☑ Choose a todo application

I’ve been looking for a way to manage my tasks for a few years now. I’ve tried web based approaches as well as desktop apps. After years of misery here is the current state of affairs.

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…”

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.

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:

None of your business

The other day I went to the bank with the intention of depositing money into my account. The most common difficulty when it comes to depositing money at the bank used to be the lack of it. Now it is the mandated small-talk by the bank tellers.

A long time ago, in a charity a phone call away

Another phone call from a charity. Another heart warming story. And a guy who gets the point.

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Roadworks

I’m a great supporter of demolishing old things and replacing them with new things. But some sense of planning would be nice.