Tennis and Federer.... again....

http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=881

Roger Federer gets his first win in Key Biscayne, FL.  Have you ever been to a sporting event where you were able to see your #1 all time sports hero play?  I was able to do this 2 years ago when I was down in Miami on business.  I noticed there was a tennis tournament going on (this one), so I went back to my hotel and bought a ticket immediately.  Lo and behold, Roger Federer was playing the night I bought my ticket.  After 2 rain delays and having to watch Venus Williams play, I was able to see him live.  Seeing your sports hero play live is an incredible experience, and the one I had was something I will never forget.

Cheers,

25GB FREE ONLINE STORAGE

So, yeah, I moved to Ubuntu and no longer use Windows.  I miss iTunes, and I'm still annoyed that the music program I do use crashes quite a bit.  This all tells me that the masses aren't quite ready for Ubuntu.  It requires an adjustment, but I'm going to stick with it for a while.  There are some features that are just too cool that they are worth the headaches.

Anyway, Microsoft is still has some great products.  How about just 25GB of free online storage?  Yeah, keep all your files "in the cloud."  25GB of it.  I never knew about this until I read about it on DIGG.  Go check it out if you are trying to move some of your docs online so you can access them anywhere.  Skydrive.live.com (I think).

Cheers!

Goodbye Windows

So, I bought a new hard drive and windows couldn't recognize it.  I found this odd, but figured that since it was an OEM hard drive, maybe there was no boot record or any partition tables written.  I figured, hell, let's try the Ubuntu cd that my friend carl over at Terribleidea.net gave to me in college.  Ubuntu's setup program recognized and partitioned my hard drive.  I installed ubuntu (a windows-like version of linux) and it was great.  I upgraded to the most recent version and I like it even more!  It boots up in less than half the time that Windows takes (45 seconds vs 3-4 min).  When I go to shut the computer down, it takes about 3-5 seconds (vs 20 seconds in windows).  I LOVE this "no waiting" thing.  The only downside is that there is no iTunes for Ubuntu and it takes a little more digging to find the software that you want.  I'm only a few hours into this, but I really think I'm going to keep it and just leave Windows out.  OBTW... Ubuntu is FREE.

Great Marketing - Tiger Woods - Roger Federer

Awesome Roger Federer Tiger Woods Commercial.... been meaning to post this one for a while. Goodness, though, Nike really has the best marketing team in the history of the world. They really nail everything they do. It boggles my mind.