Want to know more about Hallow's eve? (Well, my German flatmate was asking about it...) So here are the Google results for Halloween.
Just keeping this link for self reference as this is a good insight on how people perceive usability and how we perceive usability. Here is the article... The Reg - Usability - is it what we think it is?
More score, more hits and clients are dying to get Sun and this will show it they will make the net work... The Reg - Sun shouts at analysts with customer wins. Is Sun winning confidence? I still think it is too early to tell. Wait and see.
And building up their retail side as well. Stocks not up there, but customer trust the security and stability of Solaris! Here's some news articles:
- Sporting Goods Superstores Implement Sun Microsystems' Network Computing Vision in Under 90 Days
- Sun Grabs Significant Foothold in Storage Market With Surge of High Profile Customer Wins
- Benetton Group Selects Sun Microsystems for Its Next-Generation Information System
See the price of the DVD in China!!! Hong Kong Daily - Studios hope 'Matrix' film will strike blow against China piracy
I read this about Sun being put on credit-watch as they are not doing so great for a few quarters now - C|Net : Sun posts deeper loss for quarter. I wonder what Sun execs are planning? Should I be worried (not really)? Is there still a market-share for Sun to grapple? Time will only tell... I'll be watching in the next few weeks anyway...
What is it with inflation nowadays? A homeless person came up to me and my BF and asked us politely to give him 5 Euro! Not spare some change, but 5 Euro. My BF took out some change and out of his good heart, gave him the two 1 Euro coins (the largest coins he had, the rest were 1/2/5/10/20 cents). The guy then had the audacity to ask for the rest of the change! My word, what is the world coming to. Money means something to us, ou know as well. We need to be able to fend for ourselves, and we don't go begging others for change, never mind 5 Euro.
Nox Bar in Hamburg just started a pub that offers women to go shopping while their partners "park them at what it bills as the country's first kindergarten for men". Read the full article - German Bar Offers Kindergarten for Men from fredericksburg.com.
Wonder will this take off here? Will any shopping get done? More drinking, perhaps. :P
And for 18 months and they only announced it this morning (and 4 days warning) even though they had the approval since Jan! Yup, read the article from the indo this morning - Off the rails: Dart closed at weekends for 18 months (free registration).
Or read the news article from RTE news online - Dart weekend closures over 18 months
Irish Rail DASH site details -http://www.irishrail.ie/projects/dart_and_suburban_enhancement.asp
Just joined the company tennis group. The rackets at home are all banjaxxed by my brother, so I am getting a new racket (but hey that is just an excuse, right? :P)
But there is only one good sport store and it is on Suffolk Street here in Dublin called Elvery's. Not many Prince rackets, but hey, it's a good shop.
Needed to find out my grip size, so went searching online, found the following:
SweatBandTennis.com - Instructions for measuring you grip size
Wilson site - tennis, Click on the "Grip Sizer" link for the menu and a pdf file will show you a picture for you to measure your hand. (Pretty good)
So my size is L2 (European) or 4 1/4 inch (US). Now all I have to do is wait for next payday.. :P
Google results for related articles of Sun's troubles at the current climate
What I do not like are these analysts. Why are they so nasty? They are trying to start more and more rumours, making some companies like Sun look bad. I personally do not think that Sun will get taken over. I don't like the way companies can be just bought if the company is floated to the market, greed? I don't know, but I hear there are trends of companies to remain private. But of course, news on this are few and far between.
But will Sun pick up though, some places (such as osnews) that are talking about it (yes, troll-attracted places)
OsNews.com - After Sun Goes Out
OsNews.com - Sun a Takeover Target Without Drastic Action?
This is cool. And looks simple, just click on the colours and watch the simple colour scheme combinations at pixy.cz - Color scheme