Windows Update Gripe

Windows Update is a great thing. However, in normal software fashion they have seemed to forget about the users and have focused on the problem of updating computer software. Why do I say this? For one great reason, un-prompted reboots.

I don't know how other people use their computers but I keep all my programs up and running on my computer when I leave for the day. This way I can quickly get back into working when I look at it next. To me it is like having a mental bookmark of what I was doing the previous session. But when Windows Update runs it more often than not requires a reboot, this is fine and I understand that there are a lot of shared resources in Windows causing the reboot. However, if a program is going to do that do one of two things.

1) Wait for a user to come back and prompt them (of course give them an option so they can do automatic reboots if they want) so the user can keep a mental checklist of stuff they were working on for when the computer comes back up.
2) Save the state of the desktop at that point in time of a reboot. This way the next time the user logs in their desktop is exactly like what they had. Doing something like this is already done in browsers why not on desktops? OSX does something close to it but not super close.

Granted the best solution would be not to require reboots at all. This has been done fairly well for servers why not desktops? I understand this could be pretty expensive but why not do it for the pleasure of the users? Or maybe I am just the random crack pot who thinks like this :).

Buying a House

Me and my girl are finally buying a house. This is exciting and scary. But it will all be worth it. However, I have rather comical conversations in my head about the house. It goes something like this.

Old Man Mike(OMM) : Wow you are getting a house, that means you are grown-up.

Young Mike(YM) : Fuck that dude you get to build the velcro room.

OMM : Now now you should first work on paying down the house and building equity like replacing the siding, building a good garage and shed.
YM : Umm no velcro

OMM : No equity, you know this is the correct thing to do.
YM : Blah I just want to throw myself at a wall and stick to it. Fuck equity.

Who will win? I have a guess but some year I will get my damn velcro room and free fall room :).

Well back to work, but it is hard with the house thing in the back of my mind.

Fascination with computers....

This weekend I was over at my girlfriend's family's house and one of her little brothers is getting into computers. While trying to answer his 10,000 questions I realized that my fascination with how computers and their surrounding systems work has extremely diminished. I still like computers but the blissful wonderment of computers has turned into a cynical view of what is wrong and not with what is done well.

I am not sure what this means for me and if I need to change anything. However, I believe I should try and have a positive view when possible instead of a negative view. So, I will at least try and look for some things done right and not why "shit sucks."

Also, I think I will start digging into some new technologies or learning deeper information about technologies I currently use. This will either make it worse or better but I am going to take a guess and say it will restore some of my "child-like wonderment with computers" :). I am going to use this blog as an excuse to dig into the technical internals and write articles about them here. So stay tuned (the one or two of you :P).