K’s new iMac arrived today. We would have had it yesterday, but I had it delivered to the office and we were closed for the Martin Luther King holiday. Still pretty amazing that the system went from Shanghai to St. Louis in four days. We’re lucky if we can get first class mail from here …
I bought the latest version of Microsoft Streets & Trips over the weekend, and after I installed it I kept getting error messages about the map data being the wrong version. I uninstalled, reinstalled, made sure the folder under Program Files was gone, all to no avail. Finally it occurred to me to check the …
Over on Tech•Ed Rocks!, Brian Marble provided the locations for the next couple years. TechEd will be in Los Angeles in 2009 and New Orleans in 2010. Going to Orlando has been (and will be) great because it gives me a chance to visit Walt Disney World, and now we’re following up with Los Angeles which …
Warner’s defection to the Blu-ray camp looks to push the stalemate with HD-DVD over the edge. The Financial Times is reporting that Paramount is ready to drop HD-DVD and switch to Blu-ray. Apparently they had a clause in their contract that gives them an out in the event that Warner went with Blu-ray. Amazing how …
Came home after seeing “I am Legend” tonight to find that Barack Obama won the Democratic caucus in Iowa. His speech was a standout, especially stirring. This could be an exciting year. On a separate note, day 3 of Project 365 continues. Don’t worry, I’m not going to post every photo here. Head over to Flickr …