Windows System Colors Chart Updated
A co-worker of mine was nice enough to update my Windows system color chart with the Royale theme from Windows XP Media Center Edition. You can find the updated chart at its original location. Thanks, Moneta!
A co-worker of mine was nice enough to update my Windows system color chart with the Royale theme from Windows XP Media Center Edition. You can find the updated chart at its original location. Thanks, Moneta!
I’ll be the first to admit it: I don’t know the first thing about drawing, and it never ceases to irritate me. For this reason, I was incredibly excited when I ran into Drawspace by way of Hillel Cooperman’s weblog, today. They cover everything f...
As this year draws to an end, I wanted to offer a few predictions for what I think 2007 will bring: Apple will release a new UI with Mac OS X 10.5 that is reminiscent of iTunes 7, and I will spend the rest of the year slagging it. ...
GQ has an article about Rahm Emmanuel, Illinois Congressman and one of the architects of the Democratic Party’s November triumph, and the state of histrionics the party elite found itself in during the waning weeks of the campaign: Rahm delivers a...
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I spoke too soon the other day when I complained about the Geek Squad’s new automated phone system. I received an email from Robert Stephens, the company’s founder, earlier today informing me that he had read my blog, and was indeed fixing the pro...
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I get a lot of email everyday. And by a lot, I mean that it totals into the thousands of items*. Seriously. Much of this is addressed to various internal mailing lists to which I subscribe, such as an Xbox Discussion alias, or Visual Studio UI dis...
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