I forgot

I was gonna pity Microsoft, as they have been having a rough time of things these days. I mean, it seams like very few people voluntarily made the move to Vista, big news there. The Zune has not taken off as it was expected to, and the X-Box is the least reliable piece of gaming hardware in the history of gaming hardware (I think)
And then these two gems:
"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Users of Microsoft Corp's Sidekick mobile phone may have permanently lost data such as contacts, photos and calendar entries due to the failure of a Microsoft server computer."
Ouch!
But that's not all:
"SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday that passwords belonging to some users of its Hotmail email service were exposed on an Internet site, but had since been taken down.

The company did not say how many users were affected, but some reports suggested that passwords to more than 10,000 accounts were exposed."

Something tells me that Microsoft is suffering from G.M. itis, where a company gets too big and spread out too thin trying to make a buck in too many places that balls get dropped. No problem if the balls in question are for ping pong, a much bigger concern if they are for bowling...

Sick Again!

I swear to God, the only time I ever seem to write in this thing is when I'm sick. And I'm getting sick of it!
But seriously, it's true. So write it down, October 13th, 2009 I took a day off from work to stay in bed and work. Sore throat, heinous cough, no voice, all that good stuff. Rest and chicken soup (provided by the always awesome Ms. Hiromi Libby- thank you very much indeed).
So the good news is that I probably don't have the flu. Seasonal or otherwise, but then is that good news or bad news? I suppose it would be best if I could get it during the holidays, when I don't have to miss work. My son Shingo got the H1N1 last month and said that it pretty much kicked his butt for 5 days. That does not sound like fun, but I suppose it beats dying of it, as some do.
Anywho, using this down time to put up a website for our students and prospective students, as all we have up currently is the lowdown for prospective teachers, which is of course only half of the equation...