May has proven to be a hard month for hardware here. I've had two desktops (their future is uncertain) and two notebooks (one permanently) go out of service.

I have to confess they weren't as well backed up as I should have, proving my theorem from college "back up religion is inversely proportional to the time since the last crash."

The good news is, many of the other systems in the network are being backed up daily or weekly, I think it was karma that the two systems with the weakest backups failed.

This is from Google, if you are tired of delayed stock quotes, they are offering real time NASDAQ stock quotes for free.

The first thing I noticed were bean bag chairs, pool tables, foosball tables, etc. in the lobby outside the meeting rooms. And WiFi everywhere. I don't remember being at a conference with more notebook computers, and no one was having any problem getting on-line. Oh and the keynote speakers were wearing jeans and casual shirts.

I visited the offices of muvee earlier this year. muvee has one of the most amazing pieces of software I have ever used--it does automatic video editing. It does it very intelligently. It produces great results.

This just arrived from Laplink. They melted their servers so the promotion continues (temporarily)

Due to overwhelming demand, customers visiting www.laplink.com may have encountered difficulties in downloading their free copy of PCmover.

Laplink wants to ensure as many people as possible have the opportunity to receive a copy of PCmover and qualify for the prize giveaway; therefore we have decided to temporarily extend the promotion.