and she said.. "how you interpret the dream is probably more important than the dream itself"

Having seen a screenshot of aero, which is the code-name for the user-interface of Microsoft's upcoming Longhorn Windows operating system, I gotta say it sorta reminds me of the look and feel of msn.com. I s'pose that's a no-brainer for Microsoft but it begs the question: "what does an entire world written in the same user interface look like?". I think one of the benefits we have as humans is an individual and unique interface to the world for everyone of us. Sure, sometimes and most of the time very similar, but it's the small differences that let us use our environment in slightly different ways, it's this interface that let's us discover new and more powerful ways to work with the world we exist in.

And on the same Microsoft subject: I recently read a research paper outlining the process of abstracting map directions, ala yahoo/msn, into a presentation format similar to that of a hand-written "directions to my birthday party" sort of dealio and lo-and-behold, msn maps actually implements the paper. When you type in directions, be sure to select LineDrive to check it out.