Monthly Archives: February 2007
Peak vs. Pique
Here's another writing pet peeve -- when folks confuse peak (or peek), and pique. Here's an example of proper usage: I live in Denver, Colorado, so I have a lovely view of the mountain peaks when I look to the West, but my interest is piqued when I find a good book about world history. [...]
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Tell me about your tunes
I've put up a link to my "most recent" tracks on Last.fm. This is a bit faulty, since there's no way to track music I listen to on my home stereo (still a preferred method), via XM Radio in my car, and so forth... but it still captures a pretty good picture of what I [...]
Dear Google Reader devs...
You have managed to wean me off of other RSS readers, and I am totally hooked on the starring feature... when the hell are you going to enable search for my feeds?
I mean, you're Google, how the bleep does one of your products not have search???
Another PR waste of time... briefings for reviews
Part of my job is to review software and hardware, and the software I review falls into two categories: FOSS and proprietary software. Reviewing FOSS projects is usually a joy because there are not artificial hurdles between me and the review: Identify an interesting project, download the software, read the README and any other relevant [...]
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Five writing pet peeves
Some of the things that bug me, in no particular order:
Confusion of similar words like "they're," "there," and "their," or "your" and "you're." Is it truly that difficult to distinguish between words? I am referring to native English speakers here, I understand how they could be very difficult for non-native speakers.
The big pet peeve? Seeing [...]
Comcast Digital Voice, pt. 2
Okay, I asked a while back about the quality of Comcast Digital Voice, but didn't get much feedback at the time. Since then, I've seen a bit of interest in the topic, and I went ahead and got CDV in January, so I thought I'd comment on its quality.
Overall, it's OK, but I have noticed [...]
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KDE 4 moving along...