September 2007 - Posts

Steven Pinker at Microsoft
I got there early, but it was already pretty crowded. Fortunately there was an empty seat next to Lesley and Jen so I was able to get a good spot. He also spoke this morning on Seattle radio station KUOW (download the MP3 here ) and on Science Friday Read More...
Posted 26 September 07 09:27 by sprague | 1 Comments   
Steven Pinker Coming to Microsoft
As a long-time fan of Steven Pinker , I'm excited that he'll be visiting Microsoft this week to discuss his new book, the Stuff of Thought. (If you'll be in the Seattle area, you can also see him at Town Hall Seattle on Wednesday at 7:30pm). What questions Read More...
Posted 25 September 07 08:16 by sprague | 3 Comments   
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Problems with Vista?
I run Windows Vista on every machine I have, at work, at home, everywhere, and I have since day one. I have my share of complaints, but one thing I've never seen on Vista is a bluescreen. So although I was sympathetic when Alec Saunders finally had enough Read More...
Posted 18 September 07 05:38 by sprague | 0 Comments   
Steal Office 2007
Well, at $60 it might as well be stealing . If you're a student, you can get Office Ultimate 2007 for only $59.95 . This is no dumbed-down edition, either. It's the real deal, with every big-time Office app you've ever wanted: Word/Excel/Powerpoint (of Read More...
Posted 14 September 07 06:51 by sprague | 1 Comments   
Anandi's art
Former Microsoft Speech Server PM , scientist, and (now) professional jewelry artist Anandi is selling her creations , like this one: She recycles ugly department store pieces and turns them into something wearable, at reasonable prices. I don't think Read More...
Posted 12 September 07 07:05 by sprague | 1 Comments   
How do you say "flush a toilet" in that language ?
Americans are notoriously bad at languages -- so bad, in fact, that we often don't even understand how hard it can be to speak something other than English. How many people do you know who claim to speak French or Spanish or whatever, but when you press Read More...
Posted 10 September 07 05:39 by sprague | 6 Comments   
Bet's still on
I stand by the bet I made in January that Apple's iPhone won't sell anywhere near the 10M units they're targeting for their first year. You don't cut the price of something that's selling well. One of my friends at T-Mobile, who knows the business extremely Read More...
Posted 06 September 07 08:48 by sprague | 16 Comments   
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Speech team blog
Okay, fine, I'll post something to this blog again. I said I would try to switch to my main blog for everything, but I can't help it. There's too much happening at work, and my other readers just don't care as much about this as you do. Anyway, it's been Read More...
Posted 06 September 07 12:17 by sprague | 1 Comments   
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