FingerGear has a killer new product. You walk up to any computer, plug in a USB memory thingie, and have an instant personal, safe computing environment. It comes with the highly reliable (Debian Linux) OS, OpenOffice, Firefox, Evolution (Outlook-ish e-mail client), an IM client and a PDF viewer.
Carl Honoré Author of In Praise of Slow says: “Wherever you go, whatever you do, the message is the same: slower is often better.”
VERIZON is my wired (also wireless and DSL) phone company. I’m in LOVE with Verizon, for a serious yet semi-silly reason. A few weeks ago I realized they were offering a new DSL plan that delivers 3 Megabits per second downstream (from them to me). I called the 800 number, had a pleasant interaction (they tried to convince me to switch from DISH Networks to Direct TV, but it didn’t make sense in my situation). About a week later I received an email saying the bandwidth change had been made.
From today’s New York Times
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“There isn’t a man in the race who actually believes they can beat him,” said Phil Liggett, an announcer for OLN’s telecasts of the Tour who has covered the race for more than three decades.
For now, I remain an unrepentant Windows XP user. But recently the buzz around Apple’s Tiger release of OS-X made me wonder. Should I buy one of those cute Mac Minis, just to play with OS-X?
I’ve mentioned this innovative podcast before. It’s simply a DELIGHTFUL concept. Assming you have an IQ above room temperature, you SHOULD immediately understand: this concept (if not the exact genre) is a HUGE IDEA.
A buddy got a call from his 72 year old father today. His dad complained BITTERLY because breaking news reports of the London terror attacks pre-empted Judge Judy.
This smells like a Big Idea. Monitor it.
Sigurd Rinde writes about tags, not trees and his ideas about radical software he calls a “run the business backbone.”
(Very) early this Sunday morning I contrived a delightful morsel of blog food for YOU! Then after a single innocent but ill-conceived click in Firefox, my scintillating prose went Poof!
On this fine, but so-far Cloudy Saturday morning in Arroyo Grande, Californa, USA (no “cloudy” pun intended) I offer this refreshing tidbit.