Nathan Laan

http://raskinformac.com/ This is really cool. I'm playing with it now. It's unstable though, and it has crashed several times on me. Very promising though.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11354622 BP is saying that the oil spill has finally been stopped.

http://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/apple-magic-trackpad-first-hands-on/ Looks interesting. Not something I'd want, but still interesting. I'm curious if Apple is going anywhere with this. They're not the kind of company that introduces products without some kind of plan for them.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/23/4739027-pilot-ejects-an-instant-before-fighterjet-crashes From an air show in Lethbridge.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/windows-phone-7-in-depth-preview/ I really like the look and feel of the UI in the new Windows Phone 7. I'm not sure I would switch right away, but it's showing a lot of promise.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/19/vs-2010-productivity-power-tools-update-with-some-cool-new-features.aspx Looks like some interesting features.

http://antenn-aid.com/ You just knew this was coming.

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/ I'm not sure exactly when Google announced this, but it's very interesting. Basically, it's an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that allows you to build apps for the Android platform with very little programming knowledge. Google App Inventor for Android is currently in BETA, and, based on the signup page to get access to it, it appears that it is primarily aimed for the education market.

Yesterday YouTube announced an online video editor. It's very simple for now, but I can see them expanding the functionality to adding simple effects, graphics, and maybe even sound editing. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/06/edit-video-in-cloud-with-youtube-video.html

http://www.rosshudgens.com/thoughts-from-paul-graham/