Ben McMurry

With Google's recent acquisition of Aardvark , I wanted to give it a try and see why they bought it. Aardvark is a website that lets you ask questions and get answers. I could describe it more, but that's what it is. You submit a question and then aardvark searches for a user that might be able to answer it. At first, I wondered how this differed than just searching for answers online. I decided to ask it questions whose answers I couldn't find by searching with Google. I thought I might be able to get a good response. Out of all the questions I asked, all the answers were unhelpful or showed that the answerers did not understand the questions. Some were just flat out ridiculous. I think that the concept is interesting, but so far, it isn't helpful.

I recently continued my ongoing search for the ultimate word processor for mac. Before I get to much further into this post, I must say that I am very content with Office 2007 on PCs. I think it is great. Since I've been using macs rather exclusively for the last 3 or 4 years, I have not been impressed by the word processors for mac. Here's what I have learned. Lightweight word processors. Let me say that I love these little programs. I'm talking about TextEdit that comes with OS X and others like Bean . In my speed tests (which weren't done really scientifically) these were obviously the winners. They can do everything they do lightning fast. I wish that the the other word processors were like this. Obviously, they aren't near as powerful as their big brothers, but they ar great for jotting down some text. I use TextEdit all the time. I think bean is real great too. The only real problem I have with these is that I can't implement all the features that I need i

I really wanted a Magic Mouse. They are just cool! So I bought one a couple of weeks ago. I love that it uses bluetooth. I love the multi-touch features. I hated the ergonomics. It hurt my had to use, so I took it back. If you want a cool mouse, spend some time with this one at the store first. If you have small, little, hobbit hands like me, you might not want to get this mouse.