Category: generalities
Thursday, 27 July 2006
Just For The Record…
generalitiesHead colds? Not fun.
Just sayin’.
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006
Niven Was Right About Heinlein Being Right
a.musements, generalitiesIt’s looking like I won’t need that dual-tuner TiVo, after all. The CW, (bastard child of UPN and The WB) won’t be announcing their schedule until Thursday, but one source after another is reporting that apparently it’s all over but the shouting for Everwood, while 7th Heaven — despite airing its friggin’ SERIES FINALE last week.. oh, and being utter drek for eight years of its ten-year run (and no, I don’t mean it was getting better toward the end) — and the crapfest that likes to call itself a “journey,” One Tree Hill, will be back. TANJ*, dammit.
Homefront. Murder One. Misfits of Science. Grosse Pointe. Freaks & Geeks. Undeclared. Firefly. Wonderfalls. Arrested Development. Justice League Unlimited. And now we can add Invasion and Everwood to the charnel heap.
TV… it was fun while it lasted. But more and more, it seems you’re actively doing your best to drive me away. It’s working.
On the upside… I guess I’ll have more time to read.
*TANJ: an acronym coined by Larry Niven in his Known Space books, meaning There Ain’t No Justice, a phrase appearing numerous times in the works of Robert A. Heinlein.
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Wednesday, 5 April 2006
It’s April, It’s Snowing, and I Haven’t Updated In A Dog’s Age
generalities, in.site, intro.spectacle, techno.babbleYes, yes. All of the above is true. So… here’s a quick update.
Just been plugging along, trying to keep out of trouble, with varying degrees of success. The love affair with my ThinkPad T40p continues. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, “It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.”
My brother’s new house in Houston is coming ever-closer to completion, judging from the pictures he sends every couple of weeks or so.
And… believe it or don’t, there’s a little something in the works for hereabouts; the site. Initial stages are well underway and everything seems to be shaping up nicely. The big unveiling… well, no firm ETA, but hopefully soon. Then… we’ll see just how long I stick with it.
More to come. Just… don’t get too antsy as to when.
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Wednesday, 22 February 2006
Egad, This ‘Pad is Freakin’ Sweet…
generalities, techno.babble...to paraphrase Family Guy patriarch Peter Griffin.
It’s been nearly a week since my ThinkPad T40p was delivered, and man, I’ve just got to say… this thing is a bloody dream compared to my old i Series ‘Pad (which, let’s give it its props, I thought was, for what I could afford at the time, the, quote, bomb diggety, endquote). Here’s a look at the two side by each, i1200 on the left, T40p on the right:
Read on for a head-to-head comparison of My Two ThinkPads…
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Thursday, 16 February 2006
It’s a ThinkPad!
generalities, intro.spectacle, techno.babbleI’d pass out cigars, but I don’t smoke, and I’m not all that keen on enabling that particular habit in others…
I took delivery at 12:50PM Eastern Standard Time, becoming the über-proud and utterly stoked new owner of a ThinkPad T40p. Have a look:
Geek and notebook are doing fine.
Incidentally, the “p” indicates that this is a WORKSTATION-class machine (hence its being fitted with the FireGL GPU, essentially a RADEON 9000 optimized for OpenGL).
I’ve further come to learn that my old i Series machine was actually manufactured by Acer under license from IBM… so apparently, I’ve now graduated to a “true” ThinkPad from what was essentially an Aspire with a great keyboard. Can’t wait to get better acquainted with the new baby. Heh.
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