Christmas Present

Posted by cpbotha on September 24th, 2002 in · 1 Comment

If you want to buy me something, get me a laptop with one of these. Thanks, I appreciate it.

Good UI != Graphics?

Posted by cpbotha on September 23rd, 2002 in · 2 Comments

I tried out Ximian Evolution today…

Pragmatism

Posted by cpbotha on September 16th, 2002 in · 0 Comments

The man who is not a socialist at twenty has no heart, but if he is still a socialist at forty he has no head.
– Aristide Briand (1862 - 1932)

All operating systems suck

Posted by cpbotha on September 13th, 2002 in · 2 Comments

At least, all operating systems that I’ve worked with suck in some way or another. These are not minor quibbles, but major problems…

Happy me

Posted by cpbotha on September 11th, 2002 in · 0 Comments

As I was downloading OpenOffice for the wif last night, I couldn’t help noticing that it was coming down at a very respectable 110KByte/s via my home ADSL link…

Improve that UI

Posted by cpbotha on September 9th, 2002 in · 0 Comments

This guide to user interface differences between Winblows and Mac OS X (by Apple) should be consulted when you ever have to think about getting that UI perfect…