LeapFrog: My Own Leaptop
I hate the crapware that comes with modern toys. They try to make it seem like they're doing you a favor. They try to make it seem like it's going to make the toy better. But in fact it's just rubbish. It's poorly written and adds minimal value.
Touching my junk, privacy and all that
There has been a lot of backlash against the advanced imaging technology, and a lot of ink spilled both in favor and against, including an article suggesting that the technology might be unconstitutional. Given how invasive both the pictures and the pat-downs are, my favorite comment came from my wife who remarked "Security theatre now has an R rating."
Case sensitive filesystems: The bane of Mac OS X
I now have a variety of applications that are incompatible with Mac OS X because I chose to install a case-sensitive filesystem 3 years ago when I got my Mac. Yes. THREE YEARS AGO. It has been possible to have a case sensitive filesystem (i.e., where files named READme, ReAdMe, and readme are all different files) for many years. Several major software vendors have been completely caught by this and failed to (a) account for it during development, (b) account for it in testing, or (c) provide any kind of solution.
The vendors that give me grief right now are:
- Logitech (Harmony Remote manager)
- Red Marble Games (Democracy 2)
- Adobe (Acrobat 9)
Now what really burns me up is that I just upgraded to Acrobat 9 from Acrobat 7 on Mac OS, and Acrobat 7 WORKED on a case-sensitive filesystem. It's a regression!