Today is the evening when old and young alike will go out to celebrate Halloween. For those who like computers, you might celebrate the evening with a Halloween Computer. Trick or Treat? Good day.
Archive for October, 2008
Halloween Computer
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Computers, Halloween, Hardware on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photograph: Tea Fields
Posted in Photography, tagged Landscapes, Photograph, Tea Fields, Vegetation on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Google Released Chrome Version 0.3.154.9
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Google Chrome, Internet, Security and Stability Patch, Web Browsers on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In an effort to keep up with the pack and maintain its competitive edge amongst Web browsers, Google unveiled Chrome’s Version 0.3.154.9 yesterday; the third Chrome Beta release. Chrome users can expect an automatic update soon.
What is new in this release? I’m using information researched by Thomas Claburn of InformationWeek. Let’s take a look.
Version 0.3.154.9 [...]
The Sinking Ship of Jerry Yang
Posted in News, tagged Finance, Jerry Yang, Microsoft, Wall Street, Yahoo on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unless you have been living under a rock, you already know that Yahoo missed the opportunity to sell all its shares to Microsoft. The deal went On and Off for several months, until both parties decided that it was “Thanks but no thanks”.
Basically Microsoft’s unsolicited bid for Yahoo was worth $44.6 billion. The bid, which [...]
Photograph: Windmills
Posted in Photography, tagged Netherlands, Photograph, Windmills on October 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Know Thy Reader – Web Browsers
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Internet, Polls, Web Browsers on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to better understand the characteristics of my readers, I would appreciate if you would take a few seconds of your time to take the following poll about Web browsers. Thank you very much for your cooperation:
More on English Idiomatic Expressions
Posted in English, tagged English, Idioms, languages on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you have traveled to the United States, you were certainly exposed to many English idiomatic phrases that meant nothing to you, yet made a lot of sense to native Americans. I remembered those days when I visited New York for an international sales seminar and heard conversations of Americans that were riddles to me. [...]
Photograph: Follow The Leader
Posted in Photography, tagged Ducks, Leadership, Photograph on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Helping Hand of Uncle Sam
Posted in News, tagged Automotive Industry, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Wall Street Meltdown on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When is enough enough? For several years, the U.S. Treasury has been printing bills at a frantic pace to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then the printing press was used once more to bail out Wall Street companies, banks and insurance companies that were on the brink of going belly up.
Now, waiting [...]
Photograph: Spooky Moon
Posted in Photography, tagged Art, Moon, Photograph on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
