One of the problems about working for Microsoft is that people assume that I know everything that's happening in the rest of the company. I really don't. I honestly haven't even looked at Vista yet. I keep on telling myself that I should install it on the Windows box in my office (which I access via RDC and use it to set up my travel and submit my expenses), but I keep on not getting around to it.
So when an OOPSLA attendee came up to me yesterday and asked about MSNBC's support of the Mac, I had to say that I didn't know. He told me that he'd been on MSNBC and noticed that the videos were in Flash. I checked it out, and he's right. The video page says that it's a beta, and I haven't looked to see if this is happening on both Windows and Mac, but at least I can view videos on MSNBC now. Yay!
Heh...glad to see they're catching a clue. I have a friend who did some work for MSN at a big concert out at the Gorge. They got all the acts to let MSN film them save one:
Nine Inch Nails.
When he heard the MSN guys kvetching about this, he laughed and said:
"Well of COURSE Trent's gonna tell you to pound sand, why would he want you to film him when he can't watch the results?"
"Huh"
"Um...Trent Reznor: Mac *Freak*. It's kind of common knowledge. Just like he knows that you'll put it up in a format he can't see on his Macs. Might wanna change that."
"Crap"
One of my favorite Mac-friendly web sites is Jimbogames.com
A ton of online games that works great with my Mac.