I finally got around to adding the Hackoff.com link to my site. I was reminded by Fred Wilson’s post which for some reason showed up on my Bloglines list today. I agree that Word of Blog is a very cool service, but I’m not sure if it can take that much credit for the attention … Read More
This would’ve been unthinkable a couple of years ago, but Palm, in its ever-changing strategy, has tied up with RIM. I don’t know who this helps more. RIM definitely wins in that it allows users that want to migrate away from current devices to the Treo or other Palm devices to stick with the Blackberry … Read More
Well since my Sony Vaio is toast right now and it is a sunday so I can’t get some of the items that I need to work on getting my data of the harddrive, I’ve pulled out my good old Powerbook and I’m
I am not a happy man today. My Sony Viao won’t startup anymore – it keeps going to a blue screen which disappears so damn fast that you have no idea what it is saying, and then attempts to restart giving me the options for Safe mode, etc. None of them work though. I even … Read More
I just uploaded pics of Mazar-e-Sharif and Venice (talk about contrasting places…) —
Apple’s latest announcement for video iPods comes at a good time, judging by the spike in their share price today. After getting trashed on Wednesday for missing rev targets, it seems that investors think that their latest product is going to bring Apple back. Personally, I’m not too sure about the video iPod itself. I … Read More
While going through my daily ritual of checking my favourite news sites, I came across this article in The Guardian – about a new innovation from Siemens of paper-thin television screens. I’m more excited about this than I have been about any technology in a long time. I had to find out more and was … Read More
Microsoft and Yahoo IM tie up About time that there is some changes in the IM world. My laptop is cluttered with with the disparate utilities, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Skype, not to mention all of the interim trial software that I load up. I’ve tried to consolidate using Trillian, but i’m not too happy … Read More
Well, it is sad, but it seems that seeing tiny little cartoons killed by war, has more of an effect on us now than actually hearing about real children dying in war. Unicef has released a video of Smurfs being attacked where Smurfs (including Smurfette) die, ending with the Caption: Do not let war destroy … Read More
So it seems that my mother’s advice wasn’t based on old superstitious mumbo jumbo… According to this article, eating fish can actually help your brain because of the omega-3 fatty acids – Fishy stuff. So the question becomes, will the rate at which the omega-3 acids help your brain be slower or faster than the … Read More