Shout out to the time #Microsoft invented a genuinely cool peer-to-peer song sharing feature for the #Zune
and then unironically, with a straight face, called it “squirting”
As in “hey [your name], squirt me that hot new song you like”
Continuing Microsoft’s long tradition, which lives to this day, of using a dart board of the worst possible words to name its products and features, like, 95% of the time
These Sinofsky/Epstein emails
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02723755.pdf
are fun, watching a thieving motherfucker get $14M (not 20) severance, but what makes me laugh?
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02572388.pdf
Steve Ballmer, "Sent from my Windows phone". Oh shit even you fuckers at the top had to carry one? I almost feel pity. Then I remember it's Sweaty Steve and lose my pity.
"The whole project will be labeled "Zune" and this will be a broad failure." —Sinofsky
HA HA HA HA ah Zune.
Anyone else out there listen to Saint Etienne? Their music is just a wonderful vibe.
I’ve been in a pitched battle with the Zune software over recognizing some recently-ripped compilation CDs as single albums and I seem to have finally gotten the upper hand, so I’m feeling accomplished.
(The metadata needs to be ID3v2.3.)
Andrew Armstrong
Anthony Powell
David Chartier
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽
kristophr
Trixter of the Moon Council