Windows 7 – Loving that “Wiggle”!

I’ve had Windows 7 installed for a few weeks now, and what a great step forward it proves to be.

In particular, the usability of windows (with a small ‘w’) has improved significantly.  

I don’t know about you, but once I come towards the end of the working day, I’ll typically have dozens of different windows open, and navigating to the one I want had been a laborious and time-consuming process.  Not any more!  Windows 7 groups windows intelligently, giving you an easy rollover preview of everything you’ve got open.

Pictures speak louder than words, so you can see for yourself below:

I’m particularly loving that “Windows Wiggle” (1 min 43 on the video), which allows you to send everything other than the window you’re working with into the background.

The Price of Loyalty – You do the Math …

At last, an apparent crumb of comfort for we beleaguered West Ham United fans. 

We’re sitting in the relegation zone, having not won a league game since the opening match of the season on 15th August.  The squad is looking decidedly thin; the transfer window is shut, and we haven’t got a brass farthing to rub together in any case.  And now we’re about to get clobbered by the FA in the light of crowd trouble at the Millwall game.

But lo, an ad on the home page of the West Ham website invites visitors to sign up to the club’s credit card.  In return, the club will give you a free home shirt.  A not particularly nice free home shirt (maybe they haven’t been selling too well?).  But a free home shirt nonetheless:

£60 for a free shirt anyone?

But, hang on, what’s this?  Ah, the smallprint:

“All you have to do is transfer £2,000 to your credit card in the first 90 days of your account opening. (3% handling fee).”

So that would be 3% of £2,000.  Or £60.  So not free.  And not even discounted.  If you had taken leave of your style senses and were so inclined, you could buy a new home shirt from the club shop for £40. 

And it’s not just the shirt which is unpleasant – at 15.9%, the typical variable APR isn’t particularly attractive either.