The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook

I don't know about anyone else, but I've been looking forward to 'The Accidental Billionaires', that new book by Ben Mezrich, since the day I learned of it. It's set to be released on July 14th, but I managed to get my hands on it today, a week early. I'm about half-way through it, but I figured I might as well come here to gloat.

Intel's New Ad Rocks!

I just saw a new ad from Intel, and it's a surprising new move. Here it is:


There's a few more, but that's the one that really stands out (in my opinion).

Au revoir!

Awesome Video

I came accross this video and thought someone else might enjoy seeing it too.

Base Jumping in Terminal Velocity

Java Plugin in Firefox, and Vista 64 Bit

I recently started using Windows Vista 64 bit, and was having problems getting java working on Firefox (32 bit, official build). It worked fine on Internet Explorer, and all the settings seemed right. To get it working, I had to go into the Java Control panel (if Java is not in windows control panel, go to something java with IE and right click it at the bottom on the taskbar to get to it), then go to the "advanced tab", then to the Java plug-in menu, and disable the next-generation Java plug-in. Firefox immediately started working after that.

Hopefully this is useful to someone.

Microsoft CES: Windows 7 Beta Available Now

A heads up for all you people waiting for the Windows 7 beta!

I'm watching the CES keynote from Steve Ballmer, and he just announced that the beta is now available to MSDN and Technet users. There has been the leaked version going around, but I just decided to wait for the real deal (the bandwidth for downloading it twice would be killer on my connection). I can see it up on Technet and MSDN. According to Engadget, for customers who want to try it out, it will be available this Friday.

A Really Neat Video

I just saw this video and thought you might like to check it out. A production note says: "No Video cameras were used in the production of this music video. It was created entirely from 45,000 Photographs taken by a Nikon D200 DSLR."


Fat City Reprise - Long Gone from Cesar Kuriyama on Vimeo.