After reading CNN Money’s review of the Macbook Air, I feel it’s very important to shout it from the rooftops, since people seem to be too stupid to get to system preferences and discover it for themselves…
MACS DO HAVE A RIGHT-CLICK.
Groan.
“Gateway is the first to come out with an all-in-one computer with one cable!”
“Gateway is a technology leader in the industry!”
“Streamlined and beautiful!”
“Intel came to Gateway and said, ‘We want to design the best all-in-one unit ever made!’” (This line was borrowed from Steve Jobs’ speech, no?)
“We have 2GB of RAM, so it’s true multitasking!”
“It’s just built for power!”
It was pretty thick.
Dear God I have to turn this off.
iTWire - From Windows to Linux - and back again
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again… the battle for the corporate desktop is fought at home. Microsoft has known this for a long time - Apple knows it too. That’s why Apple is sneaking up on Microsoft and they’re just not paying attention. They’re too busy mucking around in other businesses that they don’t belong in instead of focusing on the real business (operating systems, servers and Office).
The be-everything-to-everyone will kill you, Microsoft.
While we’re there, let’s raise a glass to them over the Yahoo purchase. When did Yahoo start making a competing operating system? Oh, that’s right, they don’t. This plays into Microsoft’s search and advertising obsession. Or, as one might call it, the slay Google obsession. Yeah, silly me. The more they diversify, the weaker the products get. When it affects your core business (like it has with Vista), you’re really sliding down the slippery slope.
Oh yeah… and hello, how are ya? Thought you might like a helping of opinion to start your Wednesday.
Having trouble getting the movie uploaded. I will try again from the hotel and the hard wire.
I’ve had to update Windows Genuine “Advantage” on two different Windows machines three times over the past several days. What gives?
What an ADVANTAGE.
Here’s a memo to Microsoft: you can take the idea of a dynamic website a little too far.
Case in point: I was commenting on Herman’s blog. After signing in, Microsoft kindly filled in my details, including the blog link that I apparently inherited when signing up for Spaces. (I assure you, that was an accident).
Anyway, I don’t think I’ll be putting this web link on a business card anytime soon:
http://cid-a6343dc598314674.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
What on Mother’s Green Earth makes Microsoft think this is a useful, valid URL? Part of URLs are to make the web memorable, not nightmarish with a unique identifier embedded in the link. Silly.
Fuck this hot drought bullshit. The only good thing about this heat wave is that your mozzarella sticks do not get cold. They just get stale. There’s nothing worse than cold AND stale mozzarella sticks. That’s when they become like, crusty cheese-flavored dried pudding. The kind of shit only astronauts would dare to eat.
I love the ‘net. Only on the net can you say things and expect them to haunt you months, or even years later. Hell, I may be eating crow in a matter of minutes for calling Mary Jo Foley an idiot for claiming Apple licensed Exchange ActiveSync - and I’ll be proud to do it.
Somehow though, I get the feeling that Steve Ballmer will not be so proud of this 2:20 clip when Friday rolls around.
I have to make a very clear observation at this point.
This is a man who is absolutely proud of the Motorola Q. He’s proud of how much it costs and even goes so far as to call it innovative. This was January of this year (2007, in case this blog is around that long). As a person who carries a Motorola Q every day but barely uses it…
…BECAUSE THE IDIOTS THAT SHIPPED A BATTERY WITH THAT PIECE OF DOGSHIT DIDN’T REALIZE I MIGHT WANT TO SPEND MORE THAN 10 GODDAMN MINUTES ON THE PHONE, OR THAT I MIGHT BE ANNOYED BY THE FACT THAT IT FEELS SO INCLINED TO RETURN TO THE HOME SCREEN EVERY 10 SECONDS NO MATTER WHAT THE HELL I TELL IT TO DO… NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT WINDOWS MOBILE IS MORE CRASH HAPPY THAN WINDOWS VISTA EXCUSE ME… WINDOWS MILLENNIUM 2007…
Oh… my… God. Truly, this is a CEO out of touch with the world. Folks… run… run from Microsoft. They are killing you. You sad people pods are nothing but coccoons for your brains to swell up and burst from the terrible reality known as a Microsoft universe… those games that you so proud drown in… they are nothing but a hook sent there to make you swallow the wrong pill (sorry, I don’t remember the colors)… run… please run…
I’ve gotten through the long, arduous trip from LAX to my home town. This day has been pretty much a flash before my eyes - not entirely sure I remember much of it, but here’s what I do remember about the trip:
Next list… of other activities:
Okie, that’s a brain dump of the trip… woo! Home for a week, then it’s back off to California for WWDC. Now THAT one will be fun!
Alright, in an effort to expand my reader base beyond 8 or 9 people, I really whored myself out today. I’ve added back the Google Adsense ads (of which I’ve earned a whopping $15.00 in a year - hooray!) and added simple links for you to share my needles back out to the community.
Everybody else does it. Shouldn’t I make it easy for you to share my blathering elsewhere?
