Archive for the ‘Depressing’ Category
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Me too.
While writing a JavaScript countdown timer the other day I ran into a very peculiar issue. Every time I refreshed the page, the countdown had 0 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds remaining, regardless of the current time, but it had the correct number of days.
To set the ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Today I had the strangest experience ever. My dentist decided I needed a root canal so I went to the endodontist to have the operation. They put a rubber dam around the tooth which was no fun because it covered my mouth, so my only breathing option was ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
I decided to give Google Chrome another chance today, hoping there would be an update to fix the scrolling issue I previously discovered.
The following steps produce the following error message—if you can call it that.
Using Google Chrome, navigate to http://www.google.com/chrome/
Click "Download Google ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
After much enthusiasm from the geeks at work about Google's new browser, Chrome, I decided to give it a shot. So far I'm impressed and depressed. Chrome's speed is almost unrivaled. Unfortunately, one of the most important features to me, scrolling, does not work properly.
I have a ...
Posted in Annoying, Bugs, Depressing, Google, IT, Reviews, Ridiculous, Software, Web Development | 11 Comments »
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Kara and I currently have GEICO insurance, but after I saw this Mrs. Butter-worth commercial today I am seriously considering switching.
This must be one of the world's worst commercials.
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Posted in Ads, Annoying, Depressing, Ridiculous | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
What? Creating a new new isn't useful to you, either?
Microsoft...after over 15 years of GUI OSs I would expect better from you. Guess I'm just insane to keep buying your software time after time and expecting different results.
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Posted in Annoying, Depressing, IT, Microsoft Vista, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology | No Comments »
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Me: Do I match?
Kara: Goodness no! You look like you're going to an old man running match. So if that was your intention you hit it dead on.
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Posted in Depressing, Humor, Quotes | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Mark pointed out a question on the Adobe AIR forums that consisted of a guy asking whether or not Windows 98 would ever be supported. Our follow-up conversation is as follows:
Jeremy: who uses windows 98 still?
Jeremy: that's 11 years old :p
Mark R: PLENTY of people still use win 95
Mark ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Depressing, Humor, Quotes, Ridiculous, Software, Technology | 1 Comment »
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with Windows Vista. From day one I've had problems using Windows Explorer to navigate the contents. Anytime I double-click on the drive it tells me to format the disc and asks for the disc label even if there is content on ...
Posted in Annoying, Customer Service, Depressing, IT, Ridiculous, Software, Technology | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
I upgraded my laptop hard drive from 160GB to 200GB. In the process I was left with a chunk of 40GB of unallocated space. For the past 4 months I've ignored this space because Windows Vista's built-in partition manager couldn't do anything with it due to Dell's crazy ...
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