Google Maps.. Gone Wrong

Hilarious - a modern day Internet Horror short film!
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Bill Gates' Last Day

I was browsing around Digg.com - they now have a section for Videos and pics and came across a Microsoft video of Bill Gates' Last day in the office. Quite funny, I am sure M$ paid a pretty penny to make this. I think they are finally realizing the importance of being personal - and humor is a key way to starting a personal feeling. Bill Gates' Last Day

Technical Support for Macs

If you do not know by now, our computer company is the "IT Department" for hire - local businesses outsource their computer department needs to us, so we deal with everything technical and that of course include Mac computers. The easy thing about technical support for Mac computers is a Mac user has so much pride in using a Mac. Macs are flawless, never crash, have a superior design, and a superior user interface. That is a rough version of the Mantra I hear when a Mac user sees me using a PC. That is what makes supporting Macs so easy - they do tend to be more stable and with this great interface the end users need less help. It also explains my surprise form this support phone call I had the other day:
End User: "I am having an email problem with my Mac."
Me: "OK, what happens?"
End User: "My Mac crashes whenever I open this specific attachment."
Me (Surprised): "Your Mac Crashes?.... Do you mean your email program freezes or the the computer itself is completely frozen... locked up?"
End User: "No not just the email program. the whole thing crashes."
Me (Surprised still): "Your Mac Crashes, and you are admitting it?!?"
OK, maybe I embellished the conversation a little but I had yet to meet a Mac user that would admit to any instability on their computer. Of course now, I am struggling to fix the problem. How do I get advice on a problem that no one believes? Not even myself.

Would life be easier hundreds of years ago?

Being a System Administrator, sometimes I think the part of desktop support would be easier if I started life fourty years earlier... maybe even four hundred years earlier. But then I came across this video that drew a good picture of most likely how technical support was back in the medieval times. That is when I realized that life is just as difficult and/or frustrating in every age, just in a different context! At least with these videos I can enjoy some humor.

Will it blend?

A close friend forwarded me a link to this website: willitblend.com I have heard of this website before, the owner touts the amazing robustness of his blenders by blending ANYTHING. Today's video is the blending of an iPhone! I never thought I would see an iPhone ground to DUST! http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone I think the funniest part after you see this video is to look at the bidding action on the iPhone dust on eBay.

My Worst Nightmare

I came across this video and it is absolutely my worst nightmare. I think I need to go home early today after seeing this.

Fun in the office

We got our projector installed last week in our conference room/breakroom/theatre. The projector and our 9' wide screen work really well for training, watching movies, and impressing prospective clients. Last night I was cleaning out the garage and came across my old Nintendo, so I decided to bring it to the office. I just spent about 10 minutes hooking it up to our projector and surround sound stereo. There was a little excitement as I finally accomplished one of my ultimate childhood dreams and was left totally dissappointed. When you blow up the graphics of a Nintendo and play Mario bros. - little Mario is about 1 foot tall on the screen and the graphics look terrible! Here is a link to a video on how to beat Mario Bros in about 5 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yl_XPkcTl4 Since I have YET to beat the game, maybe having it on a bigger screen will help.