Console gaming on Windows 10

I've been playing Minecraft Windows 10 edition. It works with keyboard/mouse/gamepad/touch. And connects to Xbox Live. This is what people wanted from Microsoft.

Windows 10 first impressions

I really like it. It's everything Windows 8 should have been.

The Cortana search bar doesn't work for me. It just open a web page to Bing. But I find myself using the Search box all the time. Initially, I thought it was a waste of precious TaskBar space.

Fate of horrible UI design

Today, I tried out Inbox by Gmail.  Just like the new Google Music UI, its just another clumsy software by Google.

Mark my words: Material design will have the same fate as Metro UI.

PS: the person who invented the Carousel UI metaphor should be punch in the balls/ovaries.  I'm looking at you Netflix.

"Eating our own Dogfood"

If I attempt to view an attachment image from Outlook.com, it asks me if I want to add it to Onedrive or download to my desktop.  I JUST WANT TO VIEW THE PICTURE!


Sometimes, it feels like the people at Microsoft don't actually use their own software.

More old stuff

An old Dell Inspiron 2200 running Plan 9 from Bell Labs.  No serial port to plug in my Honeywell mouse.

Gotta get that Ethernet port working.  Hard mode: Get WIFI operational.

Edit: the 44pins HDD is dead.  Boots when it feels like it.  :(

Old serial mouse

It's an Honeywell Opto-Mechanical serial mouse.  Let's just say that when laser/optical mouse came along, it was just more of the same.  Works great with Plan 9's Rio windowing system.  It was my mouse for a long time and was last hooked up to a Windows Home Server.

Missed opportunities

I'd love to have an Intel NUC running Avaton CPUs.

I must be the only one who wants one.  Or there isn't much of a market for micro-servers.

It's high time for Microsoft to admit it: their dotnet platform is a massive failure.  Everywhere it goes, it fails.

• Metro (Win8)
• Metro (WP7/8)
• Silverlight (cancelled)

There's a reason why Windows Explorer isn't a Universal App.

VM languages: How to make simple apps bloated.

There are no good Bluetooth mouse/keyboard/gamepad on the market.


The closet thing I have found for a Bluetooth mouse is the Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse.

It's got this Haptic touch crap.  And lacks mouse buttons 4 and 5.

OS/2 HPFS File-System Now Has TRIM Support On Linux

LOL


Link

Object-oriented programming is like herpes,
Sane people don't want it on their 'junk'.


dot.net is garbage
java is garbage.
C++ is garbage

Windows annoyances

• Windows handles bad clusters pretty bad.
• Can't put the users folder on another hard drive without a hack.

Google Play Books is broken.  Can't open most Epubs and PDFs.