Save “Chuck”!

CNN News

One of the cool shows of the recent years (unlike the stoopid “Lost”) is my new favorite, Chuck.  It’s a slightly comedic show on a nerd guy who becomes a CIA agent and carries the Intersect, the super secret data supercomputer, in his brain.

Even Soojin has been getting into the show.  It’s funny and it’s got the romance for the female audience.  Well, the show may get cancelled and not return from the second season.  All I have to say to that is “BOOOO!!”.  So with the power of the Internet and network sites, people have been rallying to save the show!!  Go do whatever you have to do to save the show!!  Please!!

Windows 7’s “XP Mode”

CNET News

Of all the bad stunts that Microsoft has done in the past and present, this suprised even the likes of me by making me say things like “Wow… Microsoft is doing THIS?!  What happened?! They are actually doing stuff that seems *gasp* productive!”

The new and upcoming Windows 7, the successor to the-now-just-blah of Windows Vista, will have a very nice feature.  It’s called “XP Mode”!  This will actually run Windows XP.  This is great for gamers like me who still have loads of games that run only in XP.  This is great for people who use softwares that are pre-Vista years.  However, it’s not entirely “free”.  Here are some potential deal breakers…

  • Must have at least 2 GB of memory and a processor that is capable of virtualization
  • This add-on is available only to those with Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate variations

But still, this seems like a doable choice and a tempting way to entice people like me into it more.  Go Microsoft for once!!

Bankless/ATM-less Check Deposit

Gizmodo’s Article

Can you imagine depositing the check directly to your bank account… from your home?!  It just may happen as a new way of optical recognition technology improves!  My own bank, Chase, has implemented ability to scan the checks you deposit into the ATMs and thus have ridden of having to itemize and write the deposit slips.  But this goes beyond that by allowing you to use your cell phone’s camera (at least 2.0 MP) to take picture of the check you wish to deposit and then be done with it!

This would save so much time in traffic and driving!  I sure hope it gets adopted by other banks but for now, only NCR is doing this.