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Re: life without IM

Fred — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:52:29 -0000

So, did it help? I, for my part, usually just don't answer if I have to work and somebody tries to bother me with non-urgent stuff. Instant messages, despite their name, don't need instant repies, after all.

Re: Parallels vs VMWare Fusion vs Crossover vs BootCamp

Fred — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:22 -0000

Regarding spreadsheets on OSX, have you ever given Neooffice/J a shot? Okay, it's Java, but on my Intel Mac it runs very snappy. Much better than the X11 port of OpenOffice, of course ;)

The experience with NeoOffice can only be overcome by a native OpenOffice port.

Re: microsoft & silverlight

Fred — Mon, 14 May 2007 04:14:52 -0000

Nicely written. Keep in mind though, what you call the "wrong war" is clearly the "right war" from Microsoft's POV. I remember Redmond woeing when Google bought Doubleclick, because it may create an internet monopoly of sorts. But Microsoft doesn't mind monopolies per se -- it only minds the ones that are not theirs. So them trying to push people into yet another proprietary solution isn't so surprising after all.

Re: might be over-caffeinated

Fred — Sat, 26 May 2007 09:23:42 -0000

I am just wondering, can adding zinc possibly make diet coke taste even worse? ;)

Re: Firefox share in busiest Internet countries

Fred — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:20:18 -0000

Looks like when it comes to Firefox usage, Germany rules :)

Re: A Picture’s Worth 100M Users???

Fred — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:22:01 -0000

Looks like Steve's reality distortion field has started to distort his own perception as well. The universe is probably going to implode soon.

Re: iPhone battery problem

Fred — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:03:12 -0000

Oh, isn't it fun to be an early adopter ;)

Hope it's nothing permanent, though.

Re: get together in London? Paris?

Fred — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:43:40 -0000

Oh, nice! I'd have time but getting home from Paris in the middle of the night seems complicated ;) Three-hour train rides for the win!

Re: To remove yourself from the Do Not Call list, press 1

Fred — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:30:56 -0000

Apparently, "not calling" has just become an interpretable term.

Re: welcome to the web, NYT

Fred — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:19:24 -0000

It is awesome how far back their newly opened archives go. Somewhere (don't remember where :( ) I saw somebody linking to an 1850-or-so NYT article.

Re: does this look right?

Fred — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:11:02 -0000

When you redo it, you should consider a serif font for the text blocks, because it makes it more easily readable.