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Design Rants; a new weblog category…

Anyone who has read this weblog for a while knows that I occasionally harp at length about notable industrial design issues that I run into. Often, these turn into rants railing against really...

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Silly Aerus Lux 5500

We have an Aerus Lux 5500 canister vacuum cleaner. It “features” things like a bag full detector, temperature protection, etc… Unremarkable, but nothing to complain about. Has a fine particle filter on...

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Microsoft Word Ate A Bit Of My Soul

I’m expanding the Design Rants to include crappy software design. First up? Microsoft Word. Now, it may come as a surprise that I actually like Word. Or, at least, I did like word way back on my Mac...

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Coffee Stupidity

I drink coffee. A lot of coffee. While I certainly drink coffee for the caffeine content and will drink Folger’s drip if I have to (shudder), I like good coffee. Fresh roasted. Grind it myself. In...

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Dell Followup: Dell Responds!

Update: Dell site design folk are actively reading the comments on the original post to evaluate how to better improve the user experience. Neat. The whole “What the Dell?” design rant received quite a...

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Wii Shutting Off After a Few Minutes? Check the Fan.

Two years after the last time our Wii showed signs of death by thermal failure, the repaired Wii is once again succumbing from heat death. Now, the Wii will play fine for about 5 to 10 minutes and...

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