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daShould I buy "I'm going away" doughnuts for the four coworkers in my area?
Monday is semi-officially my last day, and I don't start in CS until the 28th. Although I'm not sure how I managed to swing it, I am fairly happy about two weeks unpaid vacation. What should I do in it? I might visit my folks, though I did just see them, and I don't want to leave dan without a car, since he is in fact NOT going to China next week.)
I've got the head-cold I got rid of before I went to NYC (three countries ago, four if you count home). It seems to have lodged partly in my ears this time, which just sucked yesterday on the plane. The ears are mostly OK now, as are my sinuses partly, but I'm feeling really slow. Bleh.
A last bit of suckiness: Windows, why do you do this?
Finding programs on your All Programs menu can become difficult if you have a lot of programs installed. When you install new programs, Microsoft Windows XP adds each new item to the end of the All Programs menu. You can, however, quickly sort the items on your All Programs menu in alphabetical order.
[three-click instructions to sort alphabetically]
That's it—your programs are instantly alphabetized. Enjoy your newly organized All Programs menu.
[... Y]ou'll probably need to go back periodically and sort the lists again, because Windows XP doesn't automatically keep the list in alphabetical order.
Gee, I can't think of any reason that would be useful- partly alpha, partly installation-order. And you can't go back to installation-order either, which could be useful. Talk about lazy UI design.
...Did I mention how happy I am that my next work computer's gonna be a Mac?
Monday is semi-officially my last day, and I don't start in CS until the 28th. Although I'm not sure how I managed to swing it, I am fairly happy about two weeks unpaid vacation. What should I do in it? I might visit my folks, though I did just see them, and I don't want to leave dan without a car, since he is in fact NOT going to China next week.)
I've got the head-cold I got rid of before I went to NYC (three countries ago, four if you count home). It seems to have lodged partly in my ears this time, which just sucked yesterday on the plane. The ears are mostly OK now, as are my sinuses partly, but I'm feeling really slow. Bleh.
A last bit of suckiness: Windows, why do you do this?
Finding programs on your All Programs menu can become difficult if you have a lot of programs installed. When you install new programs, Microsoft Windows XP adds each new item to the end of the All Programs menu. You can, however, quickly sort the items on your All Programs menu in alphabetical order.
[three-click instructions to sort alphabetically]
That's it—your programs are instantly alphabetized. Enjoy your newly organized All Programs menu.
[... Y]ou'll probably need to go back periodically and sort the lists again, because Windows XP doesn't automatically keep the list in alphabetical order.
Gee, I can't think of any reason that would be useful- partly alpha, partly installation-order. And you can't go back to installation-order either, which could be useful. Talk about lazy UI design.
...Did I mention how happy I am that my next work computer's gonna be a Mac?
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Date: Friday, 18 April 2008 02:54 pm (UTC)Yeah, don't get me started... That classic view is a good idea; I just found how to do that. On, like, the 2nd to last day I have to use this machine. ;)