Having done a bit of file re-org on my laptop I found myself stuck with a folder which, though empty, could not be deleted. Windows kept saying "Cannot delete folder" apparently "another person" was using it.

After re-booting my machine the problem persisted, which is not a good sign as a reboot will normally kill off any process that holds the file lock. A quick search on Download.com turned up 'Unlocker', a great little freeware app that fixed the problem straight away. Good job! Now all I need is something to unlock that nagging feeling of why can't Microsoft just get this crap sorted out themselves?

Aside: A common cause of this for me has been flickr's Uploadr app, but in this case it wasn't - and normally a reboot fixes the Uploadr lock.

Labels: Helpful App, Windows Pain

Core77 posits that a designer backlash is upon us, as increasingly people are either overwhelmed by design choices that become 'yet more landfill', or become 'designers' themselves. Is Stark to blame or the savior of design?

Labels: graphic design

Nicholas Felton, aka Feltron, has created the most wonderful report of his year: The Feltron 2006 Annual Report. In it, with great style, he documents his life around Manhattan including the four plants killed, ratio of social to alone dinners (1.15:1) and 2,721 photos taken (of which 5.8% were posted to flickr of which most are amazing American car logos).

Oh, and by a strange coincidence we were both at Daedelus' APT gig back in July. It's a small Interweb sometimes.

Labels: graphic design