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What Microsoft needs to do to with phones
Jul 29th
Ars Technica has a fantastic write-up on why Microsoft is irrelevant in the phone market, and what they need to do to fix that.
…if the company wants to achieve any relevance in this market, it needs to stop acting like a software company, and start acting like a consumer electronics company. It learned that lesson with Zune. It knew it was the only option with Xbox. It needs to do the same for phones.
The forest makes you healthy
Jul 7th
Since moving to Finland, where our city is nestled amongst pine and birch forests, we’ve found ourselves feeling healthier and more energetic than ever before (Maija being pregnant, notwithstanding). Turns out… the forest is the one making us healthy! http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/07/0115240/Forest-Bathing-Considered-Healthful
I love that people are studying this stuff.
New options for tablets and e-readers
Jul 1st
Matt Mitchell shared this fantastic link with me, from Wired. Hahaha, check it out.
More >There was a time when your choice of book told people who you were, or at least who you wanted to be. Or, barring that, who you wanted people to think you wanted to be. Having an e-reader doesn’t say anything but “I read books and have power outlets in my home.” (Both admirable qualities, to be sure.)
Luckily for venture capitalists, I have ideas. It’s time for the world of e-readers to diversify so people can make a statement with their choice of electronic word-delivery device.
Twitter Updates for 2010-06-29
Jun 29th
- I uploaded a YouTube video — Ruuben Levi Eelis http://youtu.be/5CYjuvXqs4M?a #
- I uploaded a YouTube video — Ruuben Levi Eelis – 2 http://youtu.be/oae9TQfc4Dc?a #
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Ruuben Levi Eelis
Jun 29th
Was born on Monday! What an awesome little dude he is. Maija has written a story about it already, though she’s still in the hospital.
Help me Obiwan Kenobi, you’re my only hope
Jun 25th
Remember the 3D holograms that Star Wars popularized… and no one has been able to make work in real life yet? Well, it’s getting closer. Prepare to have your mind thoroughly blown, thanks to some researchers at the University of Southern California.
Flipping awesome.
A hunger to write
Jun 23rd
Over the last few months I’ve been developing a hunger to write again. Having a young family hugely impacts the time you have available for hobbies and personal fulfillment, so I’ve been trying (and generally failing) to make wise choices with the time I do have. God has provided for us in 3 awesome ways with a specific project that is consuming almost all of our evenings, at present.
The back story, is that our good friend Dave was approached to have his master’s thesis published as a book. A thesis and a book are two different things, and significant editing More >
New website design
Jun 22nd
I’ve been meaning to update my site design for a while, but haven’t found the chance or the right templates. I was installing the new WordPress 3 at work this week, and it reminded me that I needed to refresh my site. So thanks to the wonders of WordPress, here it is. This is roughly 1 hour of work by me, but lots of hard work by the wonderful people who created this theme and the plugins. Cheers!
Apple: The future is ours
Jun 7th
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of Apple (for the record, I’m not a fan of apples, either). I’ve used their products, I own their products, and I’ll be the first to agree that they make FANTASTIC products… but I still don’t like Apple. For those fanboys out there…I also don’t like Microsoft… though I like their products more than Apple’s. Here’s the thing though… I truly believe, all hating aside, that more people need to start seriously considering whether their computing future is one they are happy for Apple to control, or not. Because make no mistake… control is More >
IIS quirks in Windows Server 2008 R2
May 5th
We’ve been testing our first install of Server 2008 R2 this month, it will be replacing an aging webserver running Server 2003. IIS 7.5 brings with it a few new things, the most notable is a new interface. Less noticeable at first, is the lack of an SMTP server. Sometimes you need a quick and dirty SMTP server for delivering email from websites, and the Windows SMTP server is great for this. Coupled with the use of a smarthost for relaying, it can cover a lot of basic needs very well. Server 2008 R2 DOES actually include an SMTP server, More >
Who owns these basic words?
Apr 14th
I was bored today and had some time on my hands… I spent that time finding out what sites were at interesting places like “yes.com” or “no.com” for example. You may enjoy the fruits of my research… but likely you won’t. My favourite pick is “down.com” for showing just a touch of character.
blue.com – news aggregator red.com – Digital cinema company and community yellow.com – yellowpages black.com – Africa focussed news aggregator white.com – domain squatter
off.com – Off! bug repellent on.com – chat site like chatroullete
hot.com – Obama site? cold.com – domain squatter
good.com – Technology firm bad.com – domain squatter
yes.com More >
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