Thu 25 Oct 2007
Why, oh why, must web companies force us into their latest and greatest crap? This morning I fire up my computer, and as usual iceweasel opens automatically to my home page of my.yahoo.com. What do I get?
Hmm... your browser is not officially supported.By the way, I am still using the old yahoo mail, because the new one is such a blasted resource hog/outlook clone. If I wanted outlook, I'd use outlook, OK? I don't want a big email client in my dang browser.We recommend that you download a supported browser.
Download a supported browser for free by clicking one of the links below:
* Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (Windows)
* Firefox 1.5 or higher (Windows and Mac)
* Safari 2.0+ (Mac)
Of course, if you're a regular reader of this blog (hah, poor you) then you know that list of "supported browsers" is likely to throw me into conniptions, anyway; I'm sure you've noticed that there are no browsers supported in Linux. "Firefox 1.5 or higher (Windows and Mac)"
Anyway, just want to vent some irritation. I like the last caveat, too:
You can proceed to the My Yahoo! Beta. However, please note that we cannot provide technical support for your browser.Yeah, like yahoo is so outstanding with their technical support already -- not that I blame them, it's free for crying out loud, why should people expect tech support? I know, I know -- because people are idiots, that's why.
Posted in the morning, after first booting up [ /computers ]
Boy, talk about a generic blog. What can I say, I'm not a design guy. My brother says he'll design a template for me if I want...
These are the sites that I read the most:
News
instapundit (like many, many
other people)
Google News
reddit
OK, OK, so I'm biased. Big deal.
Highbrow
Arts & Letters Daily
Lowbrow
Fark
The best dang writing on the web, period. (At least it was, when I
set up this blog 4 years ago.)
Lileks
(especially the Bleat)
Eject! Eject! Eject!
Humor
Dave Barry
Tim Blair
Worse Than Failure
Legal Stuff
How Appealing
Balkin (when I want to get mad)
Volokh & Co. (I like Phillipe the best) (where did he go, anyway?)
Lessig
Some Harvard graduate who happens to be totally hilarious.
Other interesting political commentary
Amygdala
Colby Cosh
Impromptus
(and what happened to him, too?)
Best of the Web
Baseball stuff
Neyer
Hunt
(What the heck happened to him, anyway?)
Viva El Birdos
Sites
I used to read all the time, but rarely visit anymore
Slashdot
Yahoo Money
Ubid
Andrew Sullivan
New York Press
Marvelous ways to waste an afternoon
Travels with Samantha (rated PG-13)
The Institute of
Official Cheer
The Fabulous Ruins of
Detroit
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
The Tolkien Sarcasm Page
Wikipedia's BJAODN
Contact
me here
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