Author: Glenn Batuyong
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Microsoft CEO and engineers called in to exorcise Windows
To illustrate how badly Microsoft Windows is designed, Australian IT magazine has a humorous article regarding Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's troubleshooting session for a friend. Apparently Ballmer was attending a wedding and the bride's father had asked him to troubleshoot his Windows PC at home. Of course, Ballmer volunteered to check it out because he…
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Postfix Goofiness and Temporary Workaround
Many distributions of Mac OS X come with Postfix installed, which make for great mail servers. However, Apple added a new twist to its UNIX backend with the addition of its own pseudo-replacement for cron, called launchd. This causes a minor, yet fatal error with Postfix on Tiger. If you use the preinstalled Postfix or…
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The pitfalls of web design using GUI editors
This is a touchy subject for some because there is a valid argument in support of GUI apps for web development (emphasis by me). Some people say that designers should use the GUI solely and that allows them the freedom to create unhindered. The other side of that argument are the support and programming issues.…