Posted in Funny and weird stuff on Apr 28th, 2008
Looks like Steve Ballmer may have used a Mac to give a presentation on Business Leadership and Digital Innovation for Future Graduated at the university of Louvain in Belgium last week.
I can’t say for sure whether the Mac was really used by Ballmer as I wasn’t there but some folks claim it was just a [...]
Posted in Movies and TV shows on Apr 20th, 2008
This week I also watched two Kubrick films for the first time. First I saw Eyes Wide Shut, a movie which Stanley Kubrick finished just a couple of days before his death in 1999. This flick stars Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) and his wife Alice (Nicole Kidman) and it’s all about sex and fidelity.
At the [...]
Posted in Movies and TV shows on Apr 20th, 2008
I bought a DVD of Braveheart a couple of months ago but I didn’t watch it until a couple of days ago. I dusted off the DVD and watched this fine movie for the third (or perhaps fourth?) time. Braveheart tells the tale of William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish commoner who attempts to unite [...]
Posted in DV Hardware on Apr 15th, 2008
Super Talent send over one of their new 8GB Pico drives. These drives are among the smallest 8GB flash drives you can buy. A full review should follow soon.
Posted in Politics and economics on Apr 7th, 2008
Forbes has published the latest edition of their Tax Misery Index. The list includes 66 countries and indicates France, the Netherlands and Belgium impose the harshest taxes while Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong have the lowest tax rates.
The misery score is the sum of the taxes shown in the colored bars, at [...]
Posted in The Internet on Apr 7th, 2008
NY Times suggests blogging may be bad for your health. The newspaper argues the around-the-clock Internet economy demands a constant stream of new content which causes a lot of stress and other problems like weight loss or gain, sleep disorder, exhaustion, etc.
Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, [...]
