book for sale at oscon
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a book for sale: "Just say NO to Microsoft: How to ditch Microsoft AND why it's not as hard as you think." -- nice.
as seen on campus
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nice cheesy 'mailbox' on microsoft campus promoting windows live mail...
vista water instead of glass
| Commentsi'm on our campus and we've got some new cans of water in the fridge...hard to see a bit:
windows vista branded cans of lemon lime...mmm vistasty
track what your slacker friends owe you
| Commentsin the recent copy of business 2.0 magazine, there was an article about new services popping up regarding 'informal debt' (or informal loans). these are those little i-owe-you's that you and your close friends/colleagues share.
you know, the ones with the guy at lunch: 'dude, i forgot my wallet, i'll get you next time' type things.
well, one looks simple and is free: billmonk... the article talked about how it was inspired by a group of friends that traveled together a lot and decided they'd just start settling up on debts after the trip so they didn't have to worry about it too much.
pretty nice little idea -- i'll definitely use it. you can send sms messages to your account to track the spends. in the premium version, people can actually send you money via phone, etc.
no msde for you, vista
| Commentsthere is an interesting discussion going on over at eric nelson's blog. why? simple, here's the title of the post:
eric has great points about the reasons for sql 2005 express edition (which is still free and has better features), but i have to admit, i winced at the decision myself...the comments are very interesting to read.