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Special ring of hell : PC manufacturers that do dumb things
I have recently changed jobs, and as part of my standard kit when I joined was a brand new HP Elitebook 8460p. Not a bad system, a pretty peppy Intel Core i5, and a Sandy Bridge chipset. It came with 4G of Ram, and our standard Win 7 x64 image. SH…
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Hardware woes
As a Product Manager for a scientific instrument, part of our system is a “controller”. This is nothing more than asimple PC that can run our software and doesn’t have any conflicts with our system. Recently, the system we used went end of sales (…
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Bad start to Monday
I know that Windoes 7 can be ultra stable and reliable. I have used it for mor than 2 years, and it was rock solid. Now I know that it can be made to be unreliable, unstable, and glitchy. Where I work, there are all kinds of additions. Full disk e…
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Senseless Regulations
I rarely complain about regulations. I know that many, if not most of them are really for the best. We know what happens when there isn’t any oversight at all. But once in a while, I have a real WTF moment. RoHS, or Reduction of Hazardous Substanc…
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Bad UI of the week: VMWare’s “my.vmware.com”
Continuing on the theme of bad UI, this week’s hall of shame goes to VMWare. Sad, because they used to “get it”, or so it seemed to me. Background: I have long been a VMWare user. I have (purchased) a license for Workstation and Fusion, the deskto…
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Secure communications
So, I have recently taken a new job (it is a kick ass place to work too), and have moved. In the process of buying a house, a lot of sensitive infomation is exchanged. Particularly around the documentation required for a home loan. Email has becom…
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Things that drive a “car guy” crazy
I am a tech head, and I do have a thing for cars. I drive a pretty sweet Honda S2000, and I have ridden performance motorcycles for most of my life. So I know a thing or two about a well running car. This morning, while walking my dogs, I walked b…
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UX, an example of lousy design and usability
While I am no longer in a realm that has to integrate with MFP (multi-function peripherals), I now use them more than ever. For the record, I am talking about the upper end HP office printer/scanner/facsimile machines. The ones that integrate with…