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Category Archives: annoyances
Flash Is Being Abused
Not The Flash, the comicbook character, but the multimedia application used by too many damn web sites for their entire content. I don’t mind Flash if it’s used minimally, as a tool used to deliver content HTML can’t provide; but … Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, internet & computers
Tagged: flash application, gimmicks, multimedia application, splash screens, user interfaces
Turn-signals
A new category! Annoyances will contain short posts that describe things that annoy me and probably others. For example, I’m going to add the post about drive-throughs to this category. Send me any suggestions. First on the list: people whining … Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, personal
Drive-throughs
I read a Bill Bryson essay (from his collection Notes From a Big Country) about how Americans embrace “conveniences” that end up taking longer than before the “convenience” existed, like drive-throughs. I stop at one of the 600 Tim Hortons’ … Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, personal
Alarm Clocks
I hate alarm clocks; they either grind into your dreams, corrupting the bliss you thought you were in, or hover in your subconscious like a lion ready to pounce on its prey, keeping you (i.e. the prey) alert to its … Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, personal
