Google has been pretty generous with me and given me a bunch of invite codes. Since my mom is visiting me right now, I decided to give her a gmail invite code. She currently uses YahooMail. Yahoo is pretty good (definitely better than hotmail) but its interface is still bad. The prototypically clean interface of Google was superior I thought. Imagine my surprise when Mom mentions that she prefers the YahooMail interface. What did she find confusing? The email threading for one. I thought that was a great part of the GMail interface. Just goes to show that if somebody has been using something long enough it becomes hard for change to using something else. Another reason why switching operating systems is hard for most people.
Still on the subject of GMail. Interested in getting a GMail account? Gmail Machine is running a lottery. If you hit the right number, they’ll give you one. Here is another interesting site GMail is too creepy. Food for thought. It does not mean if you are paranoid they are not out to get you.
After my TV died last week, I had to buy a new TV. Finally I can play FFX2. Bought it last December but the text on my old TV was always too fuzzy to read the text. It’s not a bad game. The story is linear, formulaic but still endearing to watch. The multiple endings is the worst idea in video gaming history. It is a crappy way to treat gamers who will invest 80 hours in the game only to discover they missed doing something at the start. If I hadn’t bought the guide book and had not read that I needed to find the moogle during the first mission, does that mean I need to replay the entire game again? I have a limited amount of time to play video games every week and this just sucks. Come on Square Enix, what were you thinking?
Yesterday I learnt how to change a tire. Lets say it was a little embarrasing that I didn’t know how to change a tire. On the other hand, its not happened to me in the past. I figured out where to put the block. Just could’nt open the lug nuts. Called roadside assistance (with my insurance company). Some guy decided to help me out after seeing me have problems.