Lite Side Archive, 2005
- Microsoft, Intel, and the back
ends of two horses, Dan Knight, 12.23. North American
railroad gauge is rooted in British tramways, which in turn were
based on English wagons, which had to run in the ruts created by
Roman chariots. Intel and Microsoft work the same way.
- Microsoft to drop Windows support,
refocus on core markets, 11.02. Microsoft to
give up on patching Windows, concentrate on Xbox and Office - even
port Microsoft Office to Linux.
- 50 things to do with a broken Dell
Optiplex computer, 11.02. Dell is taking a $300 million
charge to fix broken Optiplex computers. 50 suggestions for using a
broken Dell.
- What's a cartoonish poof doing in
an elegant user interface?, 10.19. Everything about the
Mac OS X interface is smooth, polished, and professional - except
for that 'toony 'poof' effect.
- Dueling patents: Microsoft vs.
Apple, 08.17. Microsoft claims a patent on the iPod's
interface, but Apple counters with a Blue Screen of Death
patent....
- Pundit decries unnecessary
complexity of Apple's multibutton Mighty Mouse, Jeff Adkins,
08.04. "Well designed software shouldn't need extra buttons,
right? Maybe Apple should reconsider...."
- Microsoft the ultimate pyramid
scheme?, 08.03. If you look at the way a pyramid scheme
works and compare it to the way Microsoft promotes their
product....
- Microsoft the ultimate pyramid
scheme?, 08.03. If you look at the way a pyramid scheme
works and compare it to the way Microsoft promotes their
product....
- HP drops iPod, voids
warranty, 08.02. "In a surprise development, HP dropped
their iPod."
- Oops, Vista already trademarked.
Suggestions for naming the next version of Windows, 07.26.
Microsoft has run into trademark issues with Windows Vista. The
Lite Side offers some alternatives.
- Return of the bumper snicker,
07.06. There are more viruses for Windows than miles on my
car.
- Apple + Intel spells the end of
western civilization, 06.15.
Once consumers realize that all the hype about PowerPC superiority
was a bunch of hooey, they will stop believing advertising
completely.
- Announcements you didn't expect at
WWDC, Jeff Adkins, 04.25. Apple's 3-button
mouse, first Mac adware/spyware development kit, OS X to be
Longhorn-compatible, and more.
- iPodictionary, Jeff Adkins,
04.18. Apple's iPod has lead to some interesting social
phenomena - and to their naming as well.
- The CEO and the Tiger, Jeff
Adkins, 04.14. The semi-barbaric CEO allows his subjects to
choose one of two doors. Behind one is a Tiger of great cunning,
behind the other....
- Beyond two button mice: Apple's
new iWalk input device to walk over competition, Jeff Adkins,
04.01. Handheld mice are so 20th century. Apple's innovative
new input device uses feet instead, allowing users to keep their
hands on the keyboard.
- Risk of meteorite impact
assessment for your Macintosh computer, Jeff Adkins,
03.31. Worried about a Mac virus? You may be in more danger
from meteorites than from viruses.
- Seven tips for buying an MP3
player, Dan Knight, 03.28. Microsoft knows what's best for
them, but their advice on buying an MP3 player might not be best
for you.
- Napster's math doesn't account for
the extinction factor, Jeff Adkins, 02.15. If Apple goes
extinct, you still have the music you bought. But if Napster goes
extinct, you have nothing to show for the money you've spent.
- The ultimate spam email, Dan
Knight, 02.10. Low rate mortgages, murdered chiefs,
international lotteries, cheating housewives, OEM software, online
meds and more form the backbone of today's perfect spam email.
- Dell's 'out of whack' memory
pricing scheme, Jeff Adkins, 02.08. Eschewing the concept
of one price for all, Dell offers different RAM prices to different
classes of buyers. Really.
- The GUI Fruits and the Dark Angel
of the Dell, Jeff Adkins, 01.20. The true tale of the
Gates of Greenbacks, the Angel of the Dell, and the Fruits of GUI
and of Music.
- 20 reasons the Mac mini will fail
and doom Apple, Dan Knight, 01.13. No mouse, no keyboard,
no monitor, no scrollwheel, no colors, too little software, and no
floppy are just a few of the reasons nobody will buy the Mac
mini.
- Apple to market 79¢ sMac,
Jeff Adkins, 01.07. "The sMac will be available in Snow White,
Golden Delicious, Sour Apple Green, Candy Apple Red, Mac-genta,
I've Got the Blues, and Steve Jobs' Mock Turtleneck Black."
- APOD, EPOD, iPod, oPod, uPod, yPod and
more, Jeff Adkins, 01.03. Apple is far from alone in
creating names that end with "POD".
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