1, 2, I've got a crush on you

The Clash is the perfect music to write papers to. Why couldn't I have found this out years ago?! I'm making a delightful amount of progress on my paper on Creeping Featurism. Bear in mind, "progress" does not mean "clear thesis". I think I'll keep writing and hope a thesis appears. If not ... well, I'm already in trouble with the professor for being a useless deadline-breaker, so maybe he'll just be glad that I handed something in before the new year. A character reference, a sure thing mere months ago, is now right out of the picture, I think.

The thing that annoys me about lacking a clear thesis is it prevents me from coming up with a snappy title. Right now the closest thing I have is "Creeping Featurism: The Monster That Ate Redmond". Because, you know, Redmond is the town where Microsoft is based. Yeah, it sucks, I know. I was originally thinking something like "The Word Processor That Ate Pittsburgh (and other tales of creeping featurism)", but the "Why Pittsburgh?" question may prevent my prof from concentrating on the paper's content. Come to think of it, that may not be such a bad idea ...

I'm enjoying writing this paper, and not just because I'm doing it to the accompaniment of the Clash. It's kind of an interesting topic. I just wish I didn't have to write so many pages about it. If the grand paper about it is less than six pages long, how can I be expected to eke out more?

How?

With plenty of screenshots, that's how! When you're out of words, pad with pictures! And when I run out of pictures ... bar charts!

Groovy times ...