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Tablet PC 2004 Update Rocks My World

Tablet PC 2004 Update Rocks My World 12/08/2003 03:27 AM

(Note: this post was written in an airplane yesterday on my Tablet PC): When Dana Epp visited me recently, he got on my case because I didn't use my Tablet for weblogging. Why not? Because the handwriting recognition was not very good. Now, let me explain. First of all, this is the first blog post that I've made completely with the use of a pen. For this, I am using a pre-release version of the "Lonestar" update for the Tablet PC (which will officially be called Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2004).

First, Peter has the best report on Lonestar.

So, why haven't I used the Tablet PC for text entry before? Because my handwriting sucks and the first version of the Tablet PC has trouble with it. Now, to be fair to the Tablet PC, the fact that it recognizes anything at all is a major accomplishment. But, even if your handwriting is recognized 95% of the time, it's frustrating to use and slow. I keyboard at about 100 words per minute with nearly 100% accuracy (and without needing to look at my hands or think about the act of inputing). Using a pen on today's Tablet PC is a long way from that.

With Lonestar my inking frustrations are gone.

Lonestar is a free update to the Tablet PC. I installed it in minutes on Friday. On top of my existing Tablet PC operating system. I can even uninstall it. Why didn't I install it before? I didn't want to mess up my machine. If that's you, get over your fear. This is a HUGE upgrade for the Tablet PC. I can't repeat that enough. It made this blog post possible.

Here's my experiences: handwriting recognition is now about 99.9%, even with my bad handwriting. That alone makes writing much more enjoyable (and fast). But, when a mistake does happen, then you really see the innovations that have been made. First, the "TIP" (Tablet Input Panel), which is where you enter your text, is completely new and redesigned. The first thing I noticed is that the ink is smoother and more responsive. That makes writing more like the experience on paper.

The second thing I noticed is that my writing was being recognized on the fly. As I write little tags appear underneath my writing with the Tablet PC's best guess.

Then I noticed that there were some mistakes (hey, my handwriting is bad!) "Holy crap," I said when I discovered that I could click on the words and Lonestar gives you a bunch of choices. For instance, when I wrote "crap" it translated that to "crop." So, I click on "crap" and it gives me a bunch of best guesses to change it to. In my experience so far this works on nine out of 10 mistakes.

So what about the times where it doesn't give you a good suggestion? Well, you can either delete your try and try it again or you can choose the closest and then correct it character-by-character.

Some mistakes even get through into Word. Even here the TIP is much better. Just highlight the mistake and re-ink what you want instead. This is totally going to change the editing process. Now I can write on the couch.

There are tons of other enhancements too. For instance, the TIP can be set to float next to your cursor.

Anyway, just wanted to say this is a HUGE increase in Tablet PC functionality. It's amazing how much better they've made the experience of using a Tablet PC.

What does this mean for Microsoft? Well, I think we should change our motto to "making it possible to compute anywhere at anytime." This release dramatically puts Microsoft out front in the computing race. No other platform has the ability to recognize my handwriting as well as the Tablet PC now can.

Oh, tomorrow I'll start my ink blog. Watch for it.

MySQL Full-Text Search Rocks My World

MySQL Full-Text Search Rocks My World 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
People ask me about MySQL's full-text search from time to time, but I've never actually used it. I understand how it works, so I can generally provide ball-park ideas about performance and suitability for a particular purpose. But until today, I had no first hand experience. That all changed today. My initial reaction: Wow! In MySQL 4.0.10 (I haven't bothered to build 4.0.11 yet) it makes my life way easier. Here's the problem I'm trying to solve, stated generally enough...

World Press Photo

World Press Photo 02/14/2004 09:14 AM
¬§Š‡ §ˆ„ ‡Š§ͺ §ˆ§† .. World Press Photo of the Year for 2003 .. geen vrolijke foto .. .. Birinci .. death

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"there?s a risk that the press and the
Ted Kennedy?s of the world will lose
this war for us."

"there?s a risk that the press and the
Ted Kennedy?s of the world will lose
this war for us." 05/22/2004 09:54 AM

Reporters sans frontires - Second world
press freedom ranking

Reporters sans frontires - Second world
press freedom ranking 11/02/2003 03:12 AM
second world press freedom ranking .. Reporters without frontiers

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Concrete Washout Systems to Hold Press
Conference at the World of Concrete 2005

Concrete Washout Systems to Hold Press
Conference at the World of Concrete 2005 02/01/2005 09:12 PM
Concrete Washout Systems, Inc. (CWS), the World’s premier concrete washout services provider, announced today that it will hold a press conference on January 20, 2005 at the World of Concrete 2005 trade show in Las Vegas, NV. [PRWEB Jan 10, 2005]

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13

A Lot of the Press Press Didn't Buy
White House Spin on 9/11 Document, Even
Though the WH Dumped It on Saturday
Night 4/13 04/13/2004 07:30 AM
Editor & Publisher .. ass

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Powell forces press aide to let him
answer Meet the Press question

Powell forces press aide to let him
answer Meet the Press question 05/17/2004 06:11 AM
Colin Powell appeared on Meet the Press this weekend, and his appearance was marred by his press secretary moving the camera and attempting to end the interview early when Russert, the interviewer, started to ask a hardball question about the fictional Nigerian yellow-cake uranium that Powell used as an excuse to go to war in Iraq.

Most noteworthy about this event was that Powell, rebuked the press-secretary on air, demanded that the camera be trained on him again, and then answered the question, describing the intelligence he'd received as "deliberately misleading."

Lisa Rein's got the video up -- highly recommended.

EMILY MILLER, STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS AIDE: You're off.

SECRETARY POWELL: I am not off.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: No. They can't use it, they're editing it.

SECRETARY POWELL: He's still asking the questions.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was not ...

SECRETARY POWELL: Tim, I am sorry I lost you.

MR. RUSSERT: I am right here Mr. Secretary. I would hope they would put you back on camera. I don't know who did that.

EMILY MILLER, PRESS AIDE: He was going to go for another five minutes.

SECRETARY POWELL: We've really scre...

MR. RUSSERT: I think that was one of your staff Mr. Secretary. I don't think that's appropriate.

SECRETARY POWELL: Emily, get out of the way. Bring the camera back please. (Camera returns to the interview subject) I think we're back on Tim, go ahead with your last question.

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Beckwood Press Company Offers New
Straight Side End-Frame Hydraulic Press
Delivery

Beckwood Press Company Offers New
Straight Side End-Frame Hydraulic Press
Delivery 01/04/2005 01:43 PM
The Beckwood Press Company has engineered an innovative new hydraulic press, the Straight Side End-Frame Hydraulic Press (SSE). [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]

"The New York Press: Cleaning the pool-
the White House press corps politely
grabs its ankles."

"The New York Press: Cleaning the pool-
the White House press corps politely
grabs its ankles." 03/13/2003 10:25 AM

In the Press Room of the White House
that is Post Press

In the Press Room of the White House
that is Post Press 03/14/2005 04:35 PM
Before the certification of "Jeff Gannon" as a White House reporter there was the Bush Administration's de-certification move against the Washington press. These two things are deeply related.

A Press Pass to Cosmetic Surgery
Information at Your Fingertips - Log on
to Consultingroom.com for Exclusive
Information for the Press.

A Press Pass to Cosmetic Surgery
Information at Your Fingertips - Log on
to Consultingroom.com for Exclusive
Information for the Press. 06/24/2004 02:55 AM
Consultingroom.com is offering journalists an exclusive free service to access the latest information on cosmetic surgery. Register at consultingroom.com to save numerous hours of research and wasted telephone calls! [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party Press Release
- Iraq the Model Press Release

Iraqi Pro-Democracy Party Press Release
- Iraq the Model Press Release 08/18/2004 04:50 PM
Mohammed and his brother Ali officially announced their candidacies .. running for the Iraqi National Assembly .. English

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Independence Day

Independence Day 07/04/2004 08:54 AM
Free Internet Press Jul 4 2004 1:10PM GMT

Device independence

Device independence 02/10/2004 02:49 AM

For a team of collaborators, Groove synchronizes both the sets of applications available in a given context (or "shared space") and the data written by those applications. If you drop your laptop on the floor you can effortlessly recover everything into a fresh instance of Groove on a new machine.

Of course this works only for native Groove apps. Browser history and bookmarks, Outlook settings, and a million other things are handled in a million other ways -- or not handled at all -- because desktop operating systems aren't Groove. A general solution would require OSs that work like Groove, and applications that send messages rather than write files. Well, come to think of it, why not? [Full story at InfoWorld.com]

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Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence 07/04/2004 05:12 PM
A couple of borrowed links in honor of the 4th: Susan pointed me to this lovely site about the Declaration...

Still Dependent on Independence Day

Still Dependent on Independence Day 07/03/2004 03:13 PM
Did you ever have one of those moments where you just wanted to haul out the old 12-gauge and blow grapefruit-sized holes through enything even remotely digital in sight? It happens all too often. If I could have found the shells before I cooled off… The bottom line is that my digital dreams of lying around on the porch entertained by streaming audio coming over the Wi-Fi airwaves went kaflooey in spectacular manner. It all started innocently enough when I got my hands on some money. I’d been planning this part of The Grand Upgrade for some time. I’d just go out and buy a Linksys broadband wireless router and a matching ‘.g’ card for my antiquated IBM Thinkpad and I’d be flying high. Right. First up was to get the router in place and running the part of the network that is to remain wired. That only took a 20 minute call to their tech support. Their people are rather obviously of Indian descent, but are capable people with a good deal of patience. I did my best to understand and together, we finally got the thing working. It wasn’t hard, but what I still fail to get is why neither the Quick Start manual nor the main manual had this set of instructions in them. Being quick on the trigger, I took notes on the provedure. I figured I’d better, since the sequence of steps took no logical sequence. Suddenly, it all clicked. I now had every system independently sucking down bytes from the Internet without the chance that taking one down would trash the others. Wonderful. Then I got stupid. Or optimistic, though the two are very close. I decided I’d try setting up the notebook card. Boom! Brick wall. File errors every time I went through the setup. Then I took a look in the Hardware Manager, since I had a good power light on the thing, just no ‘Link’ lights. More bad news- a yellow and black exclamation point. Further investigation revealed that “The device cannot be enabled because IRQ Steering is not enabled on this machine” or words to that effect. Worse yet, the message encouraged me to change the settings in the “machine BIOS” in order to enable IRQ Steering. Since the machine is old enough that it originally came with Windows 95, I leave it to you to guess how effective that would be. Oops, sorry, last BIOS update released by Big Blue was in 1998 and had been in place for quite some time. Another call to the good offshore folks showed me that without IRQ steering, there just wasn’t going to be any fun stuff like a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet. End of story. So, the card was reluctantly returned to the retail wonderland it came from and I gave up (for now) on my digital dream. Some day when I get the needed cash and there isn’t any domestic disaster lurking in the wings, I’ll do what I need to, which is to ditch the old clunker and buy a newer old clunker that can support my need for surfing. So ends the tale of failed Independence for Independence day.

"Happy Independence Day"

"Happy Independence Day" 07/05/2004 02:40 PM

Digital Independence Conference

Digital Independence Conference 01/26/2004 05:24 PM
I'll be speaking this weekend at the Digital Independence conference in San Francisco. Looks like an interesting lineup.

Atlantic Coast's Independence

Atlantic Coast's Independence 06/16/2004 04:37 PM
The regional carrier launched a new discount venture. The company has a shot, but the risks are great.

Scots independence 'inevitable'

Scots independence 'inevitable' 09/05/2004 07:31 AM
New Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond tells the BBC that independence for Scotland is inevitable.

Kerry Wants Energy Independence for U.S.

Kerry Wants Energy Independence for U.S. 08/06/2004 02:47 PM
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday pressed the case for American energy independence as a step toward better national security, talking to farmers on the western edge of Missouri.

U.S. Troops Mark Independence Day (AP)

U.S. Troops Mark Independence Day (AP) 07/05/2004 06:16 AM
AP - Fireworks lit the night sky over Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit as U.S. troops gathered to celebrate the 4th of July holiday with Iraqi National Guard soldiers on a bank overlooking the Tigris River.

Finding Financial Independence

Finding Financial Independence 07/02/2004 07:59 AM
David Gardner reflects on freedom and retirement this Fourth of July.

Kosovo independence 'impossible'

Kosovo independence 'impossible' 04/22/2004 02:24 AM
Serbian foreign minister Vuk Draskovic says the creation of an independent Kosovo is impossible.

Celebrating Independence and Patriotism

Celebrating Independence and Patriotism 07/04/2004 12:17 PM

Pete McCloskey: Patriotism (and shame) on the Fourth of July. The word "patriot" is too precious to allow it to be used by the thundering rhetoric of politicians that patriotism requires not only "supporting the troops" but also supporting the foreign policy that puts them at risk.

NY Times: Recording of John F. Kennedy reading Declaration of Independence.

Independence for PC Unit at Hewlett

Independence for PC Unit at Hewlett 06/17/2005 03:54 PM
The Hewlett-Packard Company tapped the former chief executive of PalmOne Inc. to run its personal computer division, re-establishing that business as a stand-alone unit.

Mutual Fund Independence Day

Mutual Fund Independence Day 06/25/2004 01:52 PM
New rules force fund board independence, and that's a good thing.

Features: Introduction to Device
Independence

Features: Introduction to Device
Independence 09/22/2004 06:24 PM
The W3C is working on standards related to device independence, which will allow an optimal web-browsing experience across the diversity of web-capable devices. Peter Mikhalenko introduces us to this new, exciting area.

Fireworks Roar As U.S. Marks
Independence (AP)

Fireworks Roar As U.S. Marks
Independence (AP) 07/04/2004 10:06 PM
AP - Torrential rain washed out the Independence Day parade in the nation's capital Sunday, but fireworks on the National Mall proceeded as planned under cloudy skies. President Bush planned to watch the display from a White House balcony.

Kerry Celebrates Independence Day in
Iowa (AP)

Kerry Celebrates Independence Day in
Iowa (AP) 07/04/2004 03:25 PM
AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry celebrated Sunday's Fourth of July holiday with Gov. Tom Vilsack, one of the men who could become his vice presidential running mate. Neither one said a word about the process.

Bush Opposes Taiwan Bid for Independence

Bush Opposes Taiwan Bid for Independence 12/09/2003 01:24 PM
Bush Opposes Taiwan Bid for Independence We invade Iraq to help bring about democracy to the region--the Middle East. The Far East? Forgettaboudit.

Kerry Urging Energy Independence in U.S.
(AP)

Kerry Urging Energy Independence in U.S.
(AP) 05/22/2004 11:25 AM
AP - With the start of the summer driving season approaching and gasoline prices soaring, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said the United States should strive for energy independence.

Tool Independence: The Export Format

Tool Independence: The Export Format 09/06/2004 05:43 AM

Shelly Powers continues the movement towards an independent blog format.

Right on is what I say.

Low-cost carrier Independence Air debuts

Low-cost carrier Independence Air debuts 06/16/2004 01:31 PM

Formac Electronic Inc. gains
independence

Formac Electronic Inc. gains
independence 12/09/2003 06:22 PM
In recent days Mac users have become concerned about their inability to contact Formac Electronic Inc., the manufacturer of monitors, optical storage and video import/export peripherals. The company told MacCentral today that this was the result of a recent restructuring, but that normal operations will soon resume.

The Declaration of Independence of the
Thirteen Web Sites

The Declaration of Independence of the
Thirteen Web Sites 07/04/2002 08:24 AM
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all web sites are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are hits, visitors and the pursuit of money."

Device Independence Activity Renewed

Device Independence Activity Renewed 07/08/2002 04:39 AM
8 July 2002: W3C is pleased to announce the renewal of the Device Independence Activity through May 2004. In keeping with W3C's goals, the Device Independence Activity works to ensure seamless Web access and single Web authoring on all kinds of devices, for the benefit of Web users and content providers alike. Read the group's work items in its charter and visit the Device Independence home page. (News archive)

ICANN Moves Closer to Independence

ICANN Moves Closer to Independence 07/21/2004 02:32 PM
theWHIR Jul 21 2004 6:18PM GMT
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