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My best worse experience with Tech in the last two years. XBOX Live.

April 2, 2008

When my XBOX live accounts work, I love XBOX live. I used to buy movies on it – before they banned my credit card for life just because it expired.
I love almost everything about my XBOX Live experience except for their support, which completely sucks, and is without doubt, the worse I have ever [...]

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This won’t help adoption of Microsoft Silverlight!

March 31, 2008

My brother sent me this screen shot, so of course I had to go digging around – I mean, this isn’t a phishing site!
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Below you can see a larger view of the "phishing site" warning.  I’ve seen this on a few sites before – but never on my own!
 
 
 
So [...]

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Silverlight Rehab

March 31, 2008

You don’t have to be a programmer to enjoy this video.  You just need a slightly warped sense of humor.  Like these Microsoft employees (err, and me, I suppose).
Anyway, this made me laugh.
Silverlight Rehab – You’re not alone
 
 
Trying Silverlight can lead to an addiction. We know this. But [...]

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Microsoft patent makes Plug-and-Play smarter – istartedsomething

March 22, 2008

Let’s see – Microsoft applied for their patent on March 20, 2008.  Mine, for virtually the same thing, was filed November 25, 2004.
Microsoft Patent Application.
My Patent Application.
I think I win.
 
The problem lies with device drivers. The device drivers which ship with each operating system release is only what is available at the time, so [...]

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