Google abandoning IE 6 support
On 2010/01/30
I received the following email from the Google Apps team:
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a [...]
Lifehacker survey – Apple iPad: Love It or Lump It?
On 2010/01/28
The Lifehacker survey results, as of now:
Thoughts on the Apple iPad announcement
On 2010/01/28
The total cost of a usable version will likely exceed $1,000
The Apple iPad is more sizzle than steak, based upon what I read and see on the Internet.
Do I want one? Yes, to play with for a few hours.
Do I want to own one? Probably not.
Should you [...]
Oops! My MobileMe account expired
On 2010/01/24
Oh dear I received the following message from Apple.
I won’t be renewing. MobileMe is not worth $10 per year, much less $100. IMO, Apple’s cloud efforts are many years behind the cloud leaders Google and Amazon. They also trail Microsoft by several years. Microsoft is doing a good job of catching up to [...]
The printed word is fading from view. Get over it!
On 2010/01/22
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It is ironic that I am writing about the decline and fall of the written word. The written word had a great run, starting perhaps as many as 6,000 years ago with Sumerian cuneiform. Writing has to compete today with more compelling and natural forms [...]
Windows 7 Calculator, more than meets the eye
On 2010/01/19
The Windows 7 Calculator looks meek and unassuming when first opened. But it has some super abilities hidden behind its Clark Kent surface.
A quick trip to the View menu shows that can be changed into a scientific, programming, or statistical calculator. “Okay.” You say. “That is not so exciting.”
But it [...]
Logitech Squeezebox Boom – Internet radio
On 2010/01/16
Yesterday I installed a Logitech Squeezebox Boom for a client. He purchased it on a friend’s recommendation. The unit retails for $299.99. Logitech describes it as a, “…compact all-in-one Wi-Fi music player that combines award-winning Squeezebox functionality with an integrated amplifier and speakers to [...]
Technology marches on, 10.2 surround sound
On 2010/01/07
Why is Avatar one of the highest grossing movie of all time? I believe the use of high quality 3D special effects is the answer, not because of a compelling story and great acting. I don’t know firsthand because the Bow Tie Cinemas projector malfunctioned when I went to [...]
Hallelujah, we are back!
On 2010/01/07
On New Year’s eve I mistakenly uninstalled WordPress from this blog thinking I was working on WHIT.tv, the What’s Happening In… Telecasts, another site I own and manage. I wanted to change the WHIT.tv WordPress installation from the single user version to WordPress MU (multi-user) since WHIT.tv will host [...]
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