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back on track

So, you’re not quite sure of what the hell “laziness” means? Let me google that for you…

Three things I hate about the iThingies

These apply to the iPhone and the iPod Touch. And I’m pissed. I hate to have it getting the time and date reset to something in the past (can’t find any pattern on the new date/time) everytime I drop it in the dock and sync. This happens when iTunes is left open when the computer [...]

best. xmas. musak. evah.

Tired of listening to Kenny G throwing up the usual Xmas tunes every single year? Gregorian chant is so last century. And the classics? The classics are boring. There’s an alternative for us enlightened ones. The 3rd edition of Santastic is out. 22 bizarre and unusually cool Xmas mashups and remixes. Here’s a sample from [...]

some thoughts on file explorers

This post is based on a usability rant I shared with Pedro which in turn ended up on one of his posts about the Mac Finder. My initial take on the subject was based on my daily use of Ubuntu (with Gnome as the default Desktop Environment) when compared to Windows (probably any flavour). Say [...]

Firefox não entra

Se eram precisas provas que alguns programadores e web designers precisam tirar rapidamente a cabeça de onde a tem enterrada, eis uma prova. Há já algum tempo que o webmail da IOL não funciona com Firefox. Fica-se ad aeternum a assistir a uma mensagem “A ler: Aguarde um momento por favor…”. Ver o email com [...]