News to Me: Dells, Magnets, Office, Orgasms, and Periods
May 23rd, 2009Here’s what is news to me:
- Dell’s Latitude 2100 reviewed: smart, but a bit heavy for afterschool use
I just thought that the toting mechanism on these laptops was cool. Of course, I’m also all for computers in education.
- The Not-So-Safe Apple MagSafe Gallery
I don’t hate Macs, just smug Mac users. That’s why I liked this post.
- Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview Registration
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- Talks Mary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm
This is a complete non sequitur, but I assure you an entertaining video, and completely safe for work. I encountered it on Digg. TED is full of interesting videos, though this video is the first of its kind that I’ve seen on the site.
- How Many Spaces after a Period: One or Two?
This one is also a bit random (also from Digg), but I, like the author, was also quite shocked! “This is worse than Pluto being stripped of planetary status.” Agreed.
News to Me: Surface, Roomba, Surface, Search, Office
May 16th, 2009I often come across interesting articles online and want to share them some way on my blog. I considered a few different ways to do this, including incorporating a microblogging platform like Twitter into my blog, but I think it will be better to simply make longer blog posts with several links when I accumulate enough. I guess I’ll give this a try. Here is what’s news to me:
- Microsoft Surface SP1 adds a slew of new features.
I thought this was really cool. I think Microsoft Surface technology is really great, and would love to develop applications for it one day. I also love videos that give insight into the workings of big (software) companies like Microsoft. This video is included in the linked post: - Long exposure shows Roomba cleaning path
I’m a Roomba owner myself, so that made me even more inclined to think that this picture was really cool:
- 11 Killer Apps for Microsoft Surface
Some of the apps are pretty ridiculous, but I do like this video:
- Microsoft search to be powered by open source
I thought this was interesting, because it contradicts Microsoft’s “monolithic evil empire” stereotype. Keep an eye on kumo.com. - Leaked: Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots
I am looking forward to getting my hands on the Office 2007 Beta, especially to see the Ribbon in OneNote and Outlook.
That’s it for now I guess. Hopefully I’ll continue to do this. 