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Lean and Mean!
Warning: This is my geeky post.
Several months (a few years?) ago when I first heard about Microsoft’s new Surface, I had written about it with much excitement. Then, when Version 1 shipped, the general reaction appeared to be “meh”. I was sorry to hear that. Then I forgot about it.
I was reminded about it again when a colleague was using the second generation of this device in one of our meetings recently. It looked awesome. He said it was awesome. And I was hooked again.
The timing was right because Version 3 was about to ship. Whatever flaws it had earlier with the design and machine had reportedly been fixed. So, as soon as I could, I pre-ordered it.
This week, I received it – Microsoft Surface Pro 3, and what a sweet, sweet thing it is! The tablet that can replace your laptop. Heck, yes – they got that right!
It is everything I had raved about before I had even set eyes on it. And more.
I don’t need a laptop, I don’t need an iPad (still can’t figure out how to use one for real work!). As I write this using my new Microsoft Surface Pro, I know it’s all I need – it brings both together into one piece of awesomeness.
BTW, in case I need to clarify, I have no affiliation whatsoever with Microsoft; I don’t even own a single share of its stock. I wish I did. And while I admit Bill Gates is my hero, this post has nothing to do with that either. It’s just my happy, geeky side showing off. Are you jealous yet? You will, once you get a chance to touch and feel this lean, mean, bad machine!
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What will Save the World?
Remember my hero?
Well, he’s back again on my blog.
Nah, not Superman, not the world’s sexiest man, not even George Clooney or any other H/Bollywood superstar.
It’s Bill Gates.
Time to read up on another exclusive interview of the man, my hero. This time from FT.
Click here to read the entire article.
I wish I could include some exceptional excerpts from the interview for those Cliff Notes idolizers. However, FT has some strict copyright laws that are simply not worth breaking. Even if those excerpts would be there simply to induce you to read the entire piece.
For a man with the kind of technology lineage he has, this is an interview where he continues to show how he has evolved as a human and a philanthropist. He simply doesn’t believe that technology is the cure for the world’s problems. So, in his words then, what has more potential to save the world?
Here again is the link to the entire article (that is totally worth reading!).
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One small slice of what The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving back to humanity; this initiative is part of their goal to eradicate polio globally –
Children crossing the border from Pakistan to Afghanistan are given oral polio vaccine through a program implemented by Rotary International [according to the FT article, in Pakistan, the Taliban has taken to bombing vaccination teams, accusing them of being in cahoots with the CIA].
And here and here , write-ups (including from The Gates Foundation) on the latest reports of a polio outbreak in Syria.
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The Yin and Yang of Life Anywhere 