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Is Microsoft worried about another download server crash on Tuesday?

“So you don’t need rush to make sure you get your copy.  When you’re ready to download the RC, it’ll be waiting for you.”
That’s a cut-and-paste from Microsoft’s emailed announcement about the upcoming availability of the Windows 7 Release Candidate.  Apparently they’re worried that their servers — which I doubt are running OS X Server [...]

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I like more music NOW from "my day" than I did THEN

Anyone else?
I didn’t care much for a lot of the popular music in the 90s until recently. When I was living through it, I preferred 70s and 80s music.
Does that mean I’ll eventually LIKE the crap on the radio today? I doubt it.

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UPDATE: ReactOS

First I tried the “official” virtual machine provided by ReactOS.  Unfortunately, it worked like crap.   The graphics were terrible — like the driver for the video card wasn’t working at all — and it was just not a pleasant experience.  So, I downloaded the ISO image instead, and installed in as a brand [...]

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First look at ReactOS

I’m working on installing ReactOS in a VMware Fusion virtual machine this morning. It’s an interesting idea — a completely new operating system that is fully compatible with Windows XP — but I don’t give it much hope. They’ve been working on it for three or so years and it still has a [...]

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Beak – the latest Twitter client for the Mac

I’ve just downloaded the public beta of Beak. So far, I like a few things about it, but it doesn’t address all of the issues I raised in my previous post.
I like how most of the other clients minimize to the menu bar instead of the Dock; Beak does not. Also, while Beak [...]

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Trying out a few themes

What do you think of the new look?
I’m going through some WordPress themes to find one that fits the site, so be prepared for a few changes. Please let me know if you see one you like or not.

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