Archive for December, 2006

Second Life: more good and bad.

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Nicholas Carr asks what is the ecological cost of Second Life. "...the average citizen of Brazil consumes 1,884 kWh, which, given the fact that my avatar estimate was rough and conservative, means that your average Second Life avatar consumes about as much electricity as your average Brazilian." Of course, this isn't the ...

I’m venting…

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Today I had to tell a friend that I'd inadvertently broken his laptop and I'm going to have to provide a replacement. Of course, I didn't but I was entrusted with it's care. mea culpa. Today I had to talk to a solicitor because of pending legal action due to some ...

PCs for kids in developing countries

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Intel has developed what it calls the "ClassMate PC" it intends to sell for $400 per unit in response to the $150 OLPC and will be evaluating it in Brazil. The ultraportable will house: The ultraportable will house an (unspecified) Intel Celeron M processor, 7-inch 800 x 480 LCD, 256MB of ...

I am normal. Yes, normal.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

James makes me feel like less of a freak geek with this entry today about browsing habits of the general public: "Which goes to prove that people will interrupt what they're doing and invoke the all-seeing Google when they come across something that piques their interest. Either the PC is always-on ...

Vista: what could have been…

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

The Seattle Times writes:"Imagine this. One of the world's most powerful monopolies puts 10,000 people to work for five years to create one new product. And nobody is really sure if anyone wants it. How's that for a gamble?" And what a great effort it is. Turns out it's still vulnerable ...

Viral Marketing

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Damien's Fluffy Links brings us 7 Viral Marketing Tips. Now, we could digest each of these lessons individually and see how to apply them to our everyday business, or we could just enjoy the various Youtube videos and not worry about the messages involved. Hmm, time-wastingly-good. Yummy!