Can’t stop fiddling…

22August2008

Windows Live Search badness

Posted by Christopher under: Linux & Open Source.

Its all about perception. Sometimes you get the idea Microsoft might be playing a little bit nicer.

Then you try doing a search for Firefox using Live Search. The first non-sponsored link is for firefox dot org dot uk (no, I’m not even linking to it) which bizarrely has no download link for Firefox and has the tiny disclaimer that it has nothing to do with Mozilla or Google. Instead it offers the Google Pack for download.

The second link is ie7.com which at least has a large firefox icon which then links directly to the proper firefox download site.

In fact, nowhere on the list of results do you get what would be considered a “good” result. Is this just the usual Live Search naffness or is it just another case for the European Competition Commission?

22August2008

The military precision of a move

Posted by Christopher under: Family & Friends; House.

So The Girl has moved. In.

I’m not sure how this happened but she now has the keys to the house, my car and - most crucially - the bike shed. How do they do that? Anyway, suffice to say there’s a few boxes about the place. I’m writing this from the Peterborough services on the A1. I’m not going home until I can swing a cat again.