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Microsoft’s Offbase with Seinfield Commerical

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Microsofts efforts to compete against Apple’s library of commercials that poke fun at Vista and Microsoft operating systems, has fallen flat on its face. If you blink you miss the big punchline that you wait for to discover what the ad is for. If this was their best effort, then like their operating [...]

Metallica’s YouTube Insult

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Before any of you starting jumping up and down about it just being the “music”, settle! I happen to be an old fan of Metallica’s music (though I think the latest CD is somewhat lacking).
However, like other fans I was somewhat disappointed at them tearing away at Napster like a dog with a bone. [...]

The Cesspool of Cyber Society

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

“Bullshit and hysteria have a long and proud history on the internet, one that should never be under-estimated”
I read this quote today in a forum & after being dragged through the anal cavity of the Web today, it has to be the most refreshing statement I have heard for eons!
Dodgy SEO’s, incompetent web designers, and [...]

Accessible & Usable websites in 2007!

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

I would hope that most people by now are aware of accessibility & usability when it comes to websites, but there still are some shockers out there that come no where near obtaining it!
Personally, I would even appreciate designers at least designing so it doesn’t crash in my default browser (Firefox). I never use IE [...]