IT Director for a non-profit in Washington, DC. Man About Internet.
Microsoft does a great job packaging its numerous award-winning products, right? Well, this humerous video will help you imagine what a newly redesigned MS Ipod (Professional?) might look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAGr3mVVUwE&search=microsoft%20ipod
Posted by: Jacob
Thats right. Ask.com relaunched yesterday sans their butler mascot. Jeeves is no more.
Read more about it here. Not that I expect you will, cause I didn't. I did feel, however, that it was significant enough to note that AskJeeves no longer exists and is simply now Ask.com.
Here is a transcript w/ pictures of the entire keynote summarized over at Engadget.
The gist of it:
New Mac Mini with 2 different versions
"We have two models, 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo, 512MB RAM, 60GB hard drive, Combo Drive. $599. Second model is 1.67GHz Core Duo, 512MB RAM, 80GB drive Super Drive. $799" - Steve Jobs
Some new mac software announcements that have to do with OSX.
A new iPod accessory. Now I know there are tons of iPod accessories out there but they are all made by 3rd party vendors and very few are made by Apple. Naturally, when Apple releases one theirselves it gets more news because its usually very welll done/expensive.
The iPod Hi-Fi. Its a boombox you can plug your iPod into but its like the Bose equivalent of one. 250 watt output or something of the sort etc etc. Retails at 349$.
Extremetech has an excellent article that goes past the marketing hype you hear about the new upcoming Windows Vista and outlines a whole slew of changes that are coming with the new OS from Microsoft. The article is about 10 pages long but I strongly strongly recommend you read it. It is very informative and for the first time ever, has me looking forward to Vista.
Wired news will enlighten you.
Clip from Wired article:
"In recent weeks newspapers from the San Francisco Chronicle to the Rutland Herald have pressed out stories -- often on the front page -- with headlines like "Online Danger Zone" and "The Trouble With MySpace." An NBC Dateline show in January colored MySpace "a cyber secret teenagers keep from tech-challenged parents.""
I ran across this last week:
"You ever noticed the big weird numbers on the wall at Best Buy? They're usually just to the right of the exit, by the registers. They're yellow. Of course they look like goofy price tags. And they're just up there on the wall, for everyone to see."
I've ran across a number of very amusing videos in the past week. I thought I'd share:
For all of your Battlefield 2 fans, here is how to ride the UAV.
Apparently this kid just wants his change back.
This is somewhat old(2003) but its still funny. Its a parody of the mac switch ads.
And who doesn't like songs about SysAdmins.
Or five babies who cant stop laughing at their dad...in sync with each other.
Here is a hilarious musical trio called Tripod who performs a funny song about computer gamers at a comedy festival.
Here is a family guy clip that I hadn't ever seen before that I thought was great.
This baby likes disco.
Finally, did you know that Peter Griffon did the top 10 list on Letterman last friday?
I came across this courtesy of BoingBoing:
"Laine, a crafty crafter, has made a Katamari (the ball that picks up random oddments in the wonderfully weird games Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari out of wool and stuffing, with a powerful magnet inside that allows it to actually pick up (ferrous) oddments in the real world! Link"
