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dos 2.0 pillow by art lebedev gets an upgrade

art_lebedev_dos_pillow

These clever Dosogus 2.0 pillows by designers at Art Lebedev Studio are embroidered with a directory listing from everyone’s favorite command line operating system – DOS.

All your old favorites are there, including AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. But if you look carefully, there are directories for WINDOWS and a HIBERFIL.SYS file, so this pillow must actually…

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November 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design geek art + craft quickpix retro

microsoft (mis)educates best buy employees about linux

windows_7_linux_training_1

A Best Buy employee recently posted screenshots of what he claims is part of a training program about Windows 7. The screenshots show some Windows vs. Linux comparisons. You probably know where this is going. The employee is overclock.net forum member GodofGrunts, and here are some of the screenshots he posted:

Now I have never…

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September 8th, 2009 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing technology

new windows 7 build on torrent sites! there’s a new wallpaper zomg!

win 7 build 7 7232 wpaper

Okay so maybe I shouldn’t be so sarcastic; the new build sports significant changes as well. Or should I say “builds”. But I’m getting ahead of myself: Build 7232 of Windows 7 was leaked yesterday, bringing with it improved driver support and application compatibility. Oh and a new wallpaper. Because that’s what everybody wants from…

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June 19th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech technology

windows vista easter egg discovered

Vista Bob Easter Egg

[NOTE : This post originally appeared on April 1, 2007, and was an April Fools Day joke. Vista does not include a copy of BOB, but if you scroll down to the comments, one of my readers has posted a link to a download of the original BOB installer if you really want to run…

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April 1st, 2007 comments (29) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun