Entries in Windows (4)

Tuesday
Jan202009

BSOD Easter Egg in Mac OSX

BSOD - IconI can't believe I never noticed this before! I was just on my Mac, browsing through the machines connected to my home LAN, when I realized that Mac's icon for a Windows machine is the BSOD!

Kudos, Apple! You have made my morning.


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Sunday
Oct122008

Rants About Software by Bill Gates

[Originally published 06/25/08]

While perusing the Internet, I came across an email that Bill Gates wrote back in January 2003. I did some searching and the email seems to be legit, so read on, it's hilarious.

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Saturday
Oct112008

DOOM is Evil!

DOOM - Logo[Originally published 05/17/08]

I've always been one to defend violent video games. I always viewed them as harmless fun. I now must retract such statements. Apparently Jack Thompson is right. These games are pure evil and I have proof!

We all know that DOOM is all about killing hell spawns. Little did we know, however, that DOOM is in fact a spawn from Hell itself! Nevermind the graphic violence or the metal soundtrack presented to the player. DOOM's evil goes beyond the surface, into the mechanics of the application itself.

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Tuesday
Oct072008

8 Tips for Improving XP's Performance

[Originally published 04/10/07]

Every time I reinstall XP, one of the first things I do is a series of performance tweaks. Here are 8 tips that should help you get the best performance you can from XP. Whether you run XP Home or XP Professional, this short list of tips should work on your machine.

Before reading on, please understand that I am NOT responsible if you mess up your computer while following this guide. I see no reason why any of these tweaks should cause problems, but in the unlikely event that there is a problem, I cannot be held liable. Use this guide at your own risk.

That being said, let's move on...

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