From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/13/ms_outlook_revamp/
Microsoft is to bring back a Mac version of Outlook, a move that will see the end of its current Mac OS X email, PIM and collaboration offering, Entourage.
This app will be canned when the next major release of Mac Office ships in late 2010.
Entourage could, of course, have been Outlook, but at the time MS was facing criticism from Office users who increasingly saw the Mac version of the suite as a rough knock-off of the Windows version, especially given the un-Mac like nature of the product’s UI. Entourage was intended to show that MS was serious about the needs of its Mac customers, who generated a tidy income for the software giant.
Back in 2000, while on a business trip to Singapore, I picked up a pair of Sony MDR-NC5 noise canceling headphones. I loved them so much that I bought a second pair a year later. Now it’s 9 years later and the ear pads are disintegrating, leaving black powder everywhere when I listen to music. Time to replace the cushions. Simple, right? Wrong. Sony’s web site doesn’t even list them any longer, and when they did, they were charging $15.00 each – for a stupid piece of foam rubber. After several exhaustive Google searches, I came up with nothing (except for many other people looking for the same ear cushions). No one is selling OEM replacements.
On a whim I decided to check out generic replacements. At first I didn’t think this would work, as the original ear cushions are not a standard shape. They’re ovals, 2 1/2″ x 2 3/4″. Hell, foam stretches, right? So 2 1/2″ circular replacement covers should work if I stretch them across the headphone speaker. I ordered EP-5 2 1/2″ replacement ear cushions from headsetpartsunlimited.com, and they worked perfectly! Success. Only $0.96 each!
If you have a pair of MDR-NC5 or MDR-NC6 headphones and are looking for replacement ear cushions, the search is over.
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Yay Mass! I have been very happy with our schools in Scituate, MA. though I do wish they had more programs for gifted students.
Massachusetts students significantly outperformed their peers on a prestigious international math and science exam, according to results released this morning.
In many cases, the state’s impressive showing on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, which is conducted by Boston College, puts the state in the same elite league as several academically powerful Asian countries.
Massachusetts performed strongest on the fourth-grade science exam, coming in second worldwide just behind Singapore and ahead of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan. By contrast, the United States as a whole placed eleventh with a score that researchers characterized as significantly lower than Massachusetts.
Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., was right on the money when he predicted the current economic problems back in 2006. Too bad the bozos on Fox News did nothing but laugh and make fun of him.
Also note that Schiff was Ron Paul’s economic advisor during the 2008 election.
