A blogger onsite at the opening caught a couple of shots of one of the huge displays surrounding the stadium at the Beijing Opening for the 2008 Olympics.
While the typical Microsoft Naysayers are blasting BSOD jokes over one of the screens displaying blue with white text at the opening of the Beijing Olympics, it is, in fact, not OS troubles, but hardware (this error screen shows up as a prevention, stopping potential system damage; caused in this case by some USER error or hardware/driver error and not Windows OS)
Regardless…I wonder how many people Balmer called on the carpet over this mishap?
I’ve been working pretty hard these last couple of weeks putting together this website for a client who is in Florida. The site is about 100 pages. It took me rougly two weeks to get it done.
So, tonight, or should I say this morning… I decided to take a much needed break… I was browsing around the net to find out how I can add some 80s music to my myspace page… I found a really cool player that I could just add music too and upload to the myspace… I wanted to post the player in the myspace blog, but realized I couldn’t do it. So I came to blogger and realized I couldn’t do it there because it was only for myspace…
Then I saw that you can post videos in blogger. Andy is pretty much the “video” guru around here. So, I wanted to see how easy or hard it was and what better video to make then a video that includes “music”… The music, of course, that I grew up with and I love… the 80s!
Then I thought, well, I don’t think I have a program on my computer right now that can do it… I looked around the home office and saw that I could load one program or another on the computer but then I wanted to see if they had anything free I can download quickly.
I found out that Windows XP includes a free video program called “Movie Maker” so I decided to take a stab at it… I only did about 5 songs and added some video effects and transitions.
It took me about 3 hours and about 25 minutes to encode the video, but here it is, My First Video…
We talked with GM and VP of Sales Ron Ferguson from Archos about the new Internet Media Tablet which combines the features of its popular media players with an Internet device with Wi-Fi and 3.5G connectivity. Archos is calling the product the Internet Media Tablet or IMT and has some really great features with a 5″ or 7″ Screen. For More information check out our website and our interview with Archos at http://www.techtalkradio.com/hardware/archosgen6.html
I am in California and visiting my Mom and stepdad Michael who has been recovering from treaments to battle cancer. It has been a tough road for him and we are optimistic that he will recover and regain use of his legs which have also been affected during his treatments. Your best wishes and thoughts for recovery are most appreciated.
In the trip out here yesterday, which we did in the car via the I-10 from Tucson to Huntington Beach, we saw some very strange things. One of them was a hamburger stand we went to many years ago when we lived in Coachella. This stand had some fabulous burgers and was one of the last stops between Coachella and Blythe. We always looked forward to stopping and grabbing a bite to eat here however when the road trips became less frequent between the two cities, we ended up forgetting the little burger stand.
On our trip we decided to make the stop and was surprised to see that the stand in Desert Center was closed. Not only was it closed but it deserted in a way you would see in a film such as I am Legend or Dawn of the Dead. Broken Glass, equipment and supplies still in stock and the floors crowded with debris. I grabbed my Camera and snapped a few shots:
Broken Glass and split counters with a Coke Machine still inside:
The Building itself has been vacant for some time. A Calender on the wall had 2004 as the last time the calender had been turned.
And lastely, looking inside the husk of the building – Abandoned
I found a link with a picture of the building in better times.
I can only imagine how this place looks at night, I think I would keep driving. On my trip I did notice something very strange. People have given up on spelling and I have the pictures to prove it. Tommorow I will share that with you. Thanks for reading.
