(Then there’s also a Slashdot article about Microsoft Looking to Run Windows on OLPC. Don’t the poor children of the world suffer enough?)

Focusing on performance, it’s bundled with 75 brain hacks that will help you use your brain in a more efficient way, revealing processes and alternate ways to execute common tasks using semdomly used routines. Like a self induced (and totally safe) brain overclocking. If you take a look at the sample chapters provided (like this “Learn Morse Code Like an Efficiency Expert“), you’ll understand a little what the book is all about. The author also mantains a wiki related to the book contents and everything related here.
Also on BoingBoing today: “Wedding procession led by flower girl in Vader helmet“ and “Eat a roach, skip the roller-coaster line“…

Suddenly, it feels like someone is opening a huuuge Pandora’s box. There are movies (and TV series) which feel a whole lot more real than PotC2 which:
a) take place in somewhere which is probably already mapped by Google.
b) probably have a zillion viewers and fans which are experienced Google Earth users and would love to know a little more about the show (yes, I would love to see Lost trying something like this).
c) could use an extra dose of marketing share and buzz factor.The truth is building solutions on top of Google Earth is easier than spelling Supercalifragalisticexpialidocious. Real time interaction and dynamic behaviour can be achieved by server side components located anywhere (not necessarily Google).
I think we may be seeing something along these lines in the near future…

There was a time where Microsoft was known for buying small startups that looked like some kind of threat or offered software pieces tightly binded to Windows (and most of all, popular) so that these could slowly be bundled with their software. Most of these software solutions ended up in oblivion or squashed in the process of building “better, faster and secure” applications (and I’m quoting). I just hope these guys have better luck today and achieve what they’re looking for, “making Windows an even better platform for all of us”. We all know what they’re capable of…
Go grab your copies of TCPView, Filemon, Regmon and Process Explorer while you can and save them to your USB pendrives. These utilities are priceless, a must have for every sysadmin and should have been part of the operating system from the dawn of ages.

(If you’re feeling in the mood for a practical joke, replace some default screensavers for BlueScreen too…)