Not putting up with that bad software
A list of companies that shouldn’t be allowed to unleash their software on the market.
How much do you need to know about computers and software to say what is good or bad?I think a frequent user, anyone who has tried out a lot of programs, is qualified to comment although this guy has the advantage of professional knowledge and can tell us what is so annoying about them.He names Sony’s SonicStage as one of the worst pieces of software ever written.
(Personally I found it so bad I stopped using Sony products after buying two that depended on this dud)He has interesting things to say about ISPs, Nokia and others too, and claims McAfee is useless and Symantec sells a false sense of security.He likens the Yahoo toolbar to AIDS (agreed there too).So now I’d love to see his verdict on StumbleUpon, Mk IV.
Not to know what he thinks of it so much as how juicily he will disparage it.
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory,
like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
Garrison Keillor
In this queer fashion we can also celebrate the birthday of Frank Zappa, a unique musical genius who left us far too soon:
Frank Zappa, Dec. 21, 1940 - 1993 (prostate cancer)
Photo: Musician Frank Zappa (R) w. parents: Francis and Rosemary in Frank’s home, Los Angeles, CA, US - 1970
Dig that colour on Zapp’s walls!
Photographer: John Olson
‘We’ve All Lost Our Way Trying To Feel Good’
Contemporary African Art Since 1980: exclusive image gallery
Bookmarked!
Actually when I say bookmarked what I’ve been doing for months now is “saving to insta” — Instapaper, which is a brilliant Tumblr innovation.
Staffer Marco Arment set it up as a means of saving sites for a later read with one click, and it can be used independent of Tumblr; you only need to download a bookmarklet to your browser. With forward reading saved there — and past reading also retained in an archive — you can access it again on a different hook-up or at a better time. And Insta was designed with the iPhone in mind, as was Tumblr in general.
(via invaderxan: physicsphysics)
“EVEN BACTERIA GET LONELY”
Apparently bacteria communicate with each other via chemical messaging. But if they find that their chemical messages are bouncing back unreceived, they know they must be trapped alone behind walls (possibly being consumed by a macrophage). At this point they “panic” and turn on genes to release corrosive chemicals to bore their way to freedom. (See the Discovery article)
Having hated science at school, I totally get the bit about boring their way to freedom.
But paradoxically, and I’m sure there is a more impressive physics term I could use here, the Jollilama makes the whole subject of science quite riveting.
The author’s longer posts stored here reveal a smart mind and enviable word skills, though I’ve had to save that one for later apart from a quick scan.
Trying to keep up with these Tumblelogs
http://counterfeitredhead.tumblr.com/ http://www.davidslog.com/ http://handa.tumblr.com/ http://msg.tumblr.com/ http://countryboylife.tumblr.com/ http://thisisnthappiness.com/ http://simurai.com/ http://i12bent.tumblr.com/ http://mini.cocolacoquette.com/ http://kevinnuut.com/ http://spaceships.tumblr.com/ http://originalface.tumblr.com/ http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/ http://www.steelopus.com/ http://repetitivebrain.tumblr.com/ http://trixietreats.tumblr.com/ http://theaccounts.tumblr.com/ http://maorinette.tumblr.com/ http://eyetwitch.tumblr.com/ http://tumblr.9gag.com/ http://concoctions.tumblr.com/ http://printedandbound.tumblr.com/ http://fuckyeahladygaga.tumblr.com/ http://booklover.tumblr.com/ http://xineann.tumblr.com/ http://computereze.tumblr.com/ http://carnivalofsorts.tumblr.com/ http://eversonpoe.tumblr.com/ http://movielove.tumblr.com/ http://ecstasyofentropy.tumblr.com/ http://art-attack.tumblr.com/ http://awesomefaces.tumblr.com/ http://awesomedesign.tumblr.com/ http://awesomespaces.tumblr.com/ http://travelhighlights.tumblr.com/ http://insidemyfort.tumblr.com/ http://justjori.tumblr.com/ http://rrrick.tumblr.com/ http://jollilama.tumblr.com/ http://proust73.tumblr.com/ http://dothereject.tumblr.com/ http://alice44.tumblr.com/ http://imall4frogs.tumblr.com/ http://cloggo.tumblr.com/
http://tindink.tumblr.com/ http://peciacake.tumblr.com/ http://empress737700.tumblr.com/ http://overthetrail.tumblr.com/ http://lori-rocks.tumblr.com/ http://mesalina.tumblr.com/ http://dangel799.tumblr.com/ http://tapwaterjackson.tumblr.com/ http://melancohol.tumblr.com/ http://luceplace.tumblr.com/ http://ideefixedujour.tumblr.com/ http://shadowsandfog.tumblr.com/ http://stumbot.tumblr.com/ http://sitasays.tumblr.com/ http://eclecticus.tumblr.com/ http://foresthippy.tumblr.com/ http://serina.tumblr.com/ http://elledark.tumblr.com/ http://onetwotwee.tumblr.com/ http://llbwwb.tumblr.com/ http://missarsenic.tumblr.com/ http://industrialwaste.tumblr.com/ http://quixote.tumblr.com/ http://tumblr.infinite8horizon.com/ http://thejourneysthedestination.tumblr.com/ http://3wings.tumblr.com/ http://ilikeyourplanet.tumblr.com/ http://mykey-one.tumblr.com/ http://yobaba.tumblr.com/ http://toobytoo.tumblr.com/ http://eyeheartpoppies.tumblr.com/ http://stumblers2tumblrs.tumblr.com/ http://joost5.tumblr.com/ http://onestonedcrow.tumblr.com/ http://kiribird.tumblr.com/ http://unusualname.tumblr.infinite8horizon.com/ http://megellen.tumblr.com/ http://aliasinkhorn.tumblr.com/ http://observereffect.tumblr.infinite8horizon.com/ http://swimthewarmwaters.tumblr.infinite8horizon.com/ http://neilwykes.tumblr.com/ http://frenchtwist.tumblr.com/ http://annie52.tumblr.com/ http://imonlysleeping.tumblr.com/ http://sumerr.tumblr.com/ http://pjocall.tumblr.com/ http://master-li.tumblr.com/
3.38 minutes of pure heaven.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve played this
and can’t see myself stopping any time soon.
(Playing it, or telling you)
That’s what it does to me!



