Filed under: Fun, Windows, Freeware, Windows x64, Humor
Deskpecker may be the worst-named Windows app ever
by Lee Mathews May 18th 2009
If your RSS reader doesn't display images, you're either incredibly surprised or breathing a tremendous sigh of relief right now. The program I'm talking about is indeed a reference to a Woody, but it's the bird.
When I put together my list of 10 application names that needed rethinking, this little beauty wasn't out in the wild yet. If it had been, there's no doubt in my mind that Deskpecker would easily have taken the top spot.
Normally a poorly-chosen name might hurt an application's popularity, but in this case it's probably a big asset. After all, there probably aren't a large number of users sitting around thinking "My computer would be so much more awesome - if only I had a tiny bird pecking away at my window borders!"
Nevertheless, it got me to click through to the Deskpecker homepage and write this post about it. I'm sorry, loyal readers. I just couldn't help myself.
When I put together my list of 10 application names that needed rethinking, this little beauty wasn't out in the wild yet. If it had been, there's no doubt in my mind that Deskpecker would easily have taken the top spot.
Normally a poorly-chosen name might hurt an application's popularity, but in this case it's probably a big asset. After all, there probably aren't a large number of users sitting around thinking "My computer would be so much more awesome - if only I had a tiny bird pecking away at my window borders!"
Nevertheless, it got me to click through to the Deskpecker homepage and write this post about it. I'm sorry, loyal readers. I just couldn't help myself.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
