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CLXXIII's Blog
CLXXIII's BlogMar 21, 2026
A New Theme for Everytheme
A rabbit hole to make one of my programs green led to the case of an overengineered set of colors, that was actually surprisingly useful
linuxricing
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 14, 2020
No Room for Design
Of the many things that social platforms have taken away from us, perhaps the most disappointing is the freedom to customize our spaces. We need it back.
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designgraphic design
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 22, 2018
Window Dressing
When macOS was still OS X, some Windows users weren't afraid to remake their desktops in Apple's vision. It was the ultimate case of imitation and flattery.
operating systemsmacintosh
Anil Dash
Anil DashMar 19, 2004
Outlook as a platform
Despite all the security vulnerabilities over the years, the clunky interface, and the near-glacial pace of improvements to the program, I still use Microsoft Outlook as my sole email client. And I love Outlook. The tech circles I travel in are disproportionately weighted towards users of Mac OS…
outlookemail
Anil Dash
Anil DashSep 2, 2002
application metering APIs
Speaking of missed opportunities in programming interfaces, why don’t mainstream Windows applications support usage metering at the function level? Meaning, when I deploy Microsoft Office across my enterprise, I want each installed app to track which menu choices are selected, and how often, by my…
techwindows
Anil Dash
Anil DashNov 28, 2000
Monstrously large article on the
Monstrously large article on the Registry in Win2K, with lots of info on using it to customize file handling. Gives me a bunch of ideas for how to tweak my machine, but I can’t process it all right now…
registrywindows
Anil Dash
Anil DashSep 22, 2000
Microsoft also released a utility
Microsoft also released a utility to customize the Office 2000 Places bar, but I wasn’t too concerned about it because there’s been a WOPR PlaceBar customizer since before Office 2000 was released….
microsoftoffice

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