Bing

I have to say, Bing.com is pretty slick. Although it somehow reminds me of Matthew Perry, Bing takes a great concept and implements it well. Under the banner of a "decision engine", it organizes results based on purpose. For example, if you search "Xbox" it gives you the categories Buy, Fix, Games, Support, etc, and organizes the results into these groups. No one is going to catch Google's algorithm, but Bing instead looks to pull the rug out from under the established norms for search, much like Apple did with the iPhone I am using to write this post...

Coolest iPhone accessory to date

This is only cool because it appeals to my practical side. I picked this up today at a local store after seeing it on the checkout isle. It's a Griffin "Window Seat" iPhone cradle that mounts to the windshield/dash of your car. It's made for the iPhone, so it has a perfectly molded holder, not like the universal mounts. Right now I have my iPhone mounted to the left of my steering wheel, and with GPS running it looks and works unbelievably well. Next is to wire an input to my radio via mini-jack and I've got tunes at my finger tips - no more scrolling thru the sluggish radio controls. AND with iPhone 3.0, turn by turn GPS should be here soon...

The Transition

With the DTV transition this last weekend, I had to spend some quality time with the Tivo finding the new old channels, then the old new channels, and then back again. It was confusing. It was like the broadcasters said "We know we're confusing people without DTV boxes, but we also need to confuse people who are ready for the DTV transition. Let's swap all the channels with new ones, then swap back! Yeah!". This all lead me to a great question - has anyone ever named their kid "Tivo" ? If not, I have dibs.....