staying.cool

and so, microsoft decides to kick their best product (outlook, duh!) in the balls by removing support for web standards… nice.

idiots.

and this after i had pretty much decided that microsoft rocks for taking something as complete as office forward.
looks like sticking to thunderbird for the last 5 years is going to put me with having the best email client this year.

[via digg]

pi, in all its coloured glory. and how to sign credit cards.

[via digg]

lends a whole new meaning to life

from the front page of digg, with over a 1000 diggs to his credit:

if the RIAA wasn’t enough, interesting that music in any form is now subject to copyright. and hence, DRM extends.. [via arun]

on the good side, a beautiful look at the periodic table. [via google OS]

to balance things out, a periodic look at the bond girls too [via digg]

and finally, i’m officially going to lament about this: even though i have an official RC1 product key, and i can download legally and test (even the latest 5728 release); i can’t. one laptop, that is the be-all and end-all; and basic hdd space. arrrrrrrgh.

plus of course, i have no idea why ‘livesearch’ and the ‘rolling archives’ (the scrollbar on top here) are possibly screwing up on reloading/revisting the blog. something to do with caching, but i have no clue. dammit.

Note: let me KNOW if you guys are facing problems with either of those. or anything else. alternatively, let me know if you’re not. both help. for one, i wouldn’t try to figure out whats going wrong; when nothing is.

want to destroy the earth ? now you know.

[via digg]

via digg, a coupla videos of the zune in action.

it looks like an interesting competitor to the slickness of the ipod, and being the latest gadget will help. sometimes its not good to be the no.1 in a market

amongst things showcased, the really interesting one is the ’share music’ feature. apparently those songs will exist for 3 days after sharing, then self-destruct in M:I style… but once again, an interesting compromise option by a media player with the RIAA.

the 3 day self-destruct is the latest form of DRM - viral DRM. and so, microsoft has managed to kill their product quite beautifully..

the fact that it has DRM support takes it completely off my list, but i think that sadly the media player companies are catering to the RIAA a great deal… making it increasingly crappy to find an upgrade to an iRiver h140. i’m not including the concept of being able to hack the firmware a la rockbox. i refer to john q. public who could care les that DRM exists.
ah well. sometimes, old is the only way to be. even in the super-fast tech world, the tortoise adage seems to be holding up well