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I Think Microsoft Gave Me Tourette’s
From Internet Explorers lack of web standards, to the OS stability and general usability, Windows has some work to do. I think it’s getting better, but I also think there is a long way to go.
Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
It has been said that ‘Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery’ which means that Microsoft loves Apple.
Microsoft Store in San Diego
This is the brand new Microsoft Store in San Diego, California. It looked like an Apple store on the outside and inside.
I guess if you want to succeed, you have to follow your competition right?
When Software FAILs Me.
Every now and then I get a nice message from software that just doesn’t make sense. Check out some of the recent FAILs I’ve gotten below.
Blogger FAIL - How can I be over 100% done and how can we have published more files that we have available?
Dreamweaver FAIL - If everything is complete, why do I have a progress bar?
Microsoft Office 2008 FAIL - I'm sure the issue is due to a floppy too. Wait, didn't those go out of style in the 90s?
Spotlight FAIL - Only 494,642 hours remaining!
Top 5 Reasons Why I Dropped Entourage 2008
I gave Entourage 2008 a go for a few weeks, but have since switched back to Thunderbird. It was really a lot of little things that just kept adding up.
Here are the top 5 reasons why I dropped Entourage 2008.
- No Hyperlink Support – You can’t link a few words in emails. This was one that really gets me. I’m always linking phrases to tutorials or additional resources so that people know what I’m talking about.
• Official Microsoft MVP Support Answer: This function is not available.
Entourage 2008 – Quite A Ride
We’ll I’ve been on Entourage 2008 for about three weeks now and the ride has had its ups and downs. I’m happy with Entourage for the most part, but it’s flaws are hard to ignore.
Things I love:
- Projects – Projects are cool in the fact that I can group emails together, file them away, yet have easy access to them. I need to dig into this more and use it.
- Full Calendar Support – No more Outlook meeting request issues or confusion. This was a big factor in changing to Entourage at work.
Syncing Google Calendar with Entourage 2008
Since I’ve made the switch from Thunderbird to Entourage 2008, one of my missing features is the ability to sync with Google calendar.
I tried using Plaxo, but they sync to your main Google calendar and not any others. This may work well if you only have one Google calendar to sync with, but that wasn’t my case.
I thought about some of the tools like Spanning Sync and gSync but Spanning says it doesn’t work right with Entourage and gSync doesn’t say anything. You’d think that since Entourage syncs with iCal, that it wouldn’t be that hard.
Goodbye Thunderbird, Hello Entourage 2008
I’ve been a big fan of Thunderbird for a while now, but I’m moving on. Entourage 2008 is calling my name at work and I’m listening. I’m a bit sad to say goodbye to Thunderbird, but yet excited at the same time. So why the switch?
One Week With My Microsoft 5000 Mouse
When my Mighty Mouse stopped scrolling down, I was sad. When I broke it trying to clean it, I was depressed. But now I have a Microsoft Wireless 5000 Laser mouse and I’m pretty happy once again.
I’ve never been a Microsoft Fan. I refuse to install Word or Excel on my iMac and, come to think of it, the I don’t have anything Microsoft installed. That was until I installed the Microsoft Mouse driver.
The Microsoft 5000 mouse is wireless, has five configurable buttons and a very nice scroll wheel that goes vertical and horizontal. For only $2, this thing rocks! That’s right, $2 on eBay.
Goodbye Mighty Mouse
I had complained that my Apple Mighty Mouse could no longer scroll down and now it’s dead.
I had taken it to the Apple store in hopes they’d help. Instead they sent me to YouTube to watch a video on how to clean the Mighty Mouse. Well, I tried to open the mouse and ended up killing it instead. 
The good news is I just got a new mouse on Ebay for $2 and I hope it’ll be nice.
It’s a Microsoft wireless laster 5000 mouse. Everyone says how good Microsoft mice are, so now I just have to wait for mine to arrive.
Help Save A Startup – Zooomr
One of my favorite startup companies is in need of help. Zooomr is a great photo sharing site much like Flickr or Photobucket. However, during a recent upgrade, they ran into major issues. Now they are in dire need of new database machines to get everything back online.
One can donate via the Zooomr homepage. Any amount is accepted. If you work for, or know someone at, a large company maybe you could see this as an opportunity to fund the startup or donate some hardware. 
