Fail ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Evernote you are dead to me

Oct

2013

I’ve used evernote for years. I’ve loved having my notes everywhere, on every device. They’ve had great coverage of devices. Their UI is a little long in the tooth but still I have loved it. And now I need to walk away. Twice in the last 2 weeks I’ve experienced unavailability and data loss. On ...

Beware the OSX Migration Assistant

Sep

2012

When I got my Retina Macbook Pro, I used the migration assistant to transfer over all my docs and apps. I had used it in the past and it had worked fine. But this time, my experience was different. First, it struggled with the amount of picture and music content I tried to transfer over, ...

3 failed attempts to install Win8 preview and I am giving up

Mar

2012

Sigh. I’ve downloaded the install 3 times, generated a new license key (I hope they don’t run out), and twice tried to do a clean install off a USB key and once off a burned DVD. Every time install fails partway thru with a error 0x8007025D and some text about being unable to write files. ...

Three failures — Kindle, MacBook, Google Docs

Mar

2010

Yesterday was a brutal technology day. First, I wedged my Kindle between my rear and a chair and heard a nasty “crack”. My Kindle display has a nice shattery image on it permanently now. Sad. I had to open a paper book last night. New Kindle arrived today (thanks to Amazon Fresh trucks), and because ...