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Most of us beyond the age of 38 are fully aware of our place in the grand scheme of current “history”. Actually, I should qualify that as “social order”. We know we’re not “kids” anymore, not even “young adults”. Yet, we’re not “aged” or “elderly” either. We’re sort of in a purgatory realm. The significance [...] Microsoft spends several million $USD ramping up to “launch” Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 yesterday. They bought EVERY marquee in Times Square (8 I believe), airtime on several channels, live music acts, NFL players on site at CompUSA and BestBuy affiliates, radio ads, TV ads, internet ads. Bill Gates goes on The Daily Show [...] I’m getting really tired of half-assed software products. It seems to be the norm nowadays. The more pressure from shareholders to get and keep marketshare, the more emphasis is put on cranking unfinished shiny boxes out the door. I own and use each of these rough-cut gems so I can step up to the plate [...] Why? Because if they REALLY wanted to hide the band-aids while big brother is bleeding, they’d have posted an iTunes client for Linux long ago. They have nothing to lose and only stand to gain. I’ve done my research, there really isn’t anything for Linux that will suffice. Sure, Amarok, Lsongs and Banshee are pretty [...] Check this blog out and click on some of the links. In particular: The stuff on Auxetic Materials The YouTube clip on Ferrous Fluids (cooler than cool) The ramifications are immense. |
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