So I realized that I can't quite live without a Windows PC. Go figure. My tower got zapped when the power went out a few weeks ago. When the power went back on, I tried to power up and the tower simply would not boot. The power supply appeared to be okay, but I'm guessing that the BIOS got fried. The error I get is some BIOS checksum error. Even manually clearing the the CMOS did nothing. Bummer.
I was originally going to get another tower to replace the zapped one, but figured a laptop might be more convenient. Along with various software that I used regularly on my XP box, there's a handful of GPS apps that I couldn't take along with me to run on my Macbook Pro (yeah, I could have gotten virtualization software, but with 80 gigs of HD space, that doesn't leave a whole lot of space for data once the apps are isntalled).
So I got a Compaq Presario F755 - I got it at an excellent price, and was just a tiny bit more than the tower I was looking at. Convenience over power won. Anyways, this thing has a 160gig harddrive with 2 gigs of RAM. Far better specs than any other laptops I looked at within the price range (less than $550). I refuse to purchase a high end PC anymore... they're such commodities these days that commanding a high price doesn't seem to make sense. Anyways, I noticed that the prices of notebooks have gone up over the past year. I'm guessing it's due to the same reasons there's an increase in consumer goods.
He's apparently moving to EMI as a president of some sort to figure out future business models.
It's funny considering he graced the cover of March's Fast Company...
I just came across a link to San Jose's NBC11 link to a documentary they produced on the Japanese Relocation Camps during WWII. While I haven't seen the entire documentary, I think educating people on the fact that Japanese-Americans, a majority of whom called the United States their home, or who were naturally born Americans, were forced to relocate for "their own safety" after Pearl Harbor. While many did so willingly, as a way to help their country, the reality is that most lost their homes and their possessions... not to mention their dignity.
