Windows Live Product Search

There is a nice new layout to the Windows Live product search that is making it easy for me to find the right kind of gas fireplace for my new house. Check out the images, the level of detail slider and the direct links to retailers.  It would be better if it could use my current location to refine the search the way we do with instant answers to show things like movies and weather that are appropriate to the location of the computer from which you are doing the search.

Link to Windows Live Search

Kitchen Myths

This is a cool site. I don’t have much else to say about it, but I found it when doing research for a new cooktop and loved reading it.

Link to Kitchen Myths

Funny TSC Commercials – One Heck of a Rabbit

This is one of the funniest commercials I've seen in quite a while. I was glad to find the whole series of funny TSC commercials on the company's web site. This whole series is really funny, click on the rabbit on the thumbnail ribbon at the bottom of their page to see the one I like the best.

  

Link: http://outhereworld.mytscstore.com/

Pew: Nearly 50 MM Americans Create Web Content

This is a short but interesting summary of the numbers and demographics of people creating content online.

Earlier studies on broadband conducted by Pew characterized the small contingent of content creators as the “broadband elite,” but its new research shows the group has grown and diversified.

Link to Pew: Nearly 50 MM Americans Create Web Content

Aquamarine

I found this very helpful overview of Aquamarine on the site gemstone.org. After the recent trouble we had moving out to Seattle, I decided it was time to buy a piece of make-up Jewelry for my wife who has endured quite a bit to make the move from Boston to Seattle so I can work for Microsoft.  I ended up getting an aquamrine bracelet from a store called Fabri at the Bellevue Sqare Mall.

A gemstone with many good qualities

Aquamarine is one of our most popular and best-known gemstones, and distinguishes itself by many good qualities. It is almost as popular as the classics: ruby, sapphire and emerald. In fact it is related to the emerald, both belonging to the beryl family. The colour of aquamarine, however, is usually more even than that of the emerald. Much more often than its famous green cousin, aquamarine is almost entirely free of inclusions. Aquamarine has good hardness (7_ to 8 on the Mohs scale) and a wonderful shine. That hardness makes it very tough and protects it to a large extent from scratches. Iron is the substance which gives aquamarine its colour, a colour which ranges from an almost indiscernible pale blue to a strong sea-blue.

Boston sights, attractions, hotels and things to do while visiting Boston. – Boston.com

This is good..

Places we love: Boston
Stuck in a Boston rut? This blend of suggestions might be just what you need.

Link to Boston sights, attractions, hotels and things to do while visiting Boston. – Boston.com

What is a mom worth

This seems about right…

This week, Salary.com announced that a stay-at-home mom’s work is worth $134,121 a year.

Link to Getting over the mommy wars – The Boston Globe

Standings

Air Force One on the Runway

Check out this bird’s eye view from Windows Live Local of Air Force One outside its hanger at Andrew’s Air Force Base. Scroll over to the east a bit to see some f-18’s.

 

 

The Golden Gate – Wireless Music Bridge from Linksys

It finally happened – I found a way to play music from my PC (while still using a PC as the interface) onto my home stereo.

The setup was a bear. I spent an hour on the phone with a nice gentleman in India who eventually told me to return the device because it must be broken. I decided to try the setup on another computer before returning it, and that didn’t work. Then, because I’m odd I tried it on a third computer and it worked. I love technology. Check out a review here.