World Extents

I'm going to Australia this year, which is a big trip. My travels have been confined to Europe only so far, I did not leave the country until I was 30!

So the extents of my travels are:

1. North - Northampton UK
2. East - Milan Italy
3. South - Milan Italy
4. West - St Austell UK

CES No Microsoft

The past few years I would watch the Steve Ballmer keynote at CES. With Microsoft pretending to be a consumer device company. Last year was the last one, they were replaced by Qualcomm - really a hardware supplier into such consumer devices, but who probably think they can make their own impact as a device manufacturer.

But Ballmer put in an appearance!, to show off Windows 8 on touch devices. It has got off to a slow start - but maybe it will pick up. Also with Apple clearly at their peak of innovation and now reduced product line - maybe Microsoft will make some inroads into this market.

Film: Shaolin directed by Benny Chan

An interesting film about feuding warlords in China, with a fair amount of martial arts and fighting scenes - but still with a reasonable story.

My favorite scene was the meditation poles the temple worshipers would stand on with one foot - an argument ensues but this then causes one of them to leave his state of mindfulness and fall off his pole.

But a light moment in a more serious film - and there are others like that.