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Agree. Fusion 4 with Windows 7 runs really well for me under Mountain Lion.

StacyCon Microsoft abandon Metro name due to legal challenge

MS is like the Keystone Cops of the tech world sometimes.

StacyCon Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes

I use Outlook 2011 on my Mac for the company Exchange email, contacts + calendaring. It's not bad at all, and Spotlight searching is very fast.

StacyCon GIT is the new FTP

BTW, who on earth still uses FTP?

I use Transmit to FTP updated files to my web server. Then I send smoke signals to my colleagues to inform them of the changes, and document the updates on a papyrus using quill and ink. Should I be doing it differently?

StacyCon Already Valued at $4B, China’s Xiaomi Has Declared War on Apple

What is it with the “war” on everything? How about you just make a great product that people want. Easier said than done, I know, but it’s not war.

StacyCon Google’s Marissa Mayer Tapped as Yahoo’s Chief

I don’t even know what Yahoo does. I never use that site, except for a couple crappy-looking Yahoo groups sites.

StacyCon Read the masters

I’m not a programmer but I loved this line from the post:

But if you don’t mind too much feeling like a baby, and if you can create some space in your life where you aren’t forced to be an adult, then give the masters a try.

I think this is very good advice for many things.

StacyCon The most important lesson I ever learned

Not once you’ve just done it.

StacyCon New Dropbox Pro plans

My experience exactly. I started with Dropbox’s free 2 GB account for a short while, and once I saw the benefits of it I went with the 100 GB plan. I pay $20/month and now will get 200 GB for that. I also have two local clones of my MacBook Pro on my desk so I have a fully bootable option if I need it. Dropbox has worked well for me and I am very happy with this setup.

StacyCon Don’t Indulge. Be Happy.

All other things being equal, I suppose more money is better than less. But ultimately, happiness is a decision we make every day—or not.

For me, a mindfulness meditation practice has made this daily decision much easier. I need so little to be happy, and find so much everywhere to be happy about.

We get what we expect, so expect the good.

StacyCon Drone hijacked by UT hackers with $1,000 spoofer

Hook 'em Horns!

Sorry, conditioned response from this alum.

StacyCon The Next Microsoft

This is really nice work.

StacyCon Microsoft’s Downfall: Inside the Cannibalistic Culture That Felled a Tech Giant

Microsoft’s strategy has, for a long time now, seemed to me to be one of pure reactivity. Look for what others are being successful with, then try to emulate it just well enough to turn a buck. A vision for the future? Someone else will take on the big risks and figure that out.

StacyCon ‘FreedomBox’ Is in Danger of an Early Death

I don’t think I fully understand exactly what the FreedomBox does, but I hope it or something like it finds its way to market. Seems there would be an enormous demand for something that helps with online privacy if it is marketed well and is fairly easy to use for the average person.

StacyCon Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, to Retire

UT grad - Hook ’em Bob. Thanks for your contributions to some great technologies. ~..~

StacyCon The $4 Million Complaint Call

I love this story and I don’t care if it’s true.

StacyCon Netflix queue + Rotten Tomatoes = A Better Queue

I laughed hard when I read this.

StacyCon The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

There was nobody to leave her money to.

1. The beautiful moral of the story is a split-finger fastball that you never saw coming.

2. Maybe she had heirs who would receive her assets upon her passing.

StacyCon The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

That's exactly what occurred to me as I read the story.

I graduated from college 20 years ago, and a few years back I drove through the old neighborhoods there and something just blasted me in the gut, or heart, or something. A flood of memories of friends and lovers and struggles and parties and fun and hurt and everything.

What is that? Is it a realization of time passed, or opportunities missed, never to be available to us again?

I can't imagine what it would be life after 80 years or so, and knowing that the door of life is closing quickly. Wow. Didn't mean to wax sentimental but I do love these ideas.

StacyCon Groupon stock sinks to new low, investors sue

I'm guessing that some of the "new customers" that Groupon delivers are customers you don't want.

I remember my girlfriend many years ago working in a restaurant that offered a ‘kids eat free’ deal one night a week. People would come in with their kids and their neighbors’ kids, order one burger and let the restaurant feed a bunch of kids for nothing. Obviously the restaurant needed to put some terms around the deal, which they later did, but some people are just a blight on humanity in this way.

StacyCon Groupon stock sinks to new low, investors sue

A little premature to write an obituary of a company that finished 2011 with 1.6B in revenue.

Revenue != profit. You could generate a trillion in revenue. What's left after the bills are paid is what counts.

StacyCon Prince of Persia creator finds lost source code 23 years later

I had so much fun playing PoP when I was in college! I lived in a student co-op at the University of Texas, late 80s, and we had a little ‘computer room’ (more like a closet) in the hallway with a Mac Plus (one 400k floppy drive, i think) and I would battle those stupid squeaky bats all freaking night. I loved it, great memories of that game.

StacyCon TED Talks joins Netflix's stable of streaming content

I don’t think it’s naive. Many people are getting fed up with the substandard crap that mostly comes from the studios anymore and are demanding something better. Hollywood does not have a monopoly on talent. Spend a little time on Vimeo and you can see that there are some terrific filmmakers and storytellers out there.

StacyCon TED Talks joins Netflix's stable of streaming content

Another way to get to TED (via Apple TV) is through the Podcast app.

I really like TED and think this is a good move for Netflix.

StacyCon Space Monkey Dropbox Competitor Wins Launch, Has Already Raised $750K

I am a satisfied Dropbox customer with the 100 GB service at $20/month. Having my files hosted with this one vendor carries with it enough concern about security. The prospect of having my files spread across a P2P network landing who-knows-where is another matter altogether, and not appealing to me in the least, assurances of encryption notwithstanding. This particular ‘cloud’ model elicits a no thanks from me at this time.

StacyCon Tuning out: How brains benefit from meditation

If I understand the Buddhist teachings correctly (and I may not) there is no ‘religion’ here in the sense of a theology, afterlife, deity, etc. I guess we can define religion in a number of ways but those characteristics seem to me to be essential elements.

StacyCon Tuning out: How brains benefit from meditation

Anecdotal evidence based on four years of active meditation would in my case seem to indicate that the jittery loopiness lessens while the capacity for creative wandering increases.

This is exactly my experience as well. After about three years of meditation I have also found that I almost never get angry any more - things that used to piss me off or frustrate me just kind of roll off now, and I can really think more objectively about them and tackle problems in a constructive way.

I think one of the keys with meditation is to become the observer of our thoughts and not self-identify with them. You are not your thoughts.

StacyCon Quantum theorem shakes foundations

I get that particles don’t know anything, that’s why I put it in quotes. But then again, how do we know they don’t know anything? Could elementary particles possess a form of consciousness?

StacyCon Quantum theorem shakes foundations

This is what I was wondering about: how does a particle ‘know’ it is being observed? Something has to interact with it physically, and once affected its physical properties change. Is that right?

I’m a total layman here but so fascinated with all this. Trying to get a better understanding.

StacyCon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

I think many just wanted a pretty new piece of hardware that looks different (‘better’) than the current form factor.