This may amuse you. I went to type “Here are my comments” (something I do fairly frequently), but mis-typed it as “Here are me comments”. Word correctly identifies this as incorrect grammar, with a green line under “are”. Right click, accept the suggestion, and “Here am me comments” is deemed perfectly acceptable… 🙂
Even better, “I and I own comments here man” is also deemed fine!
I may explore this further – be afraid, be very afraid…
I’ve added a brief addendum to my piece on Virtual PC technologies. It turns out that VMware Player seems to be able to “fix” unreliable VMs. Microsoft’s lack of attention to compatibility has led me to a better product, and Continue reading →
Thursday, February 4, 2010 in
Thoughts on the World,
VMWare
How Microsoft have badly broken compatibility (again!) with Virtual PC and Windows 7 Continue reading →
Lessons for anyone contemplating a disruptive, rewrite from scratch, change to a software product Continue reading →
A recent post by Mike Johnston on The Online Photographer decried the frequent difficulty of quickly reviewing an online photo collection to understand the photographer’s interests and style, in order to decide whether to invest more time in studying the Continue reading →
Monday, January 11, 2010 in
Photography
For any of you labouring under the myth that new computer hardware is smaller than old, please meet my new “mini” desktop! 🙂 If you’re struggling with scale, the monitor is 24″. And what’s really scary is that this is Continue reading →
I’ve just published some of my photos from my trip to the Venice Carnevale 2009. There are some more scenery and miscellaneous shots to follow, but if you like pictures of pretty ladies in striking costumes, look here. Continue reading →
Saturday, June 20, 2009 in
Photography
Observations on the stupid “anti-photography” laws introduced in Britain in February 2009 Continue reading →
Apologies for the state of the website over the last week – a problem with the hosting server. I seem to have worked around it for now, so thanks for your patience and those who alerted me to the problem. Continue reading →