For decades there was a religious war regarding what computer users should be doing with their hands when they weren’t typing. No, not that religious war (you cheeky monkey!), the one about the pointing device, which would allow a user to make gestures on the screen, and address parts of a graphic user interface. Before [...]
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Eek!
08Nov09The Fune: “It’s Really Hot!”
20Aug09I know some of these are cheap shots, but I had more than a few chuckles with this parody.
I particularly liked the monstrously bad user interface and industrial design, and how it mimics old ‘rotary’ phones.
When I lived in England, believe it or not, everybody had to be an amateur electrician. I’m really showing my age, but back in the mid 80’s there wasn’t a common universal plug throughout England, so you had to buy your plug separately from the ‘flex’ which they called the electrical cord. I’m serious. You [...]
