Back to the Future

The future is here.. remember when we were young and we thought of the year 2000 as a world of flying cars and hover boards (I'm dating myself here with a BTTF reference..)? Today on the New York Times, an article shows a glimpse into that future - Interactive Furniture(Photo Courtesy of nytimes.com)

Courtesy of Microsoft, who in case you didn't know bought our company for $6BN, one can now interact with a coffee table viewing your very own photos on glass. Not only can you touch manage this screen, it is smart enough to move objects around when coffee mugs, etc are placed on the surface. It's a whole new computing system in the form of a table. It is also WiFi enabled so bring your hi tech camera near it and it instantly downloads your recent photos. Now that's cool. That's the future and it's now.

EDIT: Can Google get any sicker?? New Street Views on Google Maps... Ready.. Set.. STALK

Seasons of Change

Microsoft just bought our company. Read it here. Not much is going to change probably... but people in the office area already making lists and notations of how it's going to suck working for Microsoft. I honestly don't have any qualms about it, just don't take away my balcony or my free Starbucks. Then we are cool. One developer cleverly made this new logo:



It's going to be a tumultuous two weeks so I'm using the blog to zen myself out. Today on the LIRR (yes, I'll be taking the Long Island Railroad again..) I realized how much I miss Italy. I don't say this just because I miss the travel, but I really miss the food, the people, the land, etc.

I always stand in awe of those people that just drop everything and live in Europe for a few years. I just don't have the fortitude to do something like that. I guess more than anything it's a financial thing. Florence is the only place you can get this steak:






Bistecca Fiorentina... Tuscan cows that are raised specifically for this amazing steak that still makes me cry because it was so good.