Signs of (material) love

There are many ways to mark a wedding anniversary. One might have a nice dinner, go on a holiday getaway, have heaps of sex or simply get a divorce. But in our consumer society that we are still trying to keep afloat, giving gifts is usually the best way to go. What to give of course depends on how long one has been together. After all, those expensive gifts need to be earned.

Microsoft’s Acid Reflux

Microsoft recently claimed, among other things, that they follow browser standards and that indications otherwise are only myths. Below are results from the ACID 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_3) tests I conducted with all browsers I happened to have, including Internet Explorer 8. I was surprised by the results, but I really should not have been.

The king is dead

Yes it is true. The king is dead. The king of pop that is. It was his ticker. It went pop. And the media has gone into meltdown. They are interviewing everyone. The guy who saw MJ cross the street in ‘84. The guy who cleaned the toilet when Mike went for a pee in ‘87. Also, the dog who sniffed the pavement that Jacko walked on in ‘93. The most exciting part of the media coverage for me are the words “and in other news…”

The Happy Grand Adventure

It has been a while since the last set of trip posts. So here is one straight from the plane on the way to happy San Francisco. More will follow from Phoenix as well as the Grand Canyon.

ArseTech: With support like that, I’d rather be on my own

After more than a decade, I bought a new computer game. I unpacked it. I installed it. The game didn’t start. I was able to fix the game, but the IT support at EA Games is permanently kaputt.

Lost for tweets II – Gone completely

Well there you have it. I was just trying to inform my large following about further exciting things in my exciting life, when twitter.com died completely.

ArseTech

My expectation of technology is very simple – it must work. If I buy a computer, I want the computer to work. I shouldn’t be forced to use my IT knowledge just to get it to start. If a mechanic buys a new car, the car should work fine and it’s working should not depend on whether the owner is a car mechanic. It would be unacceptable if the car were to break down the next day. Further it would be even more unacceptable to expect the mechanic to fix the issues, just because he knows how to.

Yet when it comes to computers people accept that they will not be reliable and are happy to tolerate very shitty products. Well I have no intention to put up with that sort of attitude. So I will start to include product reviews on my blog.

Now a website like arstechnica is pretty useful when it comes to news and reviews. I don’t really want to compete with them. I just want to rant about things that shit me. And I will call my tech review rants ArseTech.

Lost for tweets

Just as I was trying to share some exciting aspect of my life in 140 characters or less I got to see this:

Love not war, but religion above all

The recent barrage of religious nonsense is brought to us by Islam. Though not to say that the other religions were sensible in the meantime.

Other people on … religion

A quick view to see what other intelligent people think of religion.