I guess every week is really geek week for me. Well, this week seems to be a week with a flurry of releases and announcements from big companies. I noted earlier that Microsoft announced Surface. Palm released its completely worthless Foleo. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a public interview together. Unfortunately they didn’t tear each other apart and basically kissed the other’s ass. Now Google has announced Google Gears and Google Maps Street View. Google Gears is a server that can be run locally on your machine to function like the online applications Google already provides. Street View is just what it sounds like. It allows you to view street level views of maps. It only works in a few cities so far, but it’s pretty slick. It only becomes a problem for people when they come out of strip clubs at the wrong time. In other awesome news, one of the top ten spammers in the world has been arrested. Hopefully they will actually put down some punishment that will hurt him instead of putting down monetary fines. While it will be a great day when spam comes to an end, I will still feel sad when people stop emailing me.
Microsoft has created Microsoft Surface. The concept is nothing new. It’s based on multi-point touch input, which has been a concept in computing for over twenty years, but it does represent the first huge change in user interface design since the mouse. It’s even being used on Apple’s soon to be released iPhone, but it’s a shame the iPhone’s interface is too small to take full advantage of the concept. What impressed me the most about Microsoft’s prototype was its ability to interface with peripheral devices. I’ve never considered interfacing with other devices in such a manner. The term drag and drop truly comes to life with this device. I can’t wait until I can slap a picture of any object on the table and it will show me the cheapest place to buy it. This stuff totally gives me a techno erection. Speaking of that, I wonder what porn will be like on a device like this.
This weekend Michelle and I headed down to San Diego along with her sorority sisters. We went to check out Sea World and to check out The Gas Lamp Quarter. Sea World used to be an amazing place, filed with wonder and excitement. Now, questions pop up about how they train the animals, whether the animals’ tanks are large enough, or why people with children think other people will inconvenience themselves because of a choice they made to be parents. The place has lost its magic, but it was still fun to check out after twenty plus years.
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I want a clown for my birthday that makes balloon animals like this.
When I was in China, I thought for sure we were all doomed to being slaves to our slant-eyed overlords. The value on human labor is so low there that they can manufacture anything at a fraction of the cost making the prices miniscule to we’re used to seeing. I remember bargaining for shirts with communist themes and then realized I was already down to two dollars a shirt. Well, according to the New York Times, China may not be the economic world power if it continues with shady practices. Are you kidding me? Antifreeze toothpaste!
The long weekend is ahead of us. It’s warm now, and hopefully it will stay that way. I love warm weather. It means barbeques and playing in cool water setups like this. I don’t know why, but I really want this even though I think my weight would crush the slide and make the kids cry. Anyway, I will be making my way down to San Diego to see Shamu. I know some of you hate that post, but it’s nature. I hope Shamu escapes out of his pen and eats a seal so I can capture it on film.
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Celebrate with me! I just rewnwed my hosting and realized we’re just under a month away from the five year anniversary of Moron Enterprises. This worthless website has been going strong for about eight years but officially under the Moron Enterprises domain for the past five years. Let’s take a walk down memory lane.
This is a screenshot of a design back in 2003. This was when I first really figured out how to use iframes and I thought a thinking bubble would be kind of a neat idea. Of course I didn’t want to put a big mug of myself on the site, so I went with Monty the Duck.
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Recently I have not been generating a whole lot of my own content from my head. What I mean by that is recentlly I have been reading other people’s sites and writing about what they have written about already, adding a twist that is my own in summarization. I feel like this is a result of not getting out and doing enough stuff. I need to get out, not just so I can recap my activities, but also to get new perspectives on the world and share some musings. It’s been quite a while since I’ve written in my Deep Thoughts. I need to do that. Unfortunately, that time is not now. This post will be another post based on content I have found perusing the World Wide Web.
I have found a great site for the ladies out there. Now, you can create your own diamond online. Just remember, the further right you slide the dollar amount and the carat weight, the more you increase sexual frequency. It’s the way it works. Do you want to be equal, or do you want a big rock? For the guys that are suckers and have to shell out the cash for a rock, take a lesson from Matthieu Laurette. This guy lived for eight years, almost entirely on money back guarantee products. He filled out all the forms and got his money back on just about everything. It may be a bit harder to pull off, since it has been done already. Fortunately for myself, Michelle would much rather have a Mochi Maker instead of stupid jewelry you can’t eat.
If your child had a cold, would you suck the snot out of her nose? Now you can, thanks to this. I’m in agreeance with Gizmodo on this one. I don’t care how good the filter is on this thing. I’m not using it. Not only is this a disgusting product, but doesn’t that child looks really creepy in the product photo? A Child like that is a little too Children of the Corn for my tastes. You would risk catching a cold or becoming posessed by the devil coming in contact with this child’s mucus. If you’ll excuse me, I need to take a hot shower now.
I am eating meat again. Well, I ate meat this weekend too. I had the opporunity to eat at Musha, and I wasn’t about to pass that up for some vegetarian challenge I put on myself. So it was the working week of no meat, not a full calendar week. I have to say it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might end up being. Would I recommend anyone else doing this? Yes, I think I would recommend it. Vegetables aren’t all that bad. I may have a few meals without meat in the future.
I apologize for all of the horrible posts about vegetables. I will make it up to you with some fun web browsing. I have for your review, the Bible in LEGO format. Behold, The Brick Testament! It’s a pretty impressive site with a lot of custom work on the scenes, sometimes using some permanent ink, a hobby knife, or a graphics editing program. I just wonder what he does with his Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Batman sets. That could get a bit confusing to children. They might ask, “Was it Darth Vader or The Joker that used a sling to kill the giant Harry Potter?” Well at least this individual can say he used high quality LEGO blocks. No one would take this guy seriously if he used Mega Bloks. That’s like playing with the neighbor kid, who thought his Leader-1 toy could beat even your Bumblebee.
For those of you ladies that have been making leaps and bounds turning your man into the gentleman you’ve always wanted, you might as well stop trying now. A new development has arisen, which basically negates all the training you’ve worked so hard for in the past. That’s right. Starcraft 2 has been announced. Soon it will be here, and men all across the globe will spend their lives in front of computer consoles, ignoring women completely. If you’re smart, women, you’ll go buy yourself a copy of this game when it comes out so you can spend some quality time with your man.
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