Posts by Michael Gartenberg from April 16, 2008

Michael Gartenberg | April 16, 2008, 02:21 PM
Ok, it does get worse... much worse

I asked a little while ago if Vista marketing could get any worse. The answer? Well, click below... if you dare. My first take? OMG... OMG... OMG

Seriously. Someone had to approve this concept, sign off and pay for it. OMG OMG OMG

of course Microsoft isn't the only company to ever do a sales video :)

UPDATE - CNET says it's a spoof. A spoof of what remains a mystery though. Still hard to believe they spent any time or money on this when there's so much else to do. Hard to imagine anyone in Redmond smiling over the coverage.

Michael Gartenberg | April 16, 2008, 02:06 PM
2001 in 2008

I couldn't sleep last night so while I was I decided to watch 2001: a space odyssey which is now 40 years old. I remember seeing this in the theater with my dad when I was a kid and it's held up pretty well over time (although i doubt I'll be seeing either PanAm or Howard Johnson's as brands in outer space anytime soon).

The movie reminded me of a time when we gazed at the heavens, looked to the stars and said, "Why not?"

I also realized more than one computer around here has the temperament, if not the technology of the HAL 900.