Posts by Cyne

Ding-dong, Cthulu calling: Infogrames’ 1992 Alone in the Dark

Ah good memories...

Oh look a shadow figure sitting in a chair. I'll go and investigate...

Erm... that looks a bit like Yog-Sothoth *dies*

Snowden's secure email provider Lavabit shuts down under gag order

Oh, I thought it was an anarcho-syndicalist commune where everyone takes it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.

WAR ON PORN: UK flicks switch on 'I am a pervert' web filters

Non-tech savvy Prime Minister announces completely unfeasible but headline grabbing online filtering mechanism shocker!

Windows 8.1 start button appears as Microsoft's Blue wave breaks

The missing start button isn't really the problem

It's the fact that Windows 8 schizophrenically switches between full screen, 'massive touch screen interface' Metro apps and windowed standard apps. The contrast when it does this couldn't really be any more stark or jarring to the user.

Metro UI is just awful for desktop users (particularly people who use multiple monitors) and Microsoft somehow translated this as, "Oh, they want their Start button back".

ZX Spectrum cassette player lost? There's an app for that

Thanks Matthew Smith

The number 6031769 has been stuck in my head for 30 years. I've come to the sad conclusion that I'll remember that number for the rest of my days.