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Yesterday there was a Microsoft Ad showing on my site. I captured it in the video below (chances are it’s running on the page today since I’m writing about it).  It’s about their new ad campaign, The Mojave Experiment (I first mentioned Mojave in an earlier post July 25th), which takes people with negative preconceived notions about Windows Vista and lets them test out Microsoft’s new beta operating system Mojave.

The catch is… they are really testing Vista!  The Mojave site has some pretty funny videos with the users bashing Vista then doing a 180 when they get to test Mojave. Microsoft has posted some really interesting before and after survey numbers from the experiment.

• 94% of respondents rated Mojave higher than they initially rated Vista
• 0% rated Mojave lower than initially rated Vista
• Average pre-demo Vista score: 4.4
• Average post-demo Mojave score: 8.5

It’s about time Microsoft is finally attempting to dispel the Vista sucks rumors. I’ve been using Vista for two years now (since beta 2).  Ever since RC1 it’s been pretty good except for some compatibility issues.  Since the RTM release though it’s been solid.

Is it too little, too late?  Can Microsoft turn around the reputation the Mac commercials gave to Vista? We’ll see.

Here’s a video of Microsoft’s new Sphere.  It’s basically a spherical Microsoft Surface.

Unbenonced to me, I’ve apparently been thrust into the political arena.  My phone has been ringing off the hook today with calls from reporters and aides from the B. Hussien Obama Campaign as well as the McCain Campaign.  I’m not sure how it all happened but, as of today I accept the will of the people and announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America!

Both parties should be afraid because now there’s a true conservative in the race.

Here’s the latest news report detailing how it came to be.

I finally got my SlideRocket Invite last night.  I saw their demo a couple weeks ago.

My first impression after having a bit to play with it is pretty good.  They’re still calling it a “Preview” which is more like an alpha version.  They actually warn you when first logging in that there still may be issues.  It didn’t take me long to see why they have the warning.  Most of the functionality is working correctly but I did experience several glitches when working with the slide components, text and graphics.

The biggest thing I noticed was my laptop fan kicking on very soon after opening a new presentation in edit mode.  Turns out SlideRocket is pretty CPU intensive using up 60% of my Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz processor and Firefox was consuming double the RAM I’ve seen since upgrading to 3.0.  Firefox was sluggish at times and even froze for over a minute on multiple occasions.

All in all though I’d have to say I’m very impressed so far.  The menus were totally different than traditional presentation software but were pretty intuitive and easy to navigate.  SlideRocket is definitely feature rich especially when compared to PowerPoint and creates much more powerful graphics in a lot less time.

Here’s a little slideshow I threw together showcasing some of the transitions, text effects and things.

Unless you live under a rock you know the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, opens tomorrow.  Heath Ledger plays The Joker in what is rumored to be his best performance ever…

The buzz over Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight” for the last several months was justified. With his final full film role, Ledger delivers what may be remembered as the finest performance of his career.

On a lighter note, here’s The Dark Knight trailor made by kids…