Posted in Rant on Jan 4th, 2008
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/apple-invents-c.html
Apparently, Apple has “invented” some sort of killer technology for the iPhone, that lets you select something, “copy” it to an internal memory buffer, and then “paste” it somewhere else. They’re calling it the ClipBoard ™. What next, they’ll claim to have invented phones too? Maybe the color Yellow?
Of course, we expect that it will […]
Posted in Rant on Sep 2nd, 2007
I was playing with the new “flight simulator” feature in Google Earth 4.2 tonight. Great Fun! The kids loved it too. Finally, a use for that Microsoft Sidewinder joystick from the Church yard sale ($1.50)! I had fun buzzing my neighborhood, and of course, trying to navigate! It’s not as easy as you’d think.
As I […]
Posted in Rant, Defective Apps on Jul 16th, 2007
Update: Thanks to Jeremy, for letting us know about the fix available from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941282
Background: One of our users was having frequent clipboard disconnects. When asked to narrow it down, he found that every time he ran Windows Media Player 11, the clipboard connection dropped. Upon investigation, it seems that Windows Media Player 11 will distrupt […]
