Notes for 3/9/2008 at MasterMaq's Blog

Notes for 3/9/2008

By Mack D. Male | March 9, 2008 at 8:22 pm

Here are my weekly notes:

Daylight saving time sucks. Robbed of another hour of sleep!

My trip to Calgary with Megan was fun! Thanks Fel for your hospitality! The trip to Peter’s Drive-In was excellent. I’ll be in Calgary again this coming weekend for Dine-Out week with Sharon.

Apple announced this week a bunch of enterprise features for the iPhone/iPod touch. I’m particularly excited for Exchange support! They also released the long-anticipated SDK. Oh and Kleiner Perkins announced a $100 million fund for iPhone applications. That’s ten times bigger than a similar fund for Facebook apps.

Microsoft screws up big time, leaving Bungie to clean up their mess. I’m really glad things worked out for the gamer.

I really enjoyed “The Long Tail” so I am definitely looking forward to Chris Anderson’s next book, “FREE”. His article in Wired will give you a taste of what it’s all about.

I’ve been reading a bit about the “Vista Capable” debacle that’s in the news right now. Apparently Wal-Mart and most other retailers hate Vista Home Basic. The New York Times has a good overview of the story. I hope Microsoft doesn’t make the same mistake with Windows 7.

I keep hearing about the Clover coffee maker. I’m going to try it out on the weekend at Phil & Sebastian’s in Calgary. Apparently Starbucks is testing out the $11,000 machine.

This is pretty damn cool, even if it is somewhat impractical: an Etch-A-Sketch clock!

2 Responses to “Notes for 3/9/2008”

Adam Snider Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Peter’s is great. It’s pretty much a required dining experience when I’m in Calgary for a day or more. That, and Tubby Dog (which I only heard about recently, and haven’t yet had a chance to try).

Mack D. Male Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

I might have to try Tubby Dog…thanks for the link!