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Vintage Bill Gates

Originally posted on April 15, 2006 @ 9:22 am

Going through some of my back up files this morning, I came across these vintage pictures of Microsoft Founder Bill gates being oh so sexy on his desk.

Bill Gates Desk

Oh yeah Bill, toss that floppy disk :)

Bill Gates Floppy

Believe it or not

Originally posted on May 12, 2006 @ 12:34 am

The Microsoft Windows Operating System has a dubious record of having the most number of crashes. It’s believed that there are around 25 million crashes everyday. I wonder if that figure is World Wide or just here in the United States?

In other news, the next release of the Windows OS is Vista which is due for release at the end of this year or early next year.

Tonight I read a report that says

60% of the Vista code is being rewritten due to an internal error at Microsoft and that to date Microsoft has lost about about $500 million because of delays in releasing Vista.

So that probably means Microsoft is going to charge a lot for upgrading to Vista or purchasing a full OEM version.

Grace Under Fire

Originally posted on April 15, 2006 @ 10:03 am

Earthquake BuildingThis morning I received an email from a friend about the most destructive earthquake in American history that shook San Francisco at 5:12 am on April 18, 1906 and how it effected the U.S. Mint located within the city limits.

This is a really interesting story. I love history and I’m sure that’s why he sent me the link.

There is even talk about making a pilgrimage to San Francisco for the reopening of the mint in a few years. Road Trips are always fun.

Here’s a link to the Full Story by Michael Castleman on the Smithsonian Magazine website.

Photo Credit: Brant Ward/San Francisco Chronicle

A great day for 3D

Originally posted on April 28, 2006 @ 1:55 am

Last month Google purchased @Last Software for an undisclosed sum of money.

Yesterday they released Google SketchUp, a free version of their 3D modeling software, which makes Google’s long-time vision of making 3D accessible to everyone a reality.

According to a Google report they’re still offering SketchUp Pro 5 for design professionals like architects, designers, builders, art directors and game developers. Both Google SketchUp and SketchUp Pro 5 enable you to place models in Google Earth; Pro users get some additional features.

The best part about Google SketchUp? It’s free for personal use and no registration is required.

Thanks Google for another cool development tool!