Ugh

http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/update-re-testing-vista-w2gb-ram-office.html

I have nothing else to say.

Speaking of OpenSocial ...

I'm working on exposing Random Photo of Me like functionality in OpenSocial. It's mostly just an exercise, but it will allow you to display photos that you're tagged in on Facebook on any site that's acting as an OpenSocial container. Given that Facebook isn't participating in OpenSocial, I'm definitely interested in doing more of this type of integration. Should be fun. Sessions are a challenge, but such is life.

What I've missed ...

OpenSocial - Google's new "Facebook Platform killer." After spending a weekend with it, I can say it's currently a nightmare. It's like they shoved their Google Gadget API into Orkut, and then called Orkut an "OpenSocial container." RockYou was one of the first to have an OpenSocial app up and running, and it was hacked within 45 minutes.

Facebook Ads - Ads that are both targeted and viral. I honestly have no idea how this is going to impact Facebook. In general, ads don't directly benefit the user.

Facebook Beacon - This is actually kind of cool. It's a way for external sites to publish your actions into Facebook. So, if I buy a movie ticket at Fandango, I can optionally have it post in my news feed that I'm attending the 9:30pm showing of Enchanted. It's hard not to look at this as a small response to OpenSocial, even though I'm sure it's been in the works for quite a while.

Windows Live - New services were officially released today. I'm using Windows Live Writer to compose this blog post. It's pretty slick, and was completely plug and play. Windows Live Mail also offers some slight improvements over Windows Mail, such as stationary, photo mail, emoticons, and other less flashy things I haven't noticed.