“RealPlayer: like the Black Death, but made of software”

Feeling ranty? Techradar’s just uploaded “48 things we hate about tech“, which enabled yours truly to cheer himself up by being nasty about things. Any I’ve missed?

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Very good. Got me out of my proposal writing ennui.

Why only 48? Was it written in such a frothing frenzy you had to have a lie down at that point?

It just descended into expletives at 49 :)

Nice one. No.23 is my favourite:

Wireless networks. They work through walls, you say? Our router can’t throw a packet through a hamster.

But what a perfectly cooed hamster you’re left with…

cooked, dammit, cooked!

49. My impossibly intermittently broken keyboard.

Bit of a Bloom County reference in the strapline there, I notice.

Penguin lust is not immoral and wicked, and anybody that thinks so is just an old prude … it’s beautiful! and natural! and I for one fully support penguin lust!

Great, but today’s topic is “nun beating.”

Good Lord, man … I can’t support that.

50. List linkbait
51. Linkbaiting lists
52. Lists designed so that everyone links to them
53. Boring lists people still link to

Armin, that’s one of the 58 best comments you’ve ever posted. I’ll be revealing the remaining 57, one per day, when I get back ;)

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