OddThinking

The Rational 1000 supplied a level of control over the clipboard, cursor position and windows layout that I still miss today.

Google have announced Google Pack.

I was expecting an initial list of software at least twice as long!

The most astonishing part of the GUI greeted you before you had even logged on: the keyboard template attached to the keyboard.

Like an adept Tekken player, I could kick buggy code’s arse with kung fu debug combos that the code was never expecting.

Julian tries not to get teary-eyed, as he gets nostalgic about a development environment?!

At its heart it’s a simple concept. Every type of sound that your computer makes is mapped onto a tree.

If you believe the hype, RSS (including Atom) feeds are the greatest thing since sliced bread. I think they are great, but they still have a lot to learn from sliced bread! RSS still needs the same sort of benefits of increased usability and standardisation that sliced bread brought to bread-making and toasting.

“I want a digital camera!” Mel exclaimed, “Tell me what type should I get?” It was mid-2001, and digital camera were just starting to boom.

I was doubtful. “I don’t think they are any good yet. Maybe in a couple of years…”

There’s a very good reason why I am not a fully-qualified Electronics Engineer. The reason is that electricity doesn’t work.

An Open Letter to the WordPress Architect about an issue that I have found.

I don’t mind the English language evolving; I just wish we could focus our attention…