So What IS Web 2.0? coolest video I’ve seen in a long time..

I’m blown away.  You have GOT to check this video out!  I enjoy that the presentation of the content is itself the content of the message.  It’s only a few minutes long, but it will leave you wishing for more…

YouTube – Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

Radiation warning updated

Apparently people were dying around ionizing radiation even with the standard warning.  The sign was updated by the The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

original:    New:

Source:http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19325923.700&feedId=online-news_rss20

Stop motion video of a Human Skateboard

http://www.eatpes.com/sneaux.html

Motion announces C5 – Rugged Hospital Assistant

Here is a interesting device that was just released which my just have quite an impact.  Check out the video:

Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant – Google Video

Reverse Psychology at its best

Funny video to watch.  Keep your volume down towards the end..

 

Goodbye to the Normals – Google Video

A Blog about Blogging – and adding video content

I’ve avoided the whole Blogging scene for some time, but after reading RSS feeds from various folks I decided to jump onboard.   It really cuts down on time spent looking at various web sites.  Now I read hundreds of blogs. 

So I decided to put together the best of and post it here.  If you decided to do some blogging, I recommnd Windows Live writer, and an add-on preview Scøtt wrote that makes adding video contact a breeze.. Here is a screen shot of it in action.  You simply paste the video link and you’re done!

Check out the developer’s bog for more info: http://scottisafooldev.spaces.live.com

Cute Cat..?

Slow day.  ;p

Cheapest way to get Vista, Office 2007!

So you’re a geek who wants the latest software for all your pcs, but the cost is a bit much?

I finally took the plunge in a new offering by Microsoft.  The have had a Technet Plus subscription for some time, where you basically get all the software you want from Microsoft for a year, and you can keep whatever you installed during that time.  It was ~$650-700 for this, which is still cheaper than buying two Windows XP licenses and Office 2003.   you get media mailed to you monthly with all the latest.

Well now they offer Technet Plus Direct: you don’t get the media, but if you have broadband, you can download everything you want for $350.  You get 10 licenses of most software (windows Vista Ultimate, office 2007 premium, Server 2003  etc), plus two free incidents with Microsoft as a bonus.   It can’t be used “for production systems.”  You even get Microsoft Exchange, Sharepoint, etc.  It’s simply amazing.  And for those of you who say they can’t afford to buy vista and office 2007, think again.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788702.aspx#article_1

Or you can attend the launch event to get a free copy of office 2007…

Upgrading to Vista? Check out the Windows Easy User data Transfer tool

Check out this tool that moves both your user data AND your applications.  I have not tried this yet, but it sure looks interesting.  Check it out:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/02/15/using-windows-easy-transfer.aspx

 

I believe the MAC world has had something like this for some time, but their hardware is much more static.

An application to track your cell phone minutes from your carrier

I bet a lot of folks could use this app to alert them when they are getting close to their limit on minute plan.  I would add that some carriers only update this data once a day or less, so set an alarm earlier than you think to be safe!

http://www.watchmycell.com/index.php

Update on quantum computer demo:

It’s only 16 qis (q-bits) and only provides polynomial time improvements. 

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/15/1417236&from=rss

Some of my favorite comments from Slashdot:

“I come to warn you that there shall be a great outage.. go forth and build an array to save my creations. Make it 100 qubits long, 30 qubits wide, and 10 qubits deep. Into this hash all data in /usr/god/dataM/ .. and /usr/god/dataF/ “

and

“Immediately after booting, the Quantum Computer disappeared in a flash of light and noise. It resurfaced in 1985, where it briefly took over a Commodore 64 and corrected some mistakes it made the first time around, before moving onto a UNIVAC in 1955…”

Apparently there is a new method for unlocking 90% of bolt locks in homes in under 2 minutes?

Ok, this is a little scary.  Check out the video and a write-up in wikipedia. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr23tpWX8lM&eurl=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping

It was brought to my attention that perhaps folks are missing the links in my posts…

If you notice my previous post, I added the link to the bottom of the post.  Normally, I select some text that turns red-brown in the blog that you would normally click on to go to the site.  It’s not as obvious as having a link below the text, so I’ll add that to my posts.

In either case, I’d like to make this blog more interactive; please feel free to post your comments about what you like or dislike about his blog.  I can take it ;p

 

thanks everyone!

Can’t decide what to eat for lunch?

I had to laugh out loud when I saw this site.  Enter your zip code and what you are looking for (food) and you will get a wheel of food to spin to help you decide where to eat.

 

Is that cool or what??  I did wonder why Petco made the list..

http://www.coverpop.com/wheeloffood/

Remember Adventure? How about Zork?

Would you like to play them again?  Never heard of them?  check out the first adventure game made, as well as a few others I grew up on..

First commercial quantum Computer

It’s cold Fusion, no it’s Mr. Fusion, no, it’s…. beyond my comprehension  – for now at least ;p

 

Tuesday we find out if this is truly available.  If it is, current model for securty is obsolete.  Is that a good enough alarmist statement?? 

Have you heard? Daylight savings time changed days? So what happens to my computer?

Well, that depends on if you applied the approporiate patches for your pc.  A team put together an unoffical patch for anyone who is still, ahem, using something older than XP.. check it out here

I was right all along! biweekly means..

The English language is fun in itself sometimes.  I recently got an email with a word I’ve not seen or heard: biyearly.  Ok is that every two years or twice a year?  well, at it turns out the answer is yes.  Same goes for bimonthly or biweekly.  It means both twice a week or every two weeks.

 

If you look at wordreference, they hint at better words to use:

fortnightly – meaning occurring every two weeks,

semiweekly – meaning twice a week.

Ok, so I had a 100% chance of getting it right, but now I have a crusade to squash the use of bi for time.  ;p

Preparing your family for the possibility of a Disaster

I ran across a list of things to have ready in case you get stuck at home for a period of time.  check it out, and think about it… I think that perhaps some of the items you should just have a known place for them, but some items should be kept in a separate location in a safe place.