fork out another $100 to connect it to wi-fi?
➠ February 1, 2008
List of companies acquired by Microsoft Corporation - Wikipedia
I’ll take “Companies that have died on the vine” for $400 please, Alex.
➠ January 31, 2008
Windows Vista Help: Opening the Windows Vista box
Official Microsoft documentation on how to open the Vista packaging. Because it *needs* documentation.
➠ December 17, 2007
Review: Windows XP - Coding Sanity
“I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP”
➠ December 12, 2007
IronPython Studio
Free development environment for Python code under .NET. Will definitely be having an in-depth play with this soon.
➠ December 4, 2007
BBC NEWS | 'Kill switch' dropped from Vista
“Microsoft says its efforts have seen a drop in piracy of its software.” Alternatively, the fact that no-one *wants* Vista could be a factor.
➠ November 30, 2007
Dash Update deets revealed: DivX support, child account and Live ID problem fixed - Xbox 360 Fanboy
XBox 360 adds native DiVX playback. Between this, Rock Band and Space Giraffe, the XBox 360 is slowly tipping from “If someone gave me a free one, I’d sell it on eBay” (where the PS3 still lives) to “Hmmm… If I could pick up a cheap one….”
I’m not yet at a stage where I care enough to work out what the differences between all the different models are, though. Perfect example of the Paradox of Choice, there.
➠ October 23, 2007
Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities - Yahoo! News
“Vista has an aroma like [Windows] ME, and I am not interested in getting sick again.” Ooh, I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it’s pretty true. Vista and ME are not dissimilar in their not-worth-the-hassle-of-upgrading-ness.
➠ September 25, 2007
Bug in Excel 2007 - microsoft.public.excel | Google Groups
Wow — Calculations in Excel 2007 that come to 65,535 get displayed as 100,000. “Oops”
➠ September 21, 2007
Shell Blog : The UI design minefield - er... flower field??
The problems with cultural-sensitivity when you’re shipping something worldwide.
➠ September 4, 2007
Steven Poole - Goodbye, cruel Word
“Many people agree that revision 5.1a, specifically, was the best version of Word that Microsoft has ever shipped, combining utility and minimalist elegance with reliability. Sadly for me … I “upgraded” to Word 98, and somehow the magic was gone.”