Via my regular browsing of blog searches for Windows Home Server related stuff I came across this poor guy's extremely sad story of data loss.
http://adams-allegory.blogspot.com/2007/09/weve-lost-everything.html
First connection: He should have had a Windows Home Server.
Second connection: As if to make himself feel better he adds a funny video from YouTube to his post. The Windows Home Server team has a great sense of humor. (Yes, this is a tenuous connection to be sure, but work with me, ok?)
Third connection: The video in question is a commercial for the Shick/Wilkenson Quattro razor. The codename for the Windows Home Server incubation project was "Quattro".
A conspiracy? Coincidence? You decide.
Johnny Mnemonic, Neuromancer, Count Zero, Burning Chrome. All phenomenal stories. Some of my favorite reads.
The Difference Engine & Pattern Recognition: I never finished them. They just didn't resonate with me.
But I still will buy anything William Gibson writes and give it a go. I just finished his latest novel, Spook Country and here are my thoughts...
In the end, it's a great premise. I won't spoil it for you but the premise is actually pretty funny. I appreciated the subtle humor and the fact that it was exposed to me until almost the very end.
But, overall I felt the book started too slowly, developed too randomly, and then ended to quickly.
Spook Country gets 3 stars from me. A good, worthwhile read, but nowhere near the caliber of, say Neuromancer.