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Feel the glory of a nineteenth century software installation experience

Today I booted my Windows XP virtual machine as usual. And as every time I boot Windows, there were many updates, each with its own myriad of wizards, eulas, popup balloons, and “Are you sure you want to do what you are trying to do?” dialog boxes. One of said updates was Java. This was [...]

Ubuntu seeping into popular culture

I just noticed this parody video “The Matrix Runs on Windows” at college humor. Besides being absolutely hilarious, it was surprising to see Ubuntu mentioned in there. And they even pronounce it correctly.
I just wanted to point this out because it is yet another example (albeit small one) of Ubuntu in popular culture. We must [...]

Prior Art on Office 12 Ribbon

I remember noticing this several months ago. I decided to post it because I have not seen anyone else point it out.

The Office 12 Ribbon is Microsoft’s hot new UI design. They even set up a special web page where you can get a license to use their Ribbon. They even require you to implement [...]