Month: August 2005

Dear Microsoft: F Lock sucks!

Posted on August 28, 2005 by ericgharrison

I’ve complained about this before, but it just bit me again.  The implementation of the F Lock key on newer Microsoft keyboards is a user interface design gaff of massive proportions.  We have 20 years of people learning how to use function keys, and in one fell swoop, MS decides to change the way everything […]

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Symantec Ghost 9 experience – good!

Posted on August 23, 2005 by ericgharrison

Last Friday my Windows Media Center 2005 PC started refusing to display live tv, or record any tv.  The error message was that the data rate from the cable box was too low.  Well, after many reboots, shutting the system down to let it cool off, unplugging the cable box, etc, I decided that perhaps […]

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The TicketWeb Privacy Policy

Posted on August 22, 2005 by ericgharrison

So, you’ve decided to buy tickets for some event over the Internet.  Think that when you opt out of receiving a ton of spam, you’re actually opting out?   Take a look at the "Privacy" Policy on TicketWeb.com: Regardless of whether you elect to receive emails from TicketWeb, by purchasing a ticket to an event, […]

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The moon landings were faked!

Posted on August 14, 2005 by ericgharrison

I first saw this site years ago and lost it.  I’m putting it in here so I don’t lose it again.   Examine each picture in each panel very carefully for all the gory details…

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Places to get desktop wallpaper images…

Posted on August 12, 2005 by ericgharrison

VladStudio and of course Digital Blasphemy.   There are a million other places of course, but these are the two that come to mind, and that I don’t want to lose.  If you’ve got a good source, please add a comment, and I’ll extend the posting.  

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I bet Cisco wishes they had just fixed the problem…

Posted on August 4, 2005 by ericgharrison

This is a good read.  I hope that everything works out well for Mike Lynn.  He had a lot of courage to quit his job and risk legal hell to do what he felt was the right thing.

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