Finally, after all this time,
Finally, after all this time, the new Apple operating system sees the light of day: Copland Goes Gold Master.
Quote of the day:Geeks aren't
Quote of the day:
Geeks aren't interested in politics because government doesn't double its efficiency and speed once every 18 months.(or halve its price). Via NTK
Cory Doctorow is looking for
Cory Doctorow is looking for ReplayTV 4000 owners on behalf of EFF. Cory, meet Glenn Fleishman. Go get 'em!
Making Hay: More economic hypocrisy
Making Hay: More economic hypocrisy from the Bush Administration.
When intervention in the market would benefit a wide range of Americans--say, a substantive patients' bill of rights or a prescription-drug plan--Bush opposes it. Ditto for an intervention that would actually make the economy run more smoothly--as in the case of reforms to the accounting industry. Indeed, it seems only when a market intervention lacks a compelling economic rationale and helps the few at the expense of the many--as in the steel, energy, and agriculture decisions--that the president sets aside his free-market principles.
Followup to Dori's college post
Followup to Dori's college post from yesterday: College Financial Aid: How to get what's coming to you. Let's just hope that's enough.
I want to keep an
I want to keep an eye on this for the next couple of weeks: ten day weather forecasts for Vancouver, Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. Hey, I understand that there's still a room or two available for Mac Mania...
The coming nanotech revolution will
The coming nanotech revolution will bring many new ideas, challenges, and products. A new paper proposes that a nanotechnological system called a vasculoid could completely replace and take over the function of a person's blood. This would make the person immune to blood-borne poisons, parasites, bacteria, viruses, and metastasizing cancer cells; eliminate most circulatory-related conditions, such as heart disease and strokes; provide increased physical endurance; and provide extreme trauma resistance. While the paper acknowledges that less-extreme forms of nanomedicine could accomplish many of the same goals, it really gets you thinking of the possibilities.
Some people read horror stories
Some people read horror stories to scare themselves. Me, I just read reports of what it takes to get into college. Yeah, Sean's only in 8th grade, but considering that he wants to go to one of these schools, we're told that he needs to start preparing now. We, of course, should have started saving ten years ago.
What brought this up most recently was a three-part series in the NY Times about college admissions (registration required): So far as I can tell, it boils down to: if you're a middle-class white boy, you're screwed.Oh, bother: Pathology in the
Oh, bother: Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A. A. Milne. ADHD? OCD? Tourette's syndrome? Microcephaly?
I take a PILL-tiddley pom It keeps me STILL-tiddley pom, It keeps me STILL-tiddley pom Not fiddling.
From News.com: Allchin stands up
From News.com: Allchin stands up for Windows security.
Jim Allchin, Microsoft's senior vice president for Windows, warned in testimony Tuesday that too much disclosure of technical information in the wrong areas would benefit hackers and create more opportunity for virus attacks.
"The more creators of viruses know about how antivirus mechanisms in Windows operating systems work, the easier it will be to create viruses or disable or destroy those mechanisms," Allchin testified.
I can't even begin to explain the number of ways these quotes do me in. Oh man, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Only I could link to
Only I could link to an article about "The Brain Upgrade Initiative" with a bad link. Says something about who needs a brain upgrade, hmmm? (It's fixed now)
Three cheers for the The
Three cheers for the The Brain Upgrade Initiative. Oh please, oh please....
Idiots, trolls, or just people
Idiots, trolls, or just people with too much time on their hands? No matter which, the only saving grace of the Rename "The Two Towers" to Something Less Offensive Petition is the comments made by some of the signers.
Happy Anniversary, Dori. I love
Happy Anniversary, Dori. I love you.
We saw Richard Shindell Saturday
We saw Richard Shindell Saturday night down in Berkeley, at the Freight and Salvage. Great room, great show. If you were going to be in Portland, OR on 5/11, you could see him at St. Johns Pub. Just a word to the wise.
Not only did I spend
Not only did I spend actual cash to buy software (always a horrible thought to a software reviewer), but I even paid for an application that will only run under Classic. I can hardly bear to look at myself in the mirror, but I have to say, Beadscape is darn cool.
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