Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Animusic and cogs: I know there's some similarity somewhere This Pipe Dream stuff is far more fun, say, than a new sub-version (as opposed to a new subversion—or maybe not) of Windows. This is what computers are for, not fiddling with new operating systems or manually formatting a word processing document. Check out the cogs post below this for another video that took as much patience and ingenuity as Pipe Dream, but of a different sort. The Windows link in the first graf was written by Peter Deegan and so was this. I would trust Deegan and Woody Leonhard with, well, with my computers. I would also kowtow to Fred Langa and you'll see why here, here and here. (Updated 24 July 2004: Woody Leonhard has joined forces—or something—with Brian Livingston, another wise head. Where was I? Oh, yes. The new combined newsletter's title is Windows Secrets Newsletter, and since Brian is the editor and Woody is a contributing editor, it appears to me that Woody sold, traded or gave his Woody's Windows Watch newsletters (and, so far, only the Windows newletter) to Brian. Except for the fact that I'll miss Woody and may even have to buy his books, there's nothing to worry about. We're all in good hands with Brian. Can you parse that sentence?) As for me, I'm not ready for Windows XP SP2 yet. I've just installed Microsoft Virtual PC so that I can test SP2 in a tightly enclosed space and not mess with the system I use every day. So hang in there. I'll get around to it. I think. And here  is the direct (deep) link to view that Animusic Pipe Dream movie that started this post. Oh, and William Safire, eat your heart out. I'll bet you have never written a graf with so many interruptors. 12:32:47 PM