Gestures in Windows 8

As Windows 8 is made for tablets in mind, Microsoft has implemented some gestures. As with anything else, when using Windows 8, these gestures becomes how you use the OS. You can also use most of these gestures, even if you don't have a touch screen for your Windows 8.

Slepyng Hound

Sleeping Dogs

Firefox: Rapid release cycles

New release cycle of Mozilla Firefox is driving me nuts.

Not First Hand

Not first hand

Downgrade Windows 8 to Windows 7

Did I get it right, people want to downgrade.

First Days: Acer Iconia W700 and Windows 8

Last Friday I got my highly anticipated W700 in the mail. I was existed to see that there was a tablet in the "wild" that might be able to be both a ultra portable, but at the same time have some juice. I could only get the version with Sandy Bridge i3 in Sweden, on Acer US website I could see a W700 with newer i3.

Metric in US, why not, really why not?

In Europe we have been using Metric for a while, even in UK they use some of the metric units. But in US everything has to be imperial.

Apple, what is next?

Didn't Steve Jobs say in some keynote "Who wants a stylus!".

Tears of Steel

Must say I have under estimated the power of Blender, part of the reasons can be that I don't have the patience to learn it.

Seven-inch Tablets

So far I had little trouble to come up with a real usage area for a 7" tablet.

Windows 8 and Clock

For couple of weeks I have been using Windows Server 2012, server version of Windows 8. As Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 got the same new Start Menu. The only difference I think is that Windows Server has the server apps while. And they have the same problems.

Problem Somewhere

"Huston we have a problem!" Wait maybe it should be "Microsoft we have a problem!"