Monday, 31 December 2007
Where does the time go? Seems not long ago we were all excited about seeing the year odometer roll over to 2000, and now 2008 is already upon us.
Wherever you are, whatever you do, and whoever you do it with, may your life, actions, friends, and loved ones ring in the new year safely, and with that kind of joyous optimism a fresh year can bring.
If 2007 was good to you, may its daughter also be kind. If 2007 was harsh, may the approaching twelve months be less so.
And in that very small corner of the grand scheme of things where technology and PCs matter a little bit, thank you for reading The Small Wave in 2007. I hope you continue to visit through the coming annum (you’ll even have an extra day to do it!).
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Friday, 28 December 2007
Welcome to those of you who followed a link from my existing site to this potential new one.
This site is more traditional (you could say downright boring), but it required only easily allowable customization, and I haven’t messed with any HTML at all. That was important to me.
Any and all comments welcome.
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Friday, 28 December 2007
There is so much speculation about what form the next Apple “notebook” will take it makes for interesting reading. I think predicting Apple products (beyond product refreshes) is an effort in futility, so these aren’t predictions, they’re just my thoughts on the various forms being discussed and prognosticated.
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Monday, 24 December 2007
To all my readers, and those who may just stumble upon this site, I wish you the merriest of Christmases. May you find peace and joy throughout this holiday season.
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Friday, 14 December 2007
Joe Wilcox of Microsoft Watch took time off from his recent Apple-bashing to reflect on Vista. Joe previously stated that Vista is fine now; the problems you read about were early issues that have been fixed. But he provides no details for this assertion, and given the continued flow of negative Vista press it seems no one else received the “fixes” Joe imagined. Still, Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and others jumped on the bandwagon to declare Leopard the new Vista, though few actually believed the story.
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Thursday, 13 December 2007
On his blog, a software test engineer in Redmond had this ridiculous thing to say:
“I will say that if you are impressed by the “touch features” in the iPhone, you’ll be blown away by what’s coming in Windows 7.”
First, what’s with the phrase “touch features”? Did he think referring to it generically in quotes would minimize the iPhone’s interface? Come on, guy, say it with me: Multi-Touch. This is a bona-fide user interface with over 200 patents running on a successful, shipping hardware platform. It’s really silly (if not ignorant) to try blowing it off with the use of a quoted phrase.
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