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Though it seemed a bit 'kludgey' at first, this process has proven a lot easier than trying to keep a variety of socket sizes at the ready.

MAKE Magazine 2009

The eBw-1150 has its kludgey aspects, most notably its elderly software (written for Windows 98 and not greatly updated since).

Web/Tech 2010

Text input on a tablet suffers from the same kludgey problems, as "digital ink" tends to:

whyPad? James F. McGrath 2010

The $500 thing you're referring to is probably a refundable tax credit see p. 11/23, with an awful lot of kludgey mechanics surrounding it.

Let's talk about the stimulus package. Ann Althouse 2009

Playing old-school NES games is reassuringly awesome, but playing them in emulation at your computer is inauthentic and sometimes kludgey.

Build A Nintendo Arcade To Get Your Old-School Game On | Lifehacker Australia 2009

But InterAction relies on attorneys adding contact information and dealing with its kludgey interface.

Contact Networks - Enterprise Relationship Management 2008

The audience laughed out loud when the Microsoft guy showed off a kludgey system that lets you fetch Outlook e-mail messages using voice commands from a cell phone.

Microsoft Vista: Not 'People Ready' 2006

The portable version would either need to hook directly into your audio source or use a microphone which is kludgey at best ...

It had to happen sooner or later 2004

Meanwhile, the cranky, kludgey world of open 802.11 base-stations gains ground every day.

Boing Boing: June 23, 2002 - June 29, 2002 Archives 2002

He is expected by the cult to buy yet some other doo-dad as a kludgey work around to make up for the fact that the ipad is inferior.

Medlogs - Recent stories 2010