The issues I’m experiencing with the Windows 8 Release Preview

I’m not going to write them all out here, but you can view my post on the Microsoft Tribe forum on the Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/7/3142780/is-anyone-else-having-these-problems-with-the-winows-8-release-preview

See the comments for a freezing workaround – I followed the instructions about 3 minutes ago and haven’t experienced freezing yet, so it seems to work!

Have you been experiencing any of these problems?

Computer Updates – One way or another you’re trapped (via The Change Revolution)

Just read the post below. Do you agree?

Courtesy: In Web We Trust … Read More

via The Change Revolution

Taking apart a hard drive

…is not like you may expect. Well, you might expect it to look like it does inside, but it still ‘wows’ you. At least it did for me.

The hard drive that was taken apart was a very old 40MB hdd. And it took at lot of work to actually get it open. But once it was open the disk was revealed. It was like a CD. And it was shiny.

I recommend you all find an old hard drive today and you take it apart. You can learn a lot. BUT:

• Make sure it is old (otherwise the warranty will become void)
• Make sure it’s small (don’t take apart your brand new shiny 2TB hard drive – it won’t be working afterwards)
• Don’t touch the disk

Happy hard-drive destroying!

A hard drive

Comic Sans (via Matthew Smith)

This post from another blog is talking about the font Comic Sans, and that it is a “horrible font”. I personally don’t think it really is that bad, but I don’t use it often. As the author correctly points out, it looks like bad handwriting yet is used for things like company logos.

The font is included in Microsoft Word and a lot of other word processing programs (in non-techy language: basically a program on your computer that you type on and print), along with a lot of other fonts. What I am wondering is why complain about this font? I mean, there are a lot of fonts out there, and a lot of them are quite horrible and you would never see me use them. Out of all the fonts in Word 2010, this wouldn’t be at the bottom of the list.

What do you think about the font Comic Sans? Do you like it, hate it, or in-between? Do you ever use it? Discuss in the comments, and don’t forget to like the post.

I have never been a fan of Comic Sans, but it was not until today that I found that there was an entire web-based movement to eliminate its improper use. Sites such as Ban Comic Sans and Comic Sans Criminal are determined to dissuade people from using the simply horrible font, and rightly so. The typeface looks like the handwriting of a seven year-old child, and it is for this reason precisely that it simply screams, “Amateur!” when used in any k … Read More

via Matthew Smith

MobileMe Mail vs. Yahoo! Mail

First of all, let me get this fact straight. I don’t actually use either of these services. I know that makes I really good review for each of them (not!), but the reason I don’t use them is because none of them are quite as good as the service I use – Windows Live Hotmail (www.hotmail.com). In my opinion. Now, on with the comparison…

MobileMe Mail

• MobileMe Mail is part of the Apple MobileMe suite of internet applications (the service was originally called iTools, then named .Mac – dot mac).
• It costs!! Different prices for family and single accounts
• Free trial version available
• 20GB (at the time of writing) combined storage for docs, photos, email etc.
• Reasonable features
• Works really well with Apple Macs, iPhones, and iPads
• www.me.com

Yahoo! Mail

• Reasonable features
• Free (basic version)
• Costs (for Yahoo! Mail Plus)
• Doesn’t work with most email desktop applications (only Yahoo! Mail Plus works with them)
• Unlimited storage
• Account deactivation after a certain period of time (free version only)
• Ads (free version only)
• www.ymail.com

As I said earlier, I much prefer Windows Live Hotmail out of all the email services. But out of these two… well, they both have their own good things and bad things. However, I think Yahoo! Mail just wins. Is it worth getting the Plus version for use with desktop email apps? It depends whether you use them or not. Bear in mind the free version may not work with phone email apps. Happy emailing!