I really enjoy my Starbucks VIA ready brew coffee and now they have gone and made it even better! For those of you who don't know, I spend a lot of time traveling for work and don't always have access to good coffee - enter stage left... VIA packets from Starbucks. They are little packets of micro ground coffee that taste as good as a brewed cup and better than most. I just saw that they now have iced coffee, just in time for summer.
Droid family
With the upcoming release of the new Motorola Droid, I am even more tempted to make the move. I have to get an official Corporate liable Blackberry, potentially replacing my current device and I have to decide if I am going to carry 2 devices to get a chance to play with the new droid platforms or if I will stick with my single corporate phone as my only device. Ahhh decisions...
Office 2010 Spell Check
I use office 2010 and rely on spell check to catch any spelling errors in my documents. I realized recently that the feature was not working since I upgraded and no matter what I tried, it would not turn on correctly. I had all the settings correct, but it turns out it was a rouge registry entry. I found the solution here: http://forums.techarena.in/ms-office-support/877476.htm.
I had to delete the registry key located at: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override and like magic - the spell check started working again. Why on earth would that happen? Does anyone really not want spell check enabled?
iPad compliments the Kindle?
I ran across an article today about the iPad and Kindle. While you may know about the Kindle app for the iPod, iPhone and iPad (among other devices) have you thought about owning both and if you will use the Kindle with an iPad? No? Well, time to start thinking about it. :) The article in Computerworld raises that question and makes a good case for both in parallel.
I use my iPod touch with my Kindle now, to look up references and notes while reading, especially on technical or theological reading. I don't yet have the iPad, but if I did, I can imagine continuing that pattern in a deeper way. Among the other points that are raised, the readability of the Kindle vs any other device is still king. I love the Kindle's ability to vanish in your hands while using it - it becomes like a paper book, only lighter and easier, and avoids the problems typical of electronics such as heat, battery life and glare. I do like the iPod for short stints reading and to bridge the times I don't have my Kindle, but for long reading sessions, the Kindle is the best.
Read the article yourself and see what you think, and if you already have both, let me know how close the author is.
Do I get a princess?
The other night at our friends, her daughter caught a frog and Tommy kissed it - a very funny event to watch happen as a parent. :) He wondered what all the fuss was about!
The Kug
On our company intranet I ran across a link to the Kug
The Kug is a revolutionary new product in the world of making hot drinks. No longer have the hassle of interacting with a kettle. Boil water in your Kug to make a drink and bring it with you, and then re-heat it or make a fresh drink without the need for a kettle. Great for bringing in the car, or using at work and avoiding the 'work kettle'.
I think the idea is great - the genesis was around making life simpler / easier for people suffering with arthritis who struggled with their kettles. Clearly the concept has a much wider reach into most of our lives. There are similiar ideas on the market, but this seems to be the best execution so far.
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