Edward Thomson

Engadget has an article on how to remove the Windows BSOD icon in 10.5. They seem to think that removing it is a good idea - since it's "so pompous and galling".

I call shenanigans. Pompous? Maybe. Galling? Give me a break.

It's true, Microsoft would never do something like this. Mostly because Microsoft cares precious little about interoperability with other network filesystems. CIFS is good enough for everybody - how's that for smug?

I suggest ignoring the whiners and embracing the BSOD icon. And then take it a step further: install xscreensaver and use the BSOD screensaver. Then smile when people tell you "there's something wrong with your computer!"

Sorry for the late notice, but if you're free on Wednesday evening, this might be interesting.

Teamprise was invited to present at this month's Chicago VSTS Users Group to discuss using TFS from within the Eclipse IDE and from non-Microsoft platforms. I'm excited to make a fool of myself speaking in public (and excited to learn that a VSTS Users Group exists in Chicago.)

I'll be speaking with David Dugan who's a Senior Consultant for Sogeti. David will be discussing accessing TFS from older versions of Visual Studio.

Maybe I'll see you there!

A lot's been made of the various frustrations that go along with running Windows Vista. I won't rehash them, mostly because I'm not able to. My frustration is with installing the damnable Operating System:

Perhaps this dialog doesn't look particularly strange, until you realize that the install disc only included four CD images:

(This was the MSDN install for Vista.)