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Recently I discovered that spouses, like computers, must be booted up before they can hear what you say. Try walking into a room where your spouse is otherwise engaged and simply launch into your statement or question. Notice that your first sentence doesn’t count. That might go like this.
You: I think the ice maker isn’t working.
Spouse: What?
In that example, the spouse had not yet booted into listening mode. You can solve this problem with what I call the boot up tone. It is a sound that serves no function except to say, “Shift to listening mode.” I highly recommend that you use your spouse’s first name as your boot up tone. People are programmed to hear their own names even when they won’t notice other background noise. And I recommend speaking in the key of F, even if that isn’t your normal range, because it’s a great tone for penetrating background noise. It’s also a good idea to stretch out your spouse’s name a bit. I turn Shelly into She-e-e-e-e-lly. Try it at home. It works. But use your own spouse’s name.
—http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/marital_deafness/
SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS :D
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The Log: Computing Simplicity?
When I published my post titled, “Dear Mr. Jobs” last week, I heard a couple of comments about my “cluttered” menubar. It got me thinking about the current move towards minimalism and simplicity in regards to our digital tools. It’s a movement that I’m greatly in favour of. It has been wonderful…
Finally, someone who gets it!
IIRC, the only exception are machines running windows that are running roaming profiles (I think that’s what it is) - when you log in, it has to load *everything* on your desktop into RAM, causing er, fun.
So go on, leave stuff about to use! If your muscle memory prefers a menu item to a Dock item, go for it and leave both. These are *your* fucking machines, people!
