Michael Doornbos

Archive for April, 2008

I had the strangest conversation this morning with some people at a large subscription based software company. They were astounded that a longtime customer found a cheaper solution that did what they needed.
“But we’re the 900 pound gorilla” they seemed to say. “Why would anyone want anything but us?”
The customer left because the “900 [...]

26 Apr, 2008

Tying some flies

Posted by: mike In: Outdoors| fishing

Not sure I’d pay for this one, but not to shabby for my first hand tied fly:

18 Apr, 2008

Great use of visuals to get a point across

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| video

Here’s a great example of using visuals to get a point across, plus it’s an interesting topic to boot!:

Seriously.
And here.
Someone needs to give John Kanzius a medal. And a house. And maybe a “never has to pay taxes again” card.

15 Apr, 2008

A crisis of faith?

Posted by: mike In: Strange

Those of you who know me well may be scared by this screenshot:

I’m doing some work on testing a SSL vpn solution and need to understand the Vista user experience.
The install was pretty simple and my first impression is that Vista seems fine, not sure what the fuss is all about. Of [...]

10 Apr, 2008

Being naked on the wrong day is awkward

Posted by: mike In: Funny| Strange

One of those funny things someone created when they were probably in a boring meeting, or drunk, is Naked CSS Day.
Yes, this is the day when you’re supposed to switch off your CSS on your sites and let them roam around in the buff.
Alas, I have missed this day once again (it was yesterday), [...]