WOW! Two original pieces by the Oscar winning actor! Take your pick...hmmmm which one can I afford? LOL http://cgi.ebay.com/Anthony-Hopkins-Painting-Original-Signed_W0QQitemZ230425210904QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Paintings?hash=item35a669b018 http://cgi.ebay.com/Orig-COA-Anthony-Hopkins-Ink-on-Paper...

AND coming in at NUMBER 1 , Ardden Entertainment's FLASH GORDON! Congratulations to the whole team at Ardden!

This is a pretty impressive musical creation - a song composed entirely of sounds from Windows 98 and XP. Check out the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs&feature=player_embedded

HOLY COW--this blew my mind! Can holodecks be far behind???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACt9R9z37U&feature=player_embedded

Books and covers, my friends, books and covers--a reminder to never underestimate the soaring glories and limitless potential of people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR_N9iljeMk&feature=bz303 .

WOW! Hats off to the folks at Microsoft Research! This is cool http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ the universe at your fingertips. It's like the Astrometrics display on Voyager..without 7 of 9.

How do you tell if a blogger is extroverted? When he talks with you, he looks at your shoes Blogger: Term used to describe anyone with enough time or narcissism to document every tedious bit of minutia filling their uneventful lives. Possibly the most annoying thing about bloggers is the...

This is just great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0 .

Tired of staring at a dull computer monitor all day? You've tried antiseptic pads and window cleaner, but everything leaves a streaky mess behind--nothing seems to get the screen really "out of the box" clean again. Well now there's hope with Gary Rip's new screen cleaning agent! Get it here http...

This is funny--I have been there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUSJiI4L5lw

Now that he's retiring from full time at MSFT, Mr. Gates is exploring a whole new universe and bringing us all along for the ride, literally. With a $10 million dollar gift from BillG and a $20 million gift from the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences build a telescope that will bring new insight...

This is freakin' hysterical--and how cool to know the guy can laugh at himself. Thanks for everything, Mr. Gates. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080107/bill-gates-last-day-microsoft-video/

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From http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12761 During the launch period of Halo 3, the 25 th , 26 th and 27 th of September, Best Buy will be sponsoring the Xbox Live Gold service and making it free for everyone . Think of it as Halo Free Gold Days. That means that even if...

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In case anyone is interested : http://www.woot.com/ Limited supply, 1 day deal, when sold out it’s done. Make sur eto read the ad copy--it's freakin; hysterical! Microsoft Zune 30GB Digital Media Player White JS8-00002

I love Microsoft Surface. I have blogged about it, I believe it will help to define the future in a number of key consumer, service and entertainment industries. If you haven't seen it go to www.microsoft.com/surface and check out this revolutionary technology. Having said that...I've been debating...

Newsflash: Microsoft Lowers Xbox 360 Price Published August 6, 2007 Redmond, Washington—Microsoft today kicked off the greatest holiday lineup in videogame history by announcing it will reduce the retail price of Xbox 360™ by $50 beginning August 8 at United States retailers nationwide. Soon...

Hope everybody got out this weekend for the Perseid's this past weekend. The viewing here on the lake was amazing Saturday night. At one point everyone physically gasped and leaned back in our chairs, certain that a blazing streak was about impact the water right in front of us! (No such luck ;-) ...

Come on, you just have to laugh! :-) http://uk.gizmodo.com/2007/08/02/oops_iphone_display_needs_to_r.html

Are you a wine enthusiast? We’ve just completed and released a Vista sidebar gadget for Wine.com . Have announcements of “Just In” wines from the wine.com catalog piped to your Vista sidebar. Filter by professional ratings, regions, varietals, and values (90 point rated wines under $20). The gadget...

Courtesy of http://www.sysadminday.com/time.html and by way of my colleague in India, Ravi Sankar, here's: Advice to employees on the proper use of the System Administrator's valuable time (In following examples, we will substitute the name "Ted" as the System Administrator) Make sure to...

...for your favorite charity. i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live Messenger™. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We've set no cap on the...

Man O Man! Dig this! The Digital Desk, no mouse, no keyboard, natural language intrgrated search...just unreal! Check it out! “I brought a desk with me, it’s really cool.” Published May 2nd, 2007 by Long Zheng microsoft , video --> A desk has never been so fascinating before, but not a lot...

There's an awesome trailer for the new movie at http://silverlight.net/fox/ . When you go to the page it will likely appear blank except for an icon to download Silverlight. Microsoft® Silverlight™ is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences...