With hours to go until the end of the 31st, the nice folks at Microsoft have shut down Live Mesh Beta (how typical of Microsoft, to shut down an excellent product and replace it with a mediocre one). Couldn't they have even had the decency to wait until 0h00 across ALL time zones before flipping the switch? On top of it all, the graphics card on my desktop has failed, so I can't even check to see whether I have local copies of the files or not. I know it's been said many times before, but you suck, Microsoft, you really do suck! http://amplify.com/u/bxcgp

Microsoft Office Live Add-In

Administrators/Users should probably be advised to uninstall the Microsoft Office Live Add-In to prevent confusion and conflicts with the MS cloud “solution”.

in reference to: Compatibility with other Microsoft® Office add-ins : Google Cloud Connect - Google Docs Help (view on Google Sidewiki)

The timing couldn’t be better!

Thank goodness Google has come to the rescue with this general release of Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, just weeks before the clowns in Redmond pull the plug on the much-loved and incredibly useful Live Mesh beta, while ensuring that Windows Live Mesh does not and will not support Windows XP. Way to go, Google. You too Redmond. Both doing what you do best…

in reference to: Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office (view on Google Sidewiki)

One of the ironies of the New SA…Isn’t it ironic that, just when the White population of South Africa has largely abandoned (indeed, reversed) the racism of the Apartheid era, an increasing number of Blacks appear to be discovering and revelling in it. At times, the hatred for Whites, Coloureds and Indians (not to mention Blacks from outside SA) is almost palpable. Anything from casual, offhand slurs to the chanting of “one settler, one bullet” or “kill the Boer” has become the order of the day. http://amplify.com/u/bskyw

An old friend – I’m talking about the 70s and 80s – now living in the UK connected with me on Facebook a while back. We no longer share the same interests, but a friend is a friend, and I enjoyed reading his status updates. A little while back I noticed that my friend count had dropped by 1. (Yes, I do notice; with a few exceptions, everyone I connect with on Facebook is (or was) a family member or friend IRL (In Real Life).) I didn’t manage to work it out at the time, but the penny just dropped today. Yes, indeed, said friend has un-friended me somewhere along the line. All I can say is, WTF!? http://amplify.com/u/bs5m3