Obsolescence Pour Les Nuls
With the retail passing of Windows XP on June 30th, it looks like my first title (Windows XP Digital Music For Dummies) is pretty much obsolete as well. With XP continuing beyond what was supposed to be its end date following the debut of Vista (and all that it has wrought), it had a longer life than I expected, and material from it keeps popping up in other Dummies titles. The only reason I thought about it today was the appearance of a French translation of some of my material in my hands.
What I'd really like to see is some of the material end up on Wendy's tables, like the old newspaper ads they used to use.
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July 8th, 2008 - 22:46
I remember those…and they used to have threads of multi-coloured translucent plastic spoons dangling from the thresholds!
July 9th, 2008 - 11:25
Wait, you want to be translated into French and immortalized on a Wendy’s table? Talk about reaching for the stars!
Seriously, do they translate computer Dummies books?
July 9th, 2008 - 11:30
Yep – get on it, Wendy’s!
They do, indeed. I have no idea how well, but I assume it all came through okay.