Abscissa’s Page

In the extremely hypothetical case that somebody were to wonder why I go through “futile attempts at rationalizing my unreasonable reluctance to call my site a ‘blog’”, here’s why:

As far as I’m concerned, a “blog” is two things:

1. A really stupid-sounding word.

2. A site where some kid yammers on about such things as what they did that day, what mood they’re in, and how it’s unfair how Joey told Suzie that blah blah blah, all while deluding themselves that any of it is actually worthy of being posted.

Don’t get me started on “Twitter” and “micro-blogging”.

Anyone stupid enough to design an interface where the “Close” button minimizes to the system tray instead of closing, deserves to be fired and then restricted to never being allowed to do anything other than cleaning toilets. That’s really all there is to say about it.

UPDATE (4/24/08): A quote:

“If you use option from File>Close then it is supposed to minimize Skype on system Tray.” 

- Andre: Skype Support

How is it possible that anyone could be that stupid (not to mention inarticulate) and still be allowed to work?