A while ago I wrote here that I was no longer certain whether or not MS Courier is still going to come to reality. Well, happily, I just saw this article on Engadget, with some new news on Courier. Apparently this very neat gadget is very much in development, and below you can get an idea of how it will look like. =) YAAAAAAY! Honestly I’m impatiently looking for this one to arrive, I totally want [well, more like need! =))] one!
As I’ve been going through yet another one of those extremely busy periods, I’ve been out of the loop with some of the latest developments in the world of social networks and legal patents. So I hadn’t read or heard about FB’s recent work of art till today. Today I had a conversation with a Good friend, Twain, who kindly brought me in the loop with what’s been going on. Apparently, Facebook has been awarded the patent for “Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network”. Check this link, and this link for the full story.
Well, I’m honestly shocked at what they seem to be getting away with. Actually, on a second though, I basically don’t think they’ll be getting away with this. As I told my friend, I think this is very much like stealing a piece of the ladder that everyone is, or wants to be climbing. And a good number of online services out there have in fact been climbing this ladder as long as Facebook has, if not longer. Orkut is an example of a social network that’s been providing the news feed for a long while now. There are also services with a more specific purpose that do the same.. Last.fm and Goodreads would be examples. And I could bring a dozen other examples just of the top of my head.
So, exactly how does Facebook think that they have a right to be doing this? How is it that they managed to get this patent? Oh well, I think there are reasons I don’t get too close to the worlds of business and law. I’m better off with engineering, math and code. Things that make some logical sense…
But even though I don’t have much of a view on the topic, I have a firm belief that other online services are just not going to accept this. I have a feeling that Facebook has just brought together the ingredients for an upcoming fiasco. Well, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…..
Multiple desktops on Windows is something that I’ve wanted [well more like needed] for pretty much ever. Well actually what I really want is an all connected scrollable workspace, but getting my hands on an app that does this, has proven even more difficult than something for multiple desktops. There is only a single working application out there that creates a scrollable workspace on Win, and it’s way too old. Doesn’t really work on Win7 at all. I had come across virtual desktop apps that create multiple workspaces in the past, but that was long time ago and I didn’t really like what I saw then. So recently, I started searching again…. And here’s my findings:
Lets just say that to my experience, out of the bazillion virtual desktop apps out there, and I mean including the free and commercial ones both, I’ve only found 1 that works on a 64-bit Win7. The application is called “Desktops”, it’s free, and it’s available through Microsoft TechNet. It gives you 4 desktops that can be reached via shortcut keys or the tray icon. It has some limitations, including the fact that Aero style only runs on the main desktop, and you cant drag application windows from one desktop to the other, and a few other small issues. But at least it works, it’s NOT buggy at all and it uses a rather negligible amount of memory and other system resources.
So for the moment, this is what I’m going to be using.. until either me or one of you finds something better. You can download the app here.
Seeing how there’s now about a good 2000 photos in my Lothlorien gallery, I decided it was time for a “favourites” album.. which was in fact suggested by a few friends already. So I asked a bunch of my friends to vote for their favourites, the photos they think should be placed in the favourites album, a few weeks ago. And now I finally got a chance to sit down and go through all the suggestions, pick them and collect them in the new album. And here it is, check out our Favourites album. =)
Of course new suggestions are always welcome, so if you think that the album is missing something, let me know. There are no rules, the photo can be from any album on Lothlorien. The only semi-rule is: it’s best if your suggestion hasn’t already been posted to the “Me” album. But if you absolutely have to, then it’s ok. =))
Silly little thing I recently fell in love with, and purchased from eBay… ah… I just had to show you this! =D I’m not really into iPods or other advanced MP3 players since I usually simply use my Palm for my portable music needs. But I also felt the need for something extra small and lightweight to run around with easily [and no, I didn’t consider iPod shuffle. I don’t like Apple hardware at all, honestly.] … and here it is. Introducing, my cute little Mickey player from Walt Disney. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee it’s so cute! =D
This is actually the night we went to see Avatar. It was snowing like MAD! =P
I just felt the need to quickly mention here that I LIKE this! I’ve been trying out the Office 2010 Beta for a few weeks now, and so far I find it to be quite a nice bundle. Nice features, not all of them new of course but everything somehow appears to be smoother.
From my list of belated movies to watch, last night I finally got to see the latest Indiana Jones movie. And boy oh boy did I enjoy it! =D Having been a huge [and do I mean HUUUGE] fan of Indi for my entire childhood [including now =D], I was worried that this new one was going to not reach up to my expectations and let me down. Well, it did no such thing! I LUUUUUUUVED it!
I really liked the general character reunion, and all the pointers to the past adventures. It was aaaaaaaaaaaaawesome to see “Marion Ravenwood” againe. =D The cute and goofy humour of the movie was great. I also totally loved the plot for this one. I guess it was about time Indi finally met with aliens from other dimensions, right? And of course it had to happen either in Atlantis or Eldorado. I mean do you know of any more appropriate place? 😉
I’m sure glad to see Indi’s son has turned out to be as much of a bad-arse as himself. 😉 That also makes me wonder, is it possible that there are now going to be sequels with new adventures for the son?? I would sort of dig that! =D I suppose my movie-buff friends would probably have an answer for that already…. 😉
P.S.: I suppose I should also mention that last week I finally watched “The Dark Knight”. Seeing how I haven’t posted anything about it, I guess you can tell exactly how impressed [↓] I feel by it. 😉
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