mike’s place

An interesting new blog search engine called Sphere just launched. I learned about it on TalkCrunch’s latest podcast. Specifically, check out their Sphere It! bookmarklet. This is going to be quite interesting. It looks like Technorati has a strong new competitor on its hands.

Ahh, those great moments when someone does the Yes! dance. Well done Omnigroup. I use a lot of the software that these guys have written.

This is a great mashup of a couple of videos. It shows Steve
Ballmer ‘attending’ a MacWorld. Hillarious!

This is wonderful. Bill Gates as the marine in Doom. This was shown at a Microsoft event in 1995.

Via YouTube.

Here is a cool use of Google Maps. It allows
you to map your walking/running/biking routes using Google Maps. Among other things it allow you to calculate calories.
Cool.

It’s funny because it’s true.
I’ve seen most of this footage before, but some was new to me. Very well done.

So you want to know how Google works.
Not the algorithms, but the processes. Good article!

A mime’s does his version
of Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn. Good stuff.

I’ve been playing around with Campfire, another great product
brought to you by the fine folks over at 37 signals.
I think this is going to be a great tool for small businesses.

If I’m online, I can be reached at mike’s place.

Are you hungry? Here’s an amazing way to
maximize your return on
investment at Pizza Hut. Hilarious.

Hilarious video that portrays what might happen if Microsoft were responsible for redesigning the iPod packaging. Brilliant. And spot on.

Sorry about the title.

I’m testing out posting to my weblog using Flock. It’s an interesting concept, and I’ll be watching where these folks take this. 

Oh, check this out. Too funny. I know that I spend a lot of time on the computer, but I don’t think I’m quite this bad. Yet.

Here’s my results from taking the “Computer Geek / Nerd Quiz”.

Click the image above to take the test yourself. Oh, and answer honestly! The scariest thing — I didn’t look anything up (i.e. google). Shudder!
Via Evil Genius Chronicles.

Whoa! This would have been a lot of fun back in my cubicle days. 12 barrels, oh my!

Do you need to generate a colour palette from a photograph. Try out the Color Palette Generator. Upload a jpg, gif, or png file and a palette is generated from the image. Very useful!

I sometimes take issue with what Robert Scoble writes, however, I really admire this honest appraisal of Microsoft’s web development tool chain. MS is going to have a hard time competing against all of the fabulous open source tools available to web developers. I wish all of my clients would read this.

I had read this story a couple of years ago, but had forgotten about it. The case of the email that wouldn’t travel more than 500 miles. Too funny!

Yes it’s true, this is the CEO of Microsoft. A great remix of a couple of Steve’s, ummm, classic scenes. Hold me mommy, indeed.

Oh my! Take a look at what the moon is really made of. Zoom all the way in…