Today’s song of the day is “Ganja Smuggling,” by Eek A Mouse. We used to play this during warm ups…. I remember tossing the ball around the pool with this playing through the synchronized swimmers’ PA system - - it played above and below the water. Coach made us turn it off when practice started…but it definitely made passing drills more fun. Those were good times

Geron stock got a big boost just days ago when researchers announced that they had coaxed embryonic stem cells into clusters that produced insulin in response to elevated levels of glucose.

i just like the name

and the fact that the govt is allowing human testing using stem cells.

i’m a cold calling machine… so today’s song of the day is a shout out to all the other hustlers: Pusherman by Curtis Mayfield

word

I got this from a forbes article by way of a finance blog:

Smart phones - new cell phones can easily become a source of entertainment, and for some it’s a business requirement (just got one — but it was FREEEEEE)

Video games and consoles - I really like video games. They give me something I can do at home for extended amounts of time. It’s really not a bad deal, especially when staying at home is cheaper than going out. (especially if you can hack your wii and 360 — awww yeah!!!!)

Gym memberships - I would’ve expected this to be one of the first things to go. I’m luck enough to have mine prepaid

Personal Care - including “everything from shaving cream to perfume to hairspray.” gotta look good.

Toy building sets - constructor sets like Legos have been increasing in sales ?!?!?!!?!! I do remember that google’s first computers were made of legos…hmmmm

Car maintenance - this could be a indicator that more people are planning on keeping their cars for the long term. (new tires anyone?)

Dress casual shoes - apparently shoes that you could wear to work or out on the weekends have been increasing slightly in sales

Restaurants - another surprise. The explanation is that people are looking for cheap, convenient, and quick ways to eat, and that often leads us to fast food restaurants.
i’m swimming against the tide on this one — more meals at home for me.

Movies - the author says people are cutting back on going out, and movies make for a cheap night on the town. this is just b/c they raised the prices and b/c it was the holiday season ( even decreased seasonal demand + price increase = higher revenue)

Netbooks - sales are up for the $300 computers that do little more than get online and process documents. These computers are fresh. i want one…

especially with a name like that.

first the $22MM bonus (wtf?!), then the $13MM house sold to his wife for $100 (most likely to get his name out of it in the event of a lawsuit), and now
another article … Exposed: Dick Fuld

” …delusion – compounded by the powerful and destructive forces of ambition within the bank – was propelling Lehman towards catastrophe. The death spiral beckoned.”

but i want to send a shout out to sprint for my new phone

and a shout out to nick for the bt headphones — with a2dp, i don’t need my mp3 player

i’m stoked.

some songs make me smile
others make me dance around
but this song really does it for me…

“Love and Broken Hearts.”
Wynton Marsalis featuring Jennifer Sanon on vocals

i hope that you like it.

And here’s an NYT article about lifting women in science

The research, published this month in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, uses game theory to analyse how males and females behave strategically towards each other in the mating game. The mathematical model considers a male and a female in a courtship encounter of unspecified duration, with the game ending when one or other party quits or the female accepts the male as a mate.

check it out

all week…i’ll post when i catch my breath.

he’s the one behind the music for blu & exile’s album last year — i have to say that blu didn’t do so well w/o him.
anyway, i kinda dig the video…the jury is still out regarding the song.

Exile “Were All In Power” from Okayplayer on Vimeo.

Speaking of Blu, here’s the link to his new mixtape. Dj Heat & Blu (So)ul Amazing Part 2 (p.s. got it from 2dopeboyz - thanks!)

it’s the song of the day. “Hey,” by Jurassic Five.

i hope that you enjoy it as much as i do.

here you go

This is from slickdeals:

According to the Windows 7 site, the beta will be available for download sometime on the afternoon of 1/9. (Thanks lotsalotsadeals)

UPDATE: According to Microsoft, All other partners can download Windows 7 Beta starting January 9, 2009 at 12:00 P.M. Pacific Time. (Thanks cashuin)

If you pay for an MSDN or Technet subscription, it’s available for download right now! Go to the download center on MSDN and look under Operating Systems.

The minimum requirements for running Windows 7 are a PC with a 1 Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of disk space, 128MB of video memory and support for DX9 graphics.

More Links:
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/07/information-on-downloading-and-installing-windows-7-beta.aspx
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_beta_available.asp

ISO size
x86 - en_windows_7_beta_dvd_x86_x15-29073.iso - 2,497.48 (MB)
x64 - en_windows_7_beta_dvd_x64_x15-29074.iso - 3,230.10 (MB)

32 bit - 2.44gb
64 bit - 3.15gb

The Windows 7 Beta ISO can be used to either 1) install in an empty HD Primary Partition, or 2) upgrade an existing Windows Vista SP1 install to Windows 7 Beta. No other upgrade path is possible with this ISO.

If you don’t want to mess-up your existing operating system, try running it on a free Virtual Machine without messing up existing operating system. VirtualBox is an open source general-purpose full virtualizer software ( create virtual machines ) for x86 hardware. This is a free alternative to commercial software like VMware, Virtual PC, Parallels. This runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, OS X Macs.

Download and Install VirtualBox from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and create a Virtual Machine ( Vista ) and mount the downloaded Windows 7 beta ISO and rock on.
Once the OS is up and running, install VirtualBox Guest Additions to get proper graphics and mouse integration. VirtualBox does not support Windows 7 drivers, so You must install Guest Additions in compatibility mode. ( Open CD Drive and select properties for VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86 and in Compatibility tab ’select “Run this program in compatibility mode for in Windows Vista”.

Virtual PC 2007 download

If you loved XP over Vista, you may want to check these two articles out. The articles are pointing out some key differences XP users may find hard to adjust to W7. But that doesn’t mean you should not try the beta yourself)

1. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=63…rbxccnbzd1

2. http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=…rbxccnbzd1

UPDATE: There is already a patch for this beta concerning mp3 files. The patch is available thru TechNet, but i dont know of any other links.

Available to Levels: TechNet Plus SA Media; TechNet Plus (Retail); TechNet Direct (Retail); TechNet Plus (VL); TechNet Plus Direct (VL); TechNet Cert Partner; TechNet Gold Cert Partner;
Instructions and Resources

MP3 files
When MP3 files are added (either manually or automatically) to either the Windows Media Player or the Windows Media Center library, or if the file metadata is edited with Windows Explorer, several seconds of audio data may be permanently removed from the start of the file. This issue occurs when files contain thumbnails or other metadata of significant size before importing or editing them. To avoid this, take the following steps:

To protect your MP3 files
1. Before you install this Beta release, back up all MP3 files that might be accessed by the computer, including those on removable media or network shares.
2. Install the Beta release of Windows 7; then install this update (KB961367).

If you do not want to install the update, you can avoid this issue by setting all MP3 files that might be accessed by the computer to read-only before starting either Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center or before editing MP3 metadata with Windows Explorer. To do this, in Windows Explorer, find the files, right-click them, click the General tab, and then select the Read-only check box. Once you have installed the update, you can safely reset the read/write status of your MP3 files to your preference.

arrrgh!!!!

i know, i know….

i underestimated the amount of catch-up work required. i’ll update later this evening.

:-)

i am skiing.

i will resume on monday; and i promise to post some cool stuff.