I haven’t thought much about Microsoft’s Support for Linux Guest on Virtual Server 2005 yet, but it’s definitely noteworthy. Tristan Louis wrote a long, thoughtful post on it that’s worth reading if you care about this stuff.
Yesterday I said I was going to make April “Microsoft Month” for my computers. After installing IE7b2, a bunch of Live.com stuff, migrating my bookmarks from Firefox to IE7, and then trying to use IE7 as my primary browser, I’ve given up after 24 hours. It occurred to me that this wasn’t going to work out the third time I had to restart my computer because something goofy was going on. ...
In my ultimate quest for periodic pain, I’ve decided to take a page from Chris Pirillo’s Googlefasting playbook and segment my use over the next three months. Rather than using a mix of Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft I’m going to spend April with Microsoft only, May with Yahoo, and June with Google. I’m starting the process today. I figure the first few days will be a transition from what I’m currently using to only Microsoft stuff. I haven’t yet decided how I’m going to approach the edge cases (e.g. does that mean I dump iTunes, what about all the tagging I do with del.icio.us, and I suppose I’ll have to see if I can get into the Microsoft AdCenter beta to replace my Google and Yahoo ads on my blog) – I’ll figure this out as I go. ...
After watching 24 last night, I have to remind myself that it’s just not real. However, this morning, on my ill-fated effort to get to Chicago, I got to listen uninterrupted to NPR’s Morning Edition (I have no one to call between 5am – 6am Mountain Time.) I got to hear some great stuff, including: Anne Nicole Smith’s Supreme Court Case – hysterical Port Takeover By Dubai-based Firm – laws, what laws, why bother – we’ve got terrorism under control U.S. Confusion Over Darfur Conflict – those dudes creating the atrocities – they aren’t so bad Red Cross Is Incompetent – aw, c’mon, let’s keep the focus on FEMA Violence In Iraq – 1,300 dead recently Danny and Annie Perasa Letters – heartwarming – Amy, I love you Oh, and did you notice the volatility in Google’s stock today – the day’s range so far is 397 down to 338 back up to 351 on comments by George Reyes, Google’s CFO, about “overall growth slowing ” which I’m sure lots of blogs will comment on today. Kind of as volatile as my emotions have been so far today and it’s only 9:15am. Maybe Apple will announce it is buying Disney today and make the world a happier place.
I don’t understand, but that’s nothing new. I saw the rapidly expanding buzz about Google Page Creator and went to check it out. We were investors in Geocities and this immediately reminded me of – Geocities. I logged in, went to change my template, and got the following message: Thank some-diety that it’s “not because of anything I did.” What a trip down memory lane. I guess it’s beta, but I still don’t understand.
At dinner last night, Chris, Jason, and I were talking about ice over dinner last night (as we were drinking our glasses of water – with ice in them.) Chris had recently seen this CNN clip about the “Dirty Ice Problem in Restaurants .” My favorite quote: “Fecal matter in ice is a serious problem.” Yuck. Room temperature beverages for me going forward.
I always get a kick out of someone finding a Google easter egg in the “I’m Feeling Lucky” search option. Today’s was particularly amusing, especially given some of the recent tangles Google has been having with various governments around the world. Try the following: Go to Google Type the word asshole into the search box Click on “I’m Feeling Lucky” I wonder how long that link is going to stay live. As with my earlier post on the The Cynical State of The Union Address, if you like our president or are a fan of our current administration, don’t both with this – it’ll just piss you off.
If you aren’t happy with our president, you’ll get a good laugh out of this. If you are happy with the president, the current information, and the coverage you get on Fox News, please don’t look at it – it’ll just piss you off.
Googlepark: The Spaghetti Code is out in the continuing saga of Google vs. Microsoft vs. the world. I especially liked the sing along.
A VC friend emailed me the following question(s) a few weeks ago: The rumor this week regarding Yahoo acquiring Digg for $30M sparked a discussion here around company valuation. The discussions revolved around the key factors in valuing an early stage web technology business and how these factors are being evaluated by investors today. For example, would Yahoo or other companies be buying the technology? Are they buying subscribers? Are they buying a brand or is it a weighting of a number of these factors? Based on what you are hearing, how would Digg, Technorati, livemarks or another consumer internet business be both evaluated and valued today? ...