Don Campbell - Lifestream
Links, photos, videos and thoughts about living in Silicon Valley
Windows 7 Activation?
Ok, this is just awesome.
I upgraded my wife's Windows XP computer to Windows 7 yesterday. I must say Windows 7 is nice. It looks good, and sped up her computer quite a bit.
Unfortunately, even though I purchased a legit copy of the software, I don't know how to activate it.
Check out this dialog I get whenever I try to activate the software.
It tells me I need to "type an administrator password" and click "Yes" to activate.
But there is NOWHERE to enter anything in this dialog, and the Yes button is ghosted out.
I am logged on using an administrator account, by the way.
Nice.
I wonder what happens when my "activation" period is over?
Castello di Amorosa
Next we visited a winery I had never heard of - it's actually an authentic Italian castle! This castle is 8 levels (4 of them are underground) and 121,000 square feet. It was built by Dario Satturi and the attention to detail is amazing. The wine tasting room is under the castle. I highly recommend visiting here if you are ever in Napa Valley!
Sterling Vineyards in Napa
My family and I did a tour of Napa Valley this week. Our first stop was Sterling Vineyards. You take a gondola up to the winery tour. And there are some amazing views up there!
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Can Google GMaps Pass Ebay for Uniques in 2010?
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Can Google GMaps Pass Ebay for Uniques in 2010?
Greg Sterling posted a Hitwise list of the Top 10 Sites for 2009. It showed ebay.com at the number 10 spot. According to Compete, Google Maps is approaching Ebay and if it can sustain its growth, might even pass them in the coming year even without the Yelp volume.
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Boxleys visit
I visited my good friend Danny last weekend and got to check out his awesome new Jazz club - Boxleys. He Also took me on a nice tour of the beautiful North Bend area. These pictures are of Snoqualmie falls, Rattlesnake Lake and Mt. Ranier.
Free WiFi in flight courtesy of Virgin America and Google!
Being sent to you from the plane!
PubCon 2009 - in Vegas Baby!
I just got into Vegas yesterday for PubCon - a Webmaster World search engine marketing conference.
I'm trying a little experiment this time in Vegas. In the past, my visits to Vegas for conferences have been for a company, like Microsoft or Interwoven, and I've usually stayed in a really nice hotel like the Venetian or MGM Grand. Since many people from the same company go they negotiation a really good group rate at these nicer places.
This year I'm paying my own way, and a friend gave me a tip - I'm staying at the Sahara for $25/night. That sounded too good to pass up, so between my $25/night hotel and $119 flight on Virgin America, I'm traveling in style on a budget!
So far the Sahara is not bad - it is certainly no Venetian but I'll let you know how it all turns out.
OK, time to plan my sessions for tomorrow at PubCon...
Talk about a powerful partnership...
Look at this placement for the Verizon Droid. I wonder how many clicks they got today!
