Finally.

I’m trying out Windows 7 RC1 (7100) build via Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro. While clicking around I had to check out some of my old pet peeves to see if they had been fixed. One of those is that there has never been a simple way of creating a new folder in Windows with a keyboard shortcut. There is a workaround that I have been using for years, alt>f>w>f, but it isn’t the simplest.

Now there is a real keyboard shortcut for creating a new folder if you are using Windows 7.

Control+Shift+N

Finally.

Says Telephony Online:

Tweaks to the HSPA network will bring 3G capacity up to 7.2 Mb/s even before AT&T implements next-gen wireless technologies

So this is something I am looking forward to. If the wireless carriers could ever get enough backbone bandwidth in place to handle the influx of people dropping their wired internet connections it could be the next breakthrough in technology. If I could get a 10 meg wireless connection that I could take with me when I leave home, I would seriously consider dropping my cable internet. I’m sure even the possibility of doing this is several years away at this point.

There is some confusion out there right now as to whether the iPhone 3G (my current cell) can support the 7.2 MB links as is or if it will be in the next version of iPhone hardware.

Ryan Block says that current hardware can indeed support this speed. Many others disagree.

Thank you Tivo for allowing me to pay a service fee so that you can sell all that cool data you collect while I watch tv.

Thank you Tivo for showing more and more advertisements on just about every screen.

It should either be show me ads and give me the service for free, or let me pay the service fee and show me no ads. Not both.

Damn you Tivo for working so well. Seriously. Congratulations on being the best DVR platform going. I used the DVR from my cable company (Insight Communications) and it was absolute junk. Varying between slow response and no response when using the remote it has long since been returned. I can’t wait for a worthy competitor to pop up and push things forward like the iPhone did with the cell phone market.

Take a look at this little gem I saw at Kroger.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Middle East Conflict

Ahhh, America.

update: It’s the 4th edition!

Or… 25% or all Texans are Fucking Insane.

I’ve been keeping up with The Masters by watching the streaming video online. The video quality is absolutely superb. Make sure you click the picture to see the actual size. I accessed the video from CBSsports.com but it looks like it is coming from Masters.com.

CompUSA Comes Back From the Dead — Now where did I put my silver bullets? To be honest I always did like shopping at CompUSA. Shopping, not buying. The prices were never competitive compared to online stores like Amazon or Newegg even if you bought the CompUSA branded stuff. Granted, it is always nice to have local competition for Best Buy.

“We have invented this idea of retail 2.0,” says Gilbert Fiorentino, chief executive of the Technology Products Group at Systemax, now parent company of CompUSA.

Retail 2.0 ehh? Look out it’s coming right for us!

Michael Arrington “accidently” posted an updated set of photos of the mysterous tablet to his Posterous account and then quickly removed them. Thankfully Gizmodo scooped them up and posted them for everyone to see. In an update on what happend Giz got this quote from Arrington:

fyi on the crunchpad buzz, photos were removed. apologies, they weren’t ready for publication yet. added to our posterous account in error

Bullshit. Can you say marketing scheme? That doesn’t mean that I don’t think that this is starting to look really freakin cool.

Good God, I want one of these cameras. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II. I won’t be getting one because, well, I don’t know, IT’S $2,700!

I have a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi and I really like it. I only have two lenses though. The Nifty Fifty and the kit lens. I realize that my experience is limited just because of the selection of lenses I have. I don’t want to promote myself too much but feel free to check out some of my photographs via this handy link.

So anyway, the whole point of this was really to show you some of the crazy amazing videos that people are making with the 5D Mark II. Have a look.

Canon 5D Mark II HD Videos:

Timescapes Timelapse: Learning to Fly

Reverie

Canon, I would write a blog post or twitter (or both!) every day for a year about Canon if you see your way clear to let me have one of these beasts. Just sayin’.

Electricity Grid In U.S. Penetrated By Spies – The Wall Street Journal

Why should I be able to connect to the United States power grid from my house via the internet? I shouldn’t, and hackers shouldn’t be able to either. I don’t understand why some of the most important segments of the nations infrastructure is navigable via the  internet. I’m sure they are using VPN’s, firewalls, and Cisco’s latest technology but if there was ever a case for a point-to-point closed system, I think this would be it.