Interesting blog post about how Apple is using Windows CE in the Apple Store. jkOnTheRun: iPhone 3G- brought to you by Microsoft

Microsoft should be taking full advantage of this story!

What is it about my inbox that makes Google think I want to meet "Emo Goths"?!?

   

Screen clipping taken: 5/15/2008, 1:47 PM

   

Sunny in WA, cloudy in AZ. Don't see that too often...

So Microsoft has a new technology called SideShow. It is basically a platform that lets you display data on various devices besides the PC's screen. It looks pretty cool, but who comes up with these names? Did anyone do any research on the meaning behind the word sideshow? Does anyone else think it's funny that "sideshow" is basically a polite term for freakshow?

I find it funny that the Engadget Podcasts are sponsored by Best Buy. Do a search for Best Buy at Engadget and you'll see why!

 I was reading a mailing list that I subscribe to when I came across a job posting. In the "Job Responsibilites" I found this gem:

Design, develop, and validate performance of  work to ensure that any software release is free of defects and does not require an additional release to correct defects.

If they find someone who can do that, they should pay that person millions of dollars!

Some Australians at a party were playing a beer drinking game with what is basically one of those beer hats but with a pump attached to it. One of the men ruptured his stomach and spent some time in intensive care. Crazy!

[Via Engadget.com]

...or else it gets the hose again.