One-Sheet: Every Runner Knows This Moment

Today’s one-sheet shout-out is to someone who was so enthusiastic about my first one-sheet (the one with Captain Picard in his ambassador’s jacket) that I just had to feature her. Head on over to follow Peady on Twitter and you will find one of the most exuberant, supportive tweeps out there. She’s a COO and mom, digs TNG, and her Twitter avatar is a lovely, classy-looking glass of wine, which makes her just awesome in my mind. Thanks for the support and your happy tweets! Paddle your own canoe, guys…

One-Sheet: Andorians

Today’s one-sheet shout-out goes to Paul, who is not only awesome to chat with on Twitter, but is probably one of the most fun people in the world to watch James Bond movies with. Ever wanted a two-handed running commentary of horribly campy movies? This is the guy to do it with. I think the only time we were silent at any point during any Bond flick was during the Bond/Trevelyan fight at the end of Goldeneye, which we both had to admit, perhaps reluctantly, that it was not only…

Windows Phone Apollo: Should You Be Mad?

Hot on the heels of my excitement over the video of a Microsoft evangelist telling a Portugese tech site that all Windows Phone devices will get the next big update, Apollo, The Verge has reported that an anonymous source close to the company has quashed that hope, saying that no existing Windows Phones will get the next big update. Funnily enough, even though I use and love Windows Phone, I wasn’t too heartbroken with the news. After all, it’s been up in the air as to whether or not  current devices…

Windows 8 Apps Wrapup: Reader, Skydrive, and Internet Explorer

It’s the last day of the Great Metro App Roundup, and we’ve got two of the biggest new apps to go! Reader This… this is not one of the biggest two apps today. This document and PDF viewer is, like many of the preview apps, totally functional. But I’m not sold. It’ll very obviously work better in touch mode, and it’s much peppier than Acrobat for loading and viewing PDFs, but the granular control over printing isn’t in place yet; it’s even missing things like being able to print single pages.…

Windows 8 Apps: Maps, People, Music and Video, Photos, and Weather

Apps, day the second! Check yesterday’s for Calendar, Mail, and Messaging. Carry on for dumb beauty, region code errors, drama, and cloudy skies! Maps Another gorgeous Metro app. I love Bing maps’ look; the aesthetic is clean and bright, easy on the eyes and extremely readable. It launches quickly and finds your location without much effort. And then you start to use it. Rendering the map isn’t fast on old hardware. It chugs, and refreshes at odd times. Also, its contextual awareness is atrocious, as is its parsing of Bing search results.…

Windows 8 Apps: Calendar, Mail, Messaging

The OS is only half the story of what makes Windows 8 interesting. There are plenty of new apps that come baked in, replacing things like the Windows Live suite, Outlook, widgets, and web apps. Some are fantastic, some show potential, and some just raise questions. Let’s take a look. Remember, these are all still preview builds, so I’m going to try to be fair. But I’m not going to pander. Microsoft is going to need to hustle to fix some of these apps before launch so they’re an everyday…

Windows 8: First Impressions (part 2)

I’ve been using Windows 8 now for a few days since the surprisingly easy install, and I’ve quickly gotten a feel for how it works. Let’s take a tour of some of the new stuff and see how it stacks up to what we all know and love (or hate, as the case may be). Lappy is not a new computer, so I was pretty concerned about performance when I installed Windows 8. Take a look: Yup, Lappy is a crappy old HP Pavilion dv2700t, without even the max available…

Windows 8 Consumer Preview: First Impressions

Last night, I braced myself for a painful goodbye. I have been watching a dear old friend become increasingly frail, seeing function lost almost daily. And together, we were going to do something insane. It might spell the end of our long relationship. But it could also be rejuvenating—one final adventure to go out on. My friend’s name—the name I gave him almost five years ago—is Lappy486. He saw me through my undergrad and teacher’s college. He’s been dying by inches. And last night, I installed the preview build of…