Well, I was going to write something long and profound about either the past year or the new year…

…turned out I spent all day reconfiguring Windows XP, which I’d never used – or even seen – before. No need to go into the reasons here, but I hasten to add it’s not for my own use.

I did have some idea of listing the various snags, incongruities and even imbecilities I ran into, but on second thought it’s very late, I haven’t had lunch or dinner yet, and I’ll probably end up sounding like those people that use a Mac for the first time and then kvetch endlessly about programs not quitting when their windows close, one-button mice and so forth.

Still, I’d heard that XP was at least as user-friendly (even for small values of “friendly”) as Mac OS X. That’s plainly wrong… that’s all I’ll say for now.