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7. November 2008

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Ahhh…Friday nights are so the best when the only thing you have to do is watch last night’s episode of The Office.  Both the girls are at friends’ houses, John is at a birthday fete, and the best part?  I cleaned my entire house AND did all the laundry last night, so right now is [...]

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Where in the World is Windows Update Agent 5.8.02469?

7. November 2008

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Ha! Alas, those who choose not to regularly update their software got a rather nasty surprise when trying to install one of the latest versions of Windows Live Messenger. If you do not have your computer set for automatic updates, you may be one of the unfortunate souls who gets the message “You must install [...]

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It’s Official: Windows 7 Shipping Mid-2009 [Microsoft]

7. November 2008

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It’s Official: Windows 7 Shipping Mid-2009 [Microsoft] Posted on November 7th, 2008 by . Filed in windows 7, Microsoft, Windows, 7, shipping, Windows 7 release, Windows 7 ship. No comments yet. Be the first to comment! We’ve all sort of known that Windows 7 would be released in [...]

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ReaddleDocs 1.1.1 adds online file service support

7. November 2008

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Readdle has released a v1.1.1 update to ReaddleDocs, its file management application for iPhones and iPod touches. The software enables users to copy files to Apple handhelds, view them while mobile, and engage in limited sharing with others; the app is particularly focused on the concept of e-books. The updated software lets users copy over [...]

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How to install Silverlight tools without internet connection

7. November 2008

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Recently we underwent training for Microsoft Silverlight and we needed  to install Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008. We downloaded Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio installer and started installing but it halted on my machine as I don’t have internet connection availble on my machine. This was a problem because anybody who wants to do [...]

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ready to move.

7. November 2008

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I’ve given up on trying to resolve my issues with iTunes.  I spent several hours last night on the Apple Support Site, Google-ing, uninstalling and reinstalling…  nothing has worked.  And it’s not the iPod that’s the problem, either.  I’m not going to stress over it, because soon enough Tyler and I will reside under the [...]

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A move towards UI consistency in Windows 7

7. November 2008

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Once a subject of heated discussions, the native vs. cross-platform skinning has not been mentioned for quite some time in Swing blogosphere. While this post by no means aims to revive the dead ghosts, i saw something quite interesting in the PDC session on the Windows 7 Explorer. It looks like (at least in the [...]

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iPodTouched.net chosen to review iPod Touch/iPhone Software

7. November 2008

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We recently got a email from the WindSolutions team; an iPod/iPhone software development company. They have given the us the opportunity to test and review their new software. This is the email I got from them “At the moment we have two main softwares for copying and transferring iPod iPhone [...]

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WWL: 1 More Reason to Drink Orange Crush

7. November 2008

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Don’t worry, someone didn’t just fling dog shit onto your display, that’s actually Pepsi’s new logo. I can understand your confusion though. This is another shining example of corporate ignorance when it comes to design. Pepsi spent 5 months and over $1 million to come up with what looks like what a 5th grader created [...]

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Things get irritating when they’re repeated too often…

7. November 2008

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Oxford University today released a list of the Top Ten Most Irritating Phrases (read the article before continuing)… I admit, I am personally guilty- absolutely guilty- of using a number of these phrases quite often.  With all due respect to Oxford, however, if these phrases are used in fairly unique contexts, and not just [...]

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