Apple released a new Macbook, Macbook Pro, and LED Display. Looks like my wish list just got bigger!

Here we go, finally we can get the entire internet in one zip file.

I just created a new logo for my friend Barret Buesing. What do you think?

Get rid of the address bar on any website with your iPhone.

Step 1, Get this bookmark on your iphone

javascript:var%20s=document.createElement('meta');
s.setAttribute('name','apple-mobile-web-app-capable');
s.setAttribute('content','yes');
document.getElementsByTagName('head')%5B0%5D.appendChild(s);void(s);
alert('Success!%20Now%20add%20to%20home%20screen.');

Step 2, Goto the site you want to be a webapp on your iPhone

Step 3, Open the bookmark from your bookmark menu

Step 4, Add the page to your home screen

Step 5, Enjoy your new webapp

I find this great for webpages like EyeTV or Google Calendar.

tags: scriptlet , webapplication , iphone

The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
2. There wasn’t supposed to be a Vista

It’s easy to forget that when Microsoft launched Windows XP it was actually trying to change its OS business model to move away from shrink-wrapped software and convert customers to software subscribers. That’s why it abandoned the naming convention of Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000, and instead chose Windows XP.

The XP stood for “experience” and was part of Microsoft’s .NET Web services strategy at the time. The master plan was to get users and businesses to pay a yearly subscription fee for the Windows experience — XP would essentially be the on-going product name but would include all software upgrades and updates, as long as you paid for your subscription. Of course, it would disable Windows on your PC if you didn’t pay. That’s why product activation was coupled with Windows XP.

Microsoft released Windows XP and Office XP simultaneously in 2001 and both included product activation and the plan to eventually migrate to subscription products. However, by the end of 2001 Microsoft had already abandoned the subscription concept with Office, and quickly returned to the shrink-wrapped business model and the old product development model with both products.

The idea of doing incremental releases and upgrades of its software — rather than a major shrink-wrapped release every 3-5 years — was a good concept. Microsoft just couldn’t figure out how to make the business model work, but instead of figuring out how to get it right, it took the easy route and went back to an old model that was simply not very well suited to the economic and technical realities of today’s IT world.

Buddy Lindsey Comments..
I read the article and it is a bit biased, much like most of ZDnet lately. However, I do agree that many enterprises are going to skip vista, but vista is in no way a failure because vista was a rewrite to prep for 7.  They had to redo 70% of the windows core that has existed since the 80’s so vista was a stepping stone to get to the next page.  So it is a success because they got out the rewrite and the new model for future architectures. Plus, it is also another technology success as it is pushing 64 bit in the rest of the industry and getting people to write software for it.

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/13979/how-can-i-move-my-iis-server-to-another-machine.html

Congressman Ron Paul Schools Bernanke on the Bailout Plan

Ron Paul 2012!

I read this on Download Squad

Nero announces LiquidTV: PC-based version of TiVo
Posted Sep 29th 2008 4:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Video, Windows, Commercial

Nero and TiVo are launching a new application called LiquidTV. Basically, LiquidTV is TiVo. But instead of running on a set top box, the software runs on a Windows PC.

Users get all the basic features that come with TiVo, including the abililty to watch live and recorded TV, pause live programs, and record programs for viewing later. You can also burn videos to a DVD or compress them to save space using the H.264 codec. There are preconfigured settings for saving videos for an iPod or PSP or you can choose custom compression options.

LiquidTV plays well with other TiVo boxes you may have in your house, as long as they’re hooked up to your home network. You can watch programs recorded on your TiVo box on a computer running LiquidTV and vice versa. You can also schedule recordings on the go using a web interface.

There’s no Mac or Linux version yet. And while you do get TiVo goodies like WishLists and KidZone, the software doesn’t support some of the more advanced TiVo options like TiVoCast or TiVo HME applications.