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Okay, this is just way too cool. Those that know my fanatacism for computers and have been around me lately know that I have fallen in love with VAIO’s. Well here is one to make anyone drool!: the new UX Micro PC priced at only $1800 USD. It is sooo cool. Enjoy.

Oh and be sure to use Internet Explorer to view the link… FireFox didn’t work for me.

Oh and yes I would be delighted to get one as a thank you for being such a great guy!

I swear that Google Desktop has to be one of the most useful net apps that I have ever had the pleasure to install. Today Google Desktop turns 4! No not 4 years old but version 4 was just released and it supports 26 friggin languages! Nice work Google!

For those who are not familiar with Google Desktop, well let me give you a quick fill-in.

Google Desktop is kind of like a Google search engine of your own on your computer. When you download it, the software will ask you a few questions and then begin to ‘index’ (search, read and sort) all of the content on your computer. From word files, to pdf, excel, you name it, this software will read it and allow you to search for it.

Worried about security? Well I am no security expert but I can tell you that I am not worried about it because Google Desktop resides entirely on your own machine, it does not send the information that you index to Google. Your information is private. Still unsure? Check out Google’s frequently asked questions on security for Google Desktop.
As usual there are tons of other gadgets and cool things that you can add but I feel the most important capability of Google Desktop is definitely the search capabilities. But, if you do want a little rundown on the other cool stuff click here.

Just imagine,,, you don’t have to search for another document ever again using that painfully inadequate “find” option in Windows. Windows has many crappy holes in it and I can happily say that Google has plugged quite a few with Google Desktop.
The Google Desktop install is quite simple. Just visit http://desktop.google.com/ and following the instructions

Interested in this new wave of free gadgets and software that Google keeps giving out? Well then you will be very interested in its lateste offering: Writely. Found at www.writely.com this is a word processing tool that you can use from anywhere and publish to just about anything. Check out the online tour at writely.com and let me know what you think if you do decide to use it - or whatever

I just thought I would post this story quickly since it had been a couple of days since my last post and I love shark stories (second hand).

Apparently a 12foot shark began attacking a row boat that was engaged in the trans-atlantic rowing race last week. This shark kept attacking for 15 minutes…. eeek! I love the final comment in the article.

I hope you have a great day.

Oh and later I will fill you all in on a great weekend I had at my cousin Erin’s beautiful wedding.

Hehe sorry for the title but I just couldn’t resist. Anyway, it really does have something to with Pandora’s box! Really! Anyway, a friend of mine told me about this program which, if you have never tried it then I highly recommend giving it a go. It is essentially a jukebox at www.pandora.com where you can specify a single favorite song and the program will find other music within the same ’style’ as the song you picked and it will play them for you free… forever. Yup, it is free and the beauty of it is that you will be introduced to some new music.

If you don’t like the music, no problem, just go to the browser window that you have open (you have to leave the browser open to keep playing the box) and give the song a ‘thumbs down’. The software will ‘learn’ what you do and don’t like over time. Frankly I can’t believe how accurate it is and I rarely go a day without listening to it.

Enjoy!! www.pandora.com