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Curbed NY: First Look Inside 200 Eleventh: Windows on West Chelsea

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Minimalist Web Design: When Less is More | Webdesigner Depot

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Rant topic: Windows XP Critical Stop.wav

zepner508 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:53:53 +0000

Ever take a look at the default sounds applied to your applications in Windows?
Did you know you can adjust them? (Who cares?)

Anyway, there is a specific sound called "Windows XP Critical Stop.wav" which is inappropriately applied to some not-very-critical situations. It's a very grave sounding piano note; it's particularly loud, especially compared to Outlook's "New message" sound which is more like a twinkle.
("Windows XP Notify.wav" for the curious).

I used a file upload field in a form on the web and chose a file from my desktop to upload. Everything went well, but for some reason, the file is locked up because the system thinks its still in use. "It is being used by another program or person." It's not, it's just somehow connected to the browser. (The solution, btw, is to restart the browser.)
And then, the Critical Stop sound. ("I hate that Bob Barker.")

These kinds of messages have never been useful, but we as users have gotten used to getting nonsense back from a computer, and specifically, Windows. Every time a new version of Windows comes out, it ends up being another kluge built on top of an awkward core operating system that isn't meeting today's standards. Consistently we are seeing devices that are becoming intuitive and why shouldn't they be. Most people don't read prompts, even important one, because we're used to seeing ridiculous string of words that don't help. So, instead we look at the buttons underneath the text for the quickest answer.

You don't need this, people.

Demand more, the technology already exists, we just have to make them try harder and not blindly accept the half-assed functionality they give us because they didn't want to put the time in. Lazy companies should be penalized in the form of abandonment. Now more than ever, you know you don't have to rely on one single platform, you can do all of your computing on browser-based web apps (even Photoshop!). No more installing programs that eat processor power and memory and then sneak toolbars and other junk on your computer. (They do this legally by telling you it's your fault for not specifically selecting a custom install and un-selecting the extra garbage, taking advantage of the fact that you won't read it.)

The point is if you don't want to be bound to outdated methodologies of companies that locked down their userbase along time ago and have no reason to really innovate, then you don't have to.

Point is, buy a Mac.

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Design by Praline

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Casa Negra by Andres Remy Arquitectos

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…and, of course, times square

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New. York is lit up

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The view from radio city, down the block from my office

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108 Mono Icons: Huge Set of Minimal Icons | Tutorial9

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Computerlove – Contemporary Creative Culture

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Gfx – digimedia-alan foorumi

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A Collection of Clever, Funny and Memorable Print Ads | Design Reviver

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Book Staircase | Fubiz™

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Adidas Lookbook | Fubiz™

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Quelques exemples de visuels pour la nouvelle collection Adidas Originals – Women 2009. Une conception de l’agence Sid Lee, par le créatif et directeur artistique Rodrigo Braga. A noter le visuel réunissant tout les modèles et formant le logo de la marque.

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Stilecht reisen im Opera: Luxus Pop-up Zelt im Anhänger

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TheDieline.com: Package Design: Fract Engineered Flowers

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Long-D Dual-Time Wall Clock | Design Milk

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The Amatoya: Meet the next generation of fire fighting vehicles — Autoblog

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REPORT: Lamborghini Gallardo cop car crashes in Italy thanks to careless driver — Autoblog

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Dan Martensen and Shannan Click at Home – 9_21_09_DanShannan09536

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Church Plant Media

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Letout Outlet – Wall electric socket. x5.

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Eko – Ecological & economical traffic light concept

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FormFiftyFive – Design inspiration from around the world » Blog Archive » Benedict Redgrove

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TheDieline.com: Package Design: Studio Spotlight: Swear Words

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Singapore International Foundation – Singapore International Foundation

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GLUE Interactive Media

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9 Free High-Res Dark Wood Textures – Texturezine

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23 Pure CSS Effects/Solutions to Make JavaScript Angry!

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Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » small measures with ashley: domestic liquor

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prosper | ihumanable

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50 Perfect Portfolio Websites – InspirationTime

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Bestand:Atari2600a.JPG – Wikipedia

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the artist andhismodel

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VAL™ font – Fontfabric™

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Good ideas glow in the dark | yatzer | Design Architecture Art Fashion +more

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Freelancer vs cheap client: please design me a logo, with pie charts, for free – Boing Boing

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Twelve Twisted Doorknobs To Turn (You On) | Design + Ideas on WU

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David Nolan Gallery

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The Ravine Residence – Contemporary House Design with Green Nature by Cindy Rendely | Architecture Building | Interior | House Design Gallery

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South London and Maudsley NHS

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Inspirational Web Design: 50+ Beautifully Designed Blogs

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National Animals: Mine is Bigger | The Best Article Every day

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Rubber Design || A Flexible Firm

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Jaredigital. Thinking made visual.

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35 Websites that use transparency effectively « CreativityDen

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FormFiftyFive – Design inspiration from around the world » Blog Archive » Counter Print Poster

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FFFFOUND! | Graphic-ExchanGE – a selection of graphic projects

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PORTFOLIO___ISAACLEON.COM 08

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Universum – Premium Business WP theme – WordPress – ThemeForest

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SOFARider – Blog-Portfolio hybrid – WordPress – ThemeForest

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Portfolious – Ultimately Extensive WordPress CMS – WordPress – ThemeForest

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Concept (WordPress) – A Premium WP Theme – WordPress – ThemeForest

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Cerebos – WordPress – ThemeForest

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SOFA Rooster

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Concise – slogan goes here

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London Creative +

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Web design and SEO by Blend, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

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The most intense moments the universe has ever known are the next 15… – but does it float

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Web Design, Build and SEO by Blend

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mobily.pl

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Themes | WPmonk

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Category: WordPress Themes

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95 Fresh Examples Of Single Page Website Designs | Inspiration | instantShift

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Mikio Inose | Interface and Visual Designer

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Travis Grawey – Online Portfolio of Creative Designer & Front-End Developer // THG Creative

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THIS IS VERMILION

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30 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Your Own Portfolio

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Modern & Contemporary Design Magazine / spline/ Products / DESIGNSPOTTER.COM

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Welcome | lodjixmedia Interactive Agency

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The Jazz 09 Journal on the Behance Network

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GE Lightbulb | Packaging of the World: Creative Package Design Archive and Gallery

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Modern & Contemporary Design Magazine / Mushroom/ Products / DESIGNSPOTTER.COM

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ONE PLANET_VERSION 3 by ~harajukumatt on deviantART

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iconwerk, custom icon design + pictogram design.

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FFFFOUND! | ShareSomeCandy

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FFFFOUND! | We Made This

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FormFiftyFive – Design inspiration from around the world » Blog Archive » Jules Tardy

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FFFFOUND! | 3984743493_111f9ec9db_b.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024×724 pixels)

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Mike Abbink _ __City of London, 2007.

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Zerofee. Good Thinking – An Ethical Graphic Design Agency

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GF Smith

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Syrup – New York City | Stockholm

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generative art | negativedesign 2009

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Web Design Portfolio | Website Design Melbourne Australia | Vuu Media™

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Admintasia – Complete template for building application user interfaces and admin backends » Layout Options

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Black and White Bathroom Furniture From Ex-t – Interior Design and Furniture Trends

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Unboundary

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Space Music Flow Concept | Design Milk

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speedo on the Behance Network

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Corking Design: Selected works 07-09

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Oscar Barber | Freelance web designer and Front-end developer

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Freebies: Huge Collection of World Globe Icons

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Substrakt Bristol · Creative Web Technology

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FAMOUS – news

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Logo Design Gallery | Logo Heroes

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Hyperakt » Work » Miss Jessie’s » Miss Jessie’s Identity System

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» Blog Archive » Spin: Mailers

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» Blog Archive » be-pôles: The City Portraits

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Free Fonts: Excellent List of Resources

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