I recently took up a job that required me to put down my Mac during work hours. Fortunately, I don’t have to fight with Vista or settle for the outdated Windows XP, as Vista came preinstalled on my new soulless Dell. The setup includes dual 22&24 inch monitors, plenty of RAM, and a Nvidia Video Card more than adequate for gaming.

A Layer of Insulation
I brought in my Logitech MX Revolution mouse, Apple Aluminum Keyboard, and Bose QuietComfort 3 headphones to keep me at arms reach from the less than enchanting Dell hardware. This should give me a nice buffer until I can get reacquainted with Windows. Its been a while. I’m going to keep an open mind, and my first impression is “Windows 7 isn’t that bad at all.” The look and feel of the interface is pleasant enough, although not always usability focused. I’ll get more into my first 2 weeks with Windows 7 in my next post.

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Rumors about a possible $100 million acquisition by Yahoo of sports content site Rivals surfaced today. But two previous deals to acquire the company died once it was discovered that the CEO, Shannon Terry, was found to have violated the anti-touting and antifraud provisions of U.S. securities laws in 1998.

Last week after reading Necromancer by William Gibson, I was lectured on the homogenization of the personal identity due to the digitization of human life. It was proposed by my prof, Fred Turner, that the interconnecting nature of the digital lifestyle gradually strips away the individual by making one dependent on the collective we call the net. We are effectively always “plugged in.” What does this have to do with the Bad Boys over at Rivals? Nothing in the slightest, but its nice to know that amidst the downward spiral orientation of society, there are still bandits at the helm of society committing old school crimes. As long as there are bank robbers, how different can society really get? Right?

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