Whenever I browse our catalog on Windows Marketplace (referral), I’m always amazed at how at broad the applications are that exist for the Windows platform. For example, I tried doing a random search for the word “cow” and 22 results came back. Sure, that number in itself isn’t impressive, but when you look at the software in that result set I’m just amazed at the assortment of software that’s been written. Cow tetris anyone?

That’s not to say that every single piece of software ever written for Windows is superb, but that’s true about any OS that exists today. For Windows, you truly get the biggest selection of software titles giving the user real choices for software which also spurrs competition among ISVs to create software that is the best of the best.

This is also the perfect time to announce that we just released 11 new Microsoft titles on Windows Marketplace tonight! This follows on the heels of the Windows Vista upgrade and Office 2007 SKUs big splash at the end of January.

We just added:

1. Full versions of 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista Business, Home, Home Premium and Ultimate. (we previously only had upgrade SKUs)
2. Microsoft Math (yes, we apparantly make a Math program)
3. Visual Studio 2005, both full and upgrade SKUs

It’s exciting to see our team make more and more premium software titles available for purchase and download, and really showing off the Windows ecosystem that exists. Go get your copy of Microsoft Math today

For the last month I’ve been working on a side project with Didi, Megan and Rachel (Yes, it’s really Rachel McAdams )to help get an environmental blog off the ground. The project, Green Is Sexy, has peeked its head out for the first time today.

The goal of the project is to give you tips and information on how to little changes in your life can have a big impact on the world around us. You’ll be able to find things like tips of the day, links to local environmental resources and even suggested books that make for good green reading.

The innaugural tip of the day is:

Recycle your junk mail

Junk mail usually lives only a couple minutes outside the mailbox before it hits the trash. Recycle glossy magazines, mixed-paper junk mail and newspaper instead of throwing it away. Check to see what you can recycle in your area on our resource page (insert link). To maximize your efforts and minimize your impact, remove yourself from bulk-mailings by following the directions here to ensure even less junk arrives in your mailbox and your recycling bin.

Green Is Sexy is built on top of Wordpress from with a bunch of customizations in PHP. All the credit goes to my “green girls”, Didi, Rachel and Megan, for the idea and even visuals; they definitely have a great idea here and also an eye for design. I’m just the donkey who helps tinker and power things under the hood

The site will continue to grow as we figure out more things to add to the site. If you have suggestions, fire away!

Let’s get your green on!

PS — My green girls were kind enough to give me kudos in the Things we heart section. Check me out under Contributors