You Looked.

We at the University of Florida have a bi-annual Career Fair/Career Showcase where students can meet hiring managers from different companies. Most of these companies give away various kind of tchotchkes at this event, I guess, to help students remember the company or maybe just to keep with the norm that started some time ago. These momentos are most often pens, Rubik’s cubes, bottle holders, caps, shirts etc. While these are what you would normally expect, Microsoft had a very interesting giveaway this time. They gave away some circular sticker (part plastic, part cloth), woven on which were some letters.

Microsoft doesn’t want you to use the vertical taskbar in Windows, or so it seems.

As the number of widescreens in the computer market increases, more and more people have begun experimenting with ways to make most of their screen estate. The easiest method to accomplish this is to drag your taskbar such that it lines up vertically along the left/right edge of the screen. This simple trick helps the purpose because most websites (including this one) have a limited width and thus fit on one’s screen perfectly despite the taskbar taking some extra space. At the same time, it gives your document some extra “height” providing more readability. Elegant and effective. If you haven’t tried it yet, you must (if you can put up with some annoyances; read further).