I know I usually blog about Windows Live, but this Facebook tip is too good not to share. Besides, now that Windows Live and Facebook are feeling the love, it seems totally apropos to have some fun. You may be aware that, like a number of sites and services, you can customize the language that …
White and nerdy
Following yesterday’s dissertation on Word macros, here’s a short one, just to keep it real. From Weird Al’s album Straight Outta Lynwood, here’s the video for “White and Nerdy” (apologies to Chamillionaire’s original video for “Ridin’”, but it’s better if you’re familiar with the original first). White and Nerdy This kind of fast-paced rap and sharp, …
Word to your mother
I’m quite interested in Windows Live lately, but I’m actually a Microsoft Office junkie from way back. Yes, Office is a bloated hog of a software suite for most casual users’ needs (akin to using a sledgehammer to swat a fly). The new ribbon interface makes us all feel like we have to learn how …
Have it your way
When Windows Live “wave 3” launched in December, its popular photo-sharing service was relocated from the flagging Spaces service to a shiny new home within SkyDrive. It was definitely a good move, considering that SkyDrive offers each user a whopping 25 GB of online storage space, p rovides a myriad of permission configuration options, and …
Reach for the sky
By now, you’ve probably all heard about Microsoft’s plans to drag us all kicking and screaming into cloud computing. Every aspect of our digital lives is moving ever closer to their massive array of super-computers and amorphous online storage. We exchange email using web-based accounts, store our cherished photos online, share our favorite websites on …
Portmanteau o’ the day
Blackhole (n): A BlackBerry™ user who acts like a complete asshole by incessantly fiddling with his or her device at inopportune moments, including meetings, seminars, weddings, funerals, and intimate relations. Blackholes are characterized by near-sightedness, sensitivity to vibration, callused thumbs, and a complete disregard for people around them. See also, CrackBerry addict. This word may …
Éirinn go Brách!
It’s St. Patrick’s Day (at least for a few more hours), so you get an Irish-themed top 5 list to help remind us why we love to celebrate this glorious holiday. Enjoy! Vomiting in a public toilet is far less humiliating when everyone is doing it too. College kids have so few opportunities to binge …
Calling all A/V geeks…
I have a dream. It’s not a big world-changing kind of dream but one that hopefully will make my life a bit simpler. My dream is to ditch DivX-encoded AVI in favor of something that Vista Media Center hates slightly less, namely Windows Media Video. Please don’t judge me, I'm just tired of fighting with …
Reboot
This is my open letter to Redmond, my Jerry Maguire, if you will. I’ve been a huge Microsoft fan and advocate for the past 15 years, and I’ve seen their product line evolve from the early days of DOS, through various incarnations of Windows and Office, and now onward to software+services. I’ve taught people to …
Greg is now compatible with your iPod Zune
I recently had the honor of participating with Microsoft’s own Marcus in my first-ever podcast. For those of you who don’t know Marcus, he’s the community manager for Windows Live, and he keeps all of us WL enthusiasts connected and sharing our experiences, ideas, and occasional gripes surrounding the burgeoning social networking platform. In addition …
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