Asus W7J Pictorial
So I got an Asus W7J via UPS today (joy!) for my sister-in-law, who’s attending college as a freshman this upcoming semster. I had a very good impression of the W5F when I purchased it for my wife in May,...
Author: Charles Chen
Innovation, Microsoft Style
Compared to all the love that Nintendo has been getting for innovating in terms of how we interact with our games, both Microsoft and Sony have been accused of not innovating enough to provide for a compelling reason to purchase...
For All the Hate That Microsoft Gets…
Will you look at that? The team that won the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle competion used Microsoft Windows XP Embedded to run their bot. From the team’s white paper: The Windows XP Embedded operating system along with Matlab 7 were utilized...
Developer Life Lessons: #001
Welcome to the inaugural “Developer Life Lessons” post! Like my DevTools posts, I hope to make these a series which contain little developer life stories, tidbits, and advice (at least whatever I’m qualified to offer). So what shall our topic...
3, 4, 5, 9, 10
Via Fark, I came across a short article by Gregory P. Smith titled “Top 10 Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs“. The interesting bit is the conclusion drawn by Smith: Interesting, isn’t it — that all ten factors begin with...
Taking a Stand for Mother Nature
Despite all those Discovery channel shows, sharks are still one of the most misunderstood animals in the oceans. They are magnificent creatures who’s ferocity, for the most part, is exaggerated due to the media frenzy that occurs with each shark...
Missed Opportunities
I came across an article on Tomshardware this morning regarding Jeff Taylor, the founder of Monster.com, who is now starting a social networking site/portal for seniors. … <that’s me sitting here contemplating> Yeah, sounds familiar to me alright. Back in...
10 Windows Password Myths
I came across an article on some common myths with regards to Windows passwords (via Fark). The short of it is to keep the password easy to remeber, make it at least 15 characters, and don’t forget that you can...
USA Men’s Basketball Schedule Is Out!
Man, I don’t about anyone else, but I personally cannot wait for these guys to open a can of whup-ass 😀 Graaaaaawr (I really mean that)!! The schedule can be found on the Team USA subsection of NBA.com. I’m really...
Eye Opening Al Gore Video
One has to wonder, what would the world by like if he had won the presidency? I pondered this as I was laying down to sleep last night, after viewing these two videos which I came across in a thread...