Nelson Turns 100,000!

Nelson the printer celebrated a significant milestone today. It has officially printed it's 100,000th print.

Total Pages & Sheets=Pages:100386, Sheets:71824

This milestone is especially significant because it has been reached without a single service call that has required an onsite technician. While we have had a few service calls, they were all addressed on the phone, and repaired using user-serviceable parts. Our hope when we brought Nelson on board was that we could take more ownership of the repair process and be less dependent on service technicians. I'd call it a success. Thanks Nelson, here's to the next 100,000 prints.

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Don't Forget to Vote!

The last reminder! Don't forget to vote! Oh and if you go to Starbucks today and tell them you voted or show them your sticker, you can have a free small coffee!

Happy Election Day!

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Important Election Day News

In an effort to encourage civic duty, Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops will be giving out free scoops on election day. The original plan was to give out scoops to those who voted. Unfortunately that is illegal, so free scoops for everyone on election day! Read more here.

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A Look at the Windows 7 User Interface

On Monday, Microsoft gave an demo of some things in store for Windows 7 - the Vista successor. I found a great preview of the User Interface for Windows 7 that to me looks like it is shaping up nicely.

-My favorite thing is that you can now totally customize the tray icons, which are probably some of the most annoying icons in Windows (practically all versions!). Everytime you install an application, they seem to think you will want to slap an icon for the program on your tray, even when its a program you may use once every few months. That will be different in Windows 7...

According to the preview, all icons that can be shown in the tray are hidden/invisible. The user can now define which icons are visible. As Borat says, "Very nice! I like!"

-The other cool thing is the whole taskbar/start menu have been reworked, even from Vista. It looks more clean and you have many more options at your disposal, should you right click on an item.


Overall, it looks like it's shaping up nicely. Vista had a rough start, but has really come a long way. Please Microsoft, make Windows 7 an OS that doesn't have a rough start for once. Maybe even make us feel it's come a long way right out the door!

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iPhone Gloves for Skiers & Snowboarders

You don't have to freeze your digits off in the nippy weather just to use a touchscreen if you're wearing a pair of DOTS gloves. DOTS are a regular pair of toasty gloves with a twist: a "dot" on the fingertips that let you use your touch device without smudging or scratching it. Sweet. Even better under a pair of these mittens.

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Skyfire - Amazing Mobile Phone Browser

I was looking up apps for mobile phones the other day and came across this really amazing free browser for Windows Mobile 5 or 6 and Symbian (Nokia N or E series - 3rd edition). It is essentially a browser that lets you see exactly what you would on your PC, but on your phone! This means flash videos play, you can interact with web pages with embedded videos, slide shows, and more. This truly sounds like a Next-Gen web browser for your phone.

It's only in beta right now, but from what I have been reading, it's really coming along!

Read more and even sign up to try the beta below:

http://www.skyfire.com/product

I personally have not tried it out yet, but I plan to very soon!

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In-depth Review of the G1 and Andriod

If you are interested in Google's mobile OS Andriod and want to see it in action on the G1 from T-Mobile, check out this very in-depth review here.

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