OK, I know I'm in trouble. As a dedicated Mac user, it's hard for me to cross over to the dark side and actually get Microsuck software to do what I want it to do. I'm sure you who dwell on the dark side have gotten used to it, much like a clumsy carpenter gets used to hitting his thumb every time he swings a hammer. My computerized life is spent in a state of bliss where peripheral devices magically work the first time they are plugged in, to "un-install" something I toss it in a trash can and my machine hardly ever crashes without a little help from me. But it's quite likely my next job carries with it a desk draped with a dreaded Windows PC. That means I'm going to actually learn the hard way of doing things. Crap! Has the world gone completely insane?
Good news, though: I have leads. Solid leads on new opportunities. I could bore you with the awful things that happened last week at my current job, but why dredge that up? I was about ready to quit Friday but remembered, hey, suck it up, bucko! You've got a wife, one-and-a-third kids, a dog, a house, responsibilities. Stop complaining, nitwit. You have a job. Half the free world wants to be in your shoes. Sorry, self, I want a new pair of shoes, footwear that doesn't give me blisters the size of Rhode Island or smell ike yesterday's garbage. Does that make me a bad person?
Microsuck, ha. I like that. We have an asian friend that recently bought a Sears Crapman. er, craftsman...
I am your opposite. In fact, I have never even seen a MAC in person. That's disgusting considering I've been in the IT business for 25 years now. And I never hear anything bad about them, so they must be amazing. The thing I hate most about microsoft, and believe it or not, I'm the type that will defend Bill Gates to the end, but as newer releases come out, microsoft seems to be taking more and more of the responsibility off of the user by assuming to know what task they are going to want to do next and doing it for them. This wouldn't be so bad if you could override that and do what you really want to do. But more and more, they are taking an experienced user and assuming that if you have one of thier PCs you obviously don't have a half a brain so you MUST need help. You know, come out with two versions. One labeled NOOBS and the other labeled OLD-N-HAGGARD.
Awwwww, that does indeed suck (both the job sitch and that you may have to become a PC user against your will) . . . I have to use a PC at work (as you know, I'm a dedicated Mac-head at home), and it's not SO bad, just slightly.
Here's one more good mac story: this weekend I spilled a cup of coffee all over my iBook, and thought I'd killed it . . . after a 24-hour dry out, it works just fine! Contrast that to the time I spilled plain water on my PC keyboard at work and it instantly died.
Love the microsuck. I have used both. I like both but I have to agree with the first commenter on the fact that microsuck does in fact think it knows better than you do what you're trying to do. THAT gets annoying.
Good luck. There are worse things, indeed.
Sorry your job is macro-suckin'...hope something better comes along soon.
I have no doubt that you'll find something great. I do love the visual you've provided.