Good day, fellow spacers. I’m back from my holiday vacation, and I decided to take a minute and reflect on what this whole Web 2.0 thing is all about (‘cause I’m thoroughly convinced that there are a lot of people out there who still just don’t get it). Rather than bore you with my own …
WAF
Gleaned from the Australian Media Center Community (link): Wife Approval Factor (n.): Applicable to an object, especially an electronic device, that normally appeals only to men. Also refers to any features added to or modified in the object to make it acceptable to women. See also, Wife Acceptance Factor. It's clear that men are generally …
Everything but the kitchen “sync”
Being a Windows Media Center enthusiast means learning to cope with a fair amount of frustration and disappointment. Media Center is one of Microsoft’s most forward-thinking and innovative applications, but like many of their endeavors, it’s just “that short” of true greatness. You definitely have to be a “roll your own” type to get a …
View your Windows Live Calendar without ads NOW!
Windows Live Hotmail/Calendar is planning an update that will remove the banner ad from the top of the page, but until then, you can get an “ad-free” version of your calendar by creating or joining a Windows Live Group. See, every group has a built-in calendar, and when you access it, you have the option …
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Windows Live Writer: let’s kick the tires
Although I’ve been (semi) regularly blogging with Live Spaces for the past 2 years, this is my first post using Windows Live Writer, Microsoft’s desktop blogging client. Being a streamlined type of guy, I never really bought into the need to use a desktop client when Live Spaces provides a nifty browser-based editing tool. But …
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It’s a “live”!
Windows Live "wave 3" is here, and after fumbling around with it for the better part of the morning, I'm thoroughly impressed. When Windows Live originally coalesced out of Hotmail and a handful of castaway MSN services a few years back, the platform suffered from a serious lack of cohesion, let alone any discernable direction. It's …
It’s com-crap-tastic!
Today is the day the Internet died. Effective today, Comcast starts metering broadband access. If you're a Comcast High-speed Internet subscriber, then expect your traffic to be capped at 250GB per month. True, that's a sizeable limit, but consider how much bandwidth is used by HD video. Who knows what we'll be downloading in the …
Two birds with one stone
Ever heard of CAPTCHA? You probably have, even if you aren't familiar with the acronym. CAPTCHA (or Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a sort of challenge /response test to allow you to prove that your are, in fact, not a computer. The test is simple: a subjective image …
I’m a PC
The new Microsoft "I'm a PC" ads are live, and they've already received a warmer reception than those from a few weeks back, which featured Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates traveling the world together. The new ads feature a honest-to-goodness Microsoft employee named Sean Siler, who bears a passing resemblance to John "PC" …
Facebook and MySpace and LinkedIn…oh my!
How connected do we really need to be? If the latest statistics around popular social networking services are to be believed, we need to be connected at all times, to a lot of people, sharing every aspect of our personal lives. I'll admit (much to my wife's chagrin) that I'm often guilty of being too …
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