Fred Mastropasqua

India is about to put out a computer that’s only $35!! Crazy!  Then drop the price to $10 a unit as it sells. Don’t know what the stats are other then it’s a Linux based machine but I’d buy 10 of them.

From the picture it kind of looks like a wallet and flexible.  Who’s been smudging up my screen!

“India has unveiled a $35 computer prototype as part of its program to provide connectivity to its students and teachers at affordable prices.”

“The ministry said the price would gradually fall to $10 a piece.”

“The Linux-based computer is equipped with an Internet browser, a PDF reader and several other facilities…”

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/india.thirty.five.dollar.laptop/

Operating Systems, Gadgets & Cool Stuff

Microsoft Desktop Player allows developers to access technical content (such as videos, webcasts, podcasts, and white papers) and links to resources (including developer evangelists, local training opportunities, and local user groups) in your area. View it online or download the WPF application to view offline.

http://www.microsoft.com/click/desktopplayer/

Source

This is a pretty neat program.  I downloaded the offline version, and it lets you search for topic areas on development and find related videos.

Gadgets & Cool Stuff, Web Tools

1. Right click on any bank space on your desktop.
2. Click new from the menu and create a New Folder.
3. Rename the folder as follow: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
   DO NOT use this trick on Vista 64X  and Windows 7 64X. It will cause your Windows to crash! (read comments below)

This will create a special shortcut to the godmode option; letting you access all Windows 7 or Vista functions via a handy GUI!

Operating Systems, Gadgets & Cool Stuff godmode, windows7, vista, operating system

For those of you who know me, I have this black natural keyboard I use where I've scratched off the labels on my keys. Well, I don't have to sratch any longer. Someone's made a label-less keyboard.  I don't know why I like it like that, helps me learn the keyboard even faster and I find it amusing when people come over and try and use my keyboard.

The Das Keyboard II for $80 USD.

http://www.daskeyboard.com/

Shopping, Gadgets & Cool Stuff keyboard, devices, cool stuff

So I am now using Windows Live Writer for my blog posts. This, I think, is a must have for blogging. It can connect to different blog systems like Community Server, which is what I use, and you get the benefit of using a client base application like word, for posting up your posts.  Now I can spell check! Hooray!  Many cool add-ons you can install with it, like code snippets, insert videos, Amazon links etc..

Anyway, just wanted to write my first post using Live Writer.

Update: I've since moved off of Community Server, which was just a bit to slow for me, and have now moved on to BlogEngine.Net. It's much better and I can still use Windows Live Writer!

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