The Future Is Here, Your Next PC Will Ripple Like Water

It’s been a long 5 years in the making, but this winter the future of computing is here! You had to see it coming. Touch-sensitive gadgets are springing up everywhere and are extremely popular. I even bought my first touch screen digital camera (Sony CyberShot DSC-T50) this past September. So it was only a matter of time before the first touch-sensitive computer arrived, entirely changing the way we use our machines of today. Microsoft has unveiled "Surface", a touch-sensitive computer shaped like a coffee table that ripples like water when you touch it! (If you don’t think that’s cool, then there is something wrong with you.)

The term "surface" describes how it's used, representing a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content. With Surface, you can actually grab data with your hands and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch. The 30-inch tabletop display has the unique ability for allowing several people to work independently or simultaneously, all without using a mouse or keyboard. Besides fingertips, Microsoft Surface can also recognize credit cards and other physical objects. This ability to actually deal with physical objects is one of Surface's unique capabilities. The idea is to bridge the physical and virtual worlds.

Microsoft plans to initially sell Surface to hotels and restaurants. Then later it will be available to the average consumer…that is if you are willing to pay the hefty price tag. It will cost somewhere between $5,000 to $10,000 – ouch! Of course Bill Gates predicts that most households won’t be purchasing Surface for another 3-5 years. Hopefully by then, the price will drop considerably, making Surface a more “practical” buy.

So what will you get for 10g’s? Surface consists of a computer running a customized version of Windows Vista, a rear projection screen and five cameras that look through the screen from behind. The cameras are used to recognize and read items placed on the surface as well as to track hand gestures and touch. It has wired 10/100Mbit Ethernet and wireless 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 support built in.

Surface will debut in the New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers on Seventh Avenue. If you can’t get there to see it, then visit www.microsoft.com/surface for more info, photos and a video demonstration. The best part, we haven’t even scratched the surface in what a personal computer of the future can do, or even be.

Hope Floats

If you are a regular reader of PostSecret, then you recognize this face, but I’m willing to bet you don’t have it memorized like I do. Give me a sketch pad and I could draw her. Every line. Every shadow. Every single minute detail. I know it all and I know it well. In my mind, the image is crystal clear, even the various shades of color are ingrained in my brain.

Her secret is one that should be hailed. Her life is one that should be embraced. Her name is Casie and this may sound strange, but I want to meet her. I don’t know why, but I want to give her a hug. I want to show her how to embrace this life. Embrace the person she was going to throw away. I want to stretch out my arms, wrap them around her and hold for a solid minute. She has a warmth about her that is so inviting. A peaceful appearance. Genuine and true. Full of grace, courage and determination. Her smile calms me. It physically calms me.

This might sound like crazy talk, but she fills me with something I can’t describe. It overflows in me every Sunday night when I look for her face on the PostSecret website. And I do look for her photo. I look for it like it’s a missing part of my own life. It adds something to my week. How could a photograph of a complete stranger have such an effect on me? It washes away any stress, anger, depression or anxiety I may be feeling the very second I lay eyes upon her. She is unaware of this gift she has given me, but I want to let her know. I am so thankful to of found this beautiful face.

It’s long overdue, but today I put it in print…I celebrate Casie and the Hopeline for saving her and the millions of "Casies" just like her. She is hope. Hope rising to the surface.

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Geek Stigmata

Todd Vanderlin suffered a cut to his hand when his friend tossed him a wireless router. Now how you get injured catching a 1lb piece of networking gear is beyond me, but this guy did. Of course that isn’t the unbelievable part. What’s hard to believe is that the wound he “suffered” was in the form of a mouse courser!

This may be the first case ever recorded of Geek Stigmata. Bow down.

stig•ma•ta (noun, plural) - marks resembling the wounds of the crucified body of Christ, said to be supernaturally impressed on the bodies of certain persons, esp. nuns, tertiaries, and monastics.

My Puppy Is A Pimp!

Make-out with him and you’ll agree, my puppy is a pimp! Just ask his vet. She seriously made-out with him. In fact, he got to 3rd base with her faster than any man could get with a Las Vegas Bunny Ranch whore. Kissing, fondling, the works. I wish I was joking, but I’m not. Did I mention it was open mouth kissing? With tongue! Needless to say it was a bit much and I was becoming nauseous (and a little jealous) rather quickly. Ok, he’s cute, I get it. Ridiculously cute even. But playing tonsil hockey with my 10 week old Bulldog puppy is a little much. There are limits to a “physical”. That isn’t part of the exam. That is borderline bestiality and frankly, I felt violated for him. I understand that putting a thermometer up his butt is part of the job, but was it necessary to fondle his non-existent ball sack while you kissed him deeply? Also, he can hear you when you yell out that his testicles didn’t drop yet. He knows. He’s aware he hasn’t hit manhood. Don’t make him feel inadequate just because he doesn’t have visible jewels. Give it time. I don’t want to buy him a jockstrap for awhile anyway.

Let me ask you, who needs a wingman when you have a Bulldog puppy with a face like that? Total strangers ask to take his picture. People have cut short their phone calls just to meet him as he passes by. On multiple occasions, co-workers have requested that I bring him into work. When he arrives, people stop doing their job so they can squeeze his cheeks/jowls, tug at his neck wrinkles and poke at his belly chub. Of course he eats it all up. He loves the attention! He even helped me sign a client to a $5,000 business deal. Good doggy. I awarded him a glob of peanut butter…the puppy, not the client.

Other dogs want to be him. Guys want to roll with him and girls, well the girls just adore him! He single handedly increased my mojo by 25%. Since I got him, the number of cute single girls I’ve met has skyrocketed. It’s shocking what a 10 pound shoelace chewing machine can do for a guy’s love and sex life. Just last night I realized that my dresser is adorned with a rather sizable collection of names and numbers from various hotties. My cell phone also seems to be storing quite a few more contacts lately. I’m definitely not complaining, just wondering if it’s all the puppy’s doing or if I can take partial credit? I guess it doesn’t really matter who reels them in. It’s the end result that counts and something tells me that when they mention having dinner, they aren’t referring to staying in and eating out of a pale pink Eukanuba puppy food bag.

If you are single, I strongly suggest adopting a dog to increase the number of women you meet. If you can’t adopt one, then you must beg, borrow or steal a puppy (preferably a Bulldog pup) and let him lead the way. Actually, he won’t lead you to the girls, they will come to you. Trust me on this. I’ve even turned and walked the other direction and some girl went out of her way to cross the street (in the rain I might add) while nearly getting struck by an SUV just to pet my puppy! He is like a magnet that pulls the XX chromosome inward from all directions. They can't resist cuddling him to no end.

Now I would like to believe all the attention is due to my awesomeness, but I’m not that vain or dumb enough to even partially think that is true. It’s the pup. I know it. He’s a pimp and there is no denying his crazy pimping skills. My boy got game – pure and simple. He gets mad bitches. Besides, there is no easier conversation starter than…“Aww, your puppy is so cute! What’s his name?” Introduce the dog and she introduces herself to you along with a phone number. Not even having to ask for it? It doesn’t get any easier than that guys.

If Diesel could talk, he would disagree with the phrase “Pimpin’ ain’t easy”. Pimpin’ IS easy when you’re a waddling rolly-pully puppy. And remember, don’t be a hater. Don’t hate da playa. Hate da game. Diesel’s NY Knicks game jersey is being fitted as we speak. A good pimp needs his proper threads. Soon we will have to fight the girls off with a stick! Yes, he’s one sexy mutha-fucka.

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No Love For The Ugly

Are looks really everything? If you have half a brain, you answered no, but apparently not all people agree. After growing frustrated with the volume of “ugly people” on regular dating websites, three Australians (Michael Fox, James Duffy and Michael Knapp) have created a dating website for only the beautiful people. It’s called DarwinDating.com and if you’re ugly, it sucks to be you because they’re not interested in your witty sense of humor or sparkling personality. Nor are they interested if you are fat, bald or covered in acne. To put it simple, the ugly are not welcomed. If you were slapped with an ugly sticker at birth or just grew ugly over time, then you cannot signup and join. It doesn’t even matter if you are rich or famous, because if you’re ugly, it’s a no go.

The site is based on Darwin's theory of evolution – interpreted as meaning the most attractive of the species must be drawn together. Don’t feel too bad if this matchmaking website has turned you away because you aren’t alone. It is said that half of all British applications so far have been rejected.

The three Australian creators said they set up the website as a joke after getting fed up with crowds of ugly people on other dating sites, but rejects have failed to see the funny side and have bombarded them with hate mail. One rejected applicant wrote: “You are everything that's wrong in this world. Choke and die.” Spoken like a true bitter single who turns to cyberspace as a last resort in finding love, only to find themselves being rejected faster online than they were offline - ouch.

Now, I have good news for the Ugly Bettys out there. You can take comfort in the fact that when 26-year-old Michael Fox submitted his photograph, he was rejected by his own website! Oh the irony. Gotta love it!

Side Note: The actress that plays Ugly Betty really isn't that ugly in real life. Dare I say she's kind of cute? She actually is. Looks similar to Rachael Ray.

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