About me
I am a graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in Biological Chemistry. The name of this blog is derived from the name I use in Chinese, 孟柏民 (Mèng Bómín).
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Category Archives: Software
I’m switching to Bing Maps
A couple of days ago, Long Zheng, an Australian tech blogger who focuses on Microsoft, posted a rant entited “Bing Maps looked ugly before, now looks like s***” about a recent update to Bing Maps that changed the color scheme … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Reviews, Software
Tagged Bing Maps, Google, Google Maps, Long Zheng, Maps, Microsoft
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Gapminder Desktop
Hans Rosling’s Gapminder recently released an Adobe Air version of their very interesting and informative Gapminder World software, which was until now only available online. For the most part there are very few differences. The two noticeable additions are the … Continue reading
Posted in Software
Tagged Gapminder, Gapminder Desktop, Gapminder World, Hans Rosling
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Initial thoughts on Google Wave
I recently snagged a Google Wave account and have begun to experiment with it. I haven’t gotten any invites to distribute, so there isn’t really anyone I know on it, which means that I can’t really test it much yet, … Continue reading
No, it’s not
The most popular technology story on news.com.au is linked as Is Windows 7 the end of the mouse? This is the first paragraph: MICROSOFT has developed a touchscreen operating system that could signal the end of the computer mouse. Seriously, … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Software, Technology
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Microsoft should have used BitTorrent to distribute the Windows 7 Beta
Today, Microsoft officially released the first beta version of Windows 7, the successor to Vista, which has gotten largely positive reviews so far and personally, I think that the features look promising. However, they did make a mistake today when … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions, Software, Technology
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Firefox Add-on Compatibility Center
The Mozilla Corporation has Firefox 3.1 in beta 2 and will release beta 3 later this month, so I thought it would be a good time to point out the Add-on Compatibility Center that Mozilla created last year. It claims … Continue reading
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Huh. Maybe Microsoft is actually pursuing web standards
via InsideMicrosoft According to the IEBlog, the current build of IE8 passes the Acid2 Test “in standards mode”. I’m not exactly sure what standards mode is supposed to be, but the fact that the browser can pass Acid2 suggests that … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Software
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I’m no fan of Internet Explorer’s market dominance…
…but this is not the way to go. Opera is apparently complaining to the European Commission that Microsoft is stifling competition by bundling Internet Explorer with their operating system. While it is true that this is the main reason that … Continue reading
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Firefox Campus Edition
The Mozilla Corporation has decided this year to put out something called Firefox Campus Edition. What is Firefox Campus Edition? It’s simply the Firefox browser with three extensions already installed: FoxyTunes, Zotero, and StumbleUpon. So, to me, this seems like … Continue reading
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HD View and Photosynth
via InsideMicrosoft articles Microsoft has been busy developing two different web browser photo-viewing plugins by the names of HD View and Photosynth. The current builds of both these projects are compatible with Internet Explorer and Firefox. Both of these projects, though are currently in … Continue reading
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