Sunday November 8, 2009
Overnight, a snow storm has covered Eagle County, Colorado, thick in white. The overabundance of snow makes the track unfair and unsafe. The world cup ski race has to be cancelled: unfortunate, but not uncommon.
What made this morning special was a reporter explaining the situation: "It was a real wizard!"
Chances are I misheard; maybe it was a real wizard. In any event: Windows Mobile was once a wizard, code named "Merlin". Today, Gmail messages can arrive overnight or during the day at any moment instantly -- as if by magic:
›› Take Gmail with you on your Windows Mobile device — and have it push new messages the moment they arrive with ActiveSync.
Friday November 6, 2009
Light, camera, action — but no gray card?
Chances are you have one in, literally, the palm of your either hand, which palm, reasonably clean, is about one f-stop brighter than an 12–18% gray card.
Computer, Windows, Wi-Fi — but no email program?
Chances are you have one... but a download away:
›› Used to Outlook Express or Windows Mail? Find out where to find a comparable email program for Windows 7.
Thursday November 5, 2009
At the focus, the family comes together and sits down — at least in Ancient Rome, where
"focus" still meant "fireplace", among other things.
In
Yahoo! Mail today, your hottest contacts' messages come together in the focus, and you sit down for a wider virtual family gathering:
›› "Focus, focus, focus," they say. You do: you see only the important emails — emails from your Yahoo! connections — in your Yahoo! Mail folders.
Monday November 2, 2009
Zeus, father of the Greek gods but still a kid, was fostered by
Amalthaea, who lovingly fed him goat's milk. When one of the goat's horns broke off, Amalthaea filled it with fruits and flowers and brought it to Zeus. Zeus in return placed both Amalthaea and the horn among the stars. The horn became a horn of plenty or
cornucopia, always filled with whatever the owner wished for:
›› Send a hornful of plenty for Thanksgiving with this lovely IncrediMail letter. (IncrediMail)