a few more links of interest

Ok, I came accross this interesting link that made me shake my head. Its cool. But whoever did this has way too much free time to kill:

Go to your start menu

Select Run

At the prompt type in: CMD.EXE

At the next window (which should be a DOS prompt) type in: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Enjoy the movie!!!

This next article is of no surprise really:

Employees complain as IE begins its rapid descent

What the world needs less of

I find it very, very hard to respect countries and people where the practices of Islam are taken to this extreme:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051228/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_honor_killings;_ylt=AoV_S4gLh5YOrs4OuUYIzP_jOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE

Obviously, this guy has issues. In Pakistan he will probably be sentenced to death, which is a just punishment for such a crime. In the US, however, he probably has a chance of living in a prison and getting food and shelter from our tax dollars for the rest of his life.

Notes and Updates

Yeah, like this will make them any safer:

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/honda-unrolls-worlds-first-motorcycle-airbag/

Why it pays to have a cute baby (Which I do, hehe):
http://news.com.com/2061-10786_3-6009893.html?part=rss&tag=6009893&subj=news

An update to my home PC issue: It appears that my theory was dead wrong. It wasn't an overheating computer. Rather, it was a faulty power supply. A good friend of mine provided me with a spare Powers Supply that he had, and when I tried it out, the computer worked perfectly. Not only that, but my new cdrw can burn a full disc in 2.5 minutes! Awesome! This is good news, because I really wanted to wait a while before getting a new computer. Also this gives me time to wait until the new Intel Macs are out on the market and have been run through the wringer by early adopters. In any case, I'm very happy to my friend, Dave who provide me with the power supply.

Of truth and consequences

Here's a great quote that merits a posting:

"The plural of spouse is 'spice'. "

On a less happier note:

My journey over to the world of Apple just took a step closer as my PC decided to stop working for me. I installed a new cd-rw drive to extend its life and usefullness and was rewarded by a machine that reboots every 3 minutes. Even with the new drive removed!!! Now it just turns off without warning. My suspicions are that the processor is overheating somehow, so tonight's experiment will allow me to find that out. In any case, I'm reduced to a slower, but currently more reliable Laptop. Stay tuned for further musings on this problematic issue.

Yes, I've Flip-Flopped yet again

I've done it again. I've switched from Firefox to Internet Explorer. Why? Well, first off, I was noticing that leaving firefox open on my work computer for a few hours was consuming massive ammounts of RAM. Okay, maybe not "massive" but enough to make me annoyed. Also I was contemplating on the fact that I use very little of its extensions for anything. I really like it for its ability to use tabbed browsing and its pop-up blocker. However, it does have a tendency to force me over to IE when I want to view a nice website with all of the bells and whistles, which it cannot display. One of those sites is ESPN.com. I use Yahoo services extensively as well. I noticed that Yahoo mail, as well as other services offer a more seamless experience in Internet Explorer. And despite what most people say, Firefox has crashed on me quite a few times, and that's with a gig of RAM.

So I decided to enhance IE by installing the MSN toolbar, which gives me pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing as well as desktop search (Which I don't use). The switch thus far has proved to be pretty good. IE launches much faster than Firefox, and the toolbar has been doing a great job as well. Its also nice to go to a website with full confidence that I will be able to experience every feature it has available.

In other news, I followed the advice by John C. Divorak in the latest podcast of This Week in Tech, and am trying out the "Writely" online word processor. I have to say, this is pretty sweet. Right now I am composing this blog with their service. I haven't examined all of their features yet, but I will post a future evaluation of it once I'm done. Now, let's see how this "blog" option works....

Good Advice I Heard Today

Listening to a radio show today, I heard some advice that I can agree with:

"Sometimes the best choice you can make, is the one that you don't... Nobody ever suffers from giving a decision a little more thought...With the fast-paced society we live in getting instant responses on cell phones, instant messages, and e-mails, everyone has lost sight on a valuable method for dealing with life. Waiting...What decision ever gets ruined by giving it a little more thought?"

This is advice we all need to consider.

Difficult choices for the cost-conscious consumer

This is the kind of information that makes it difficult to make an all-out switch to a Mac.

"Are Apple Computer computers a bargain? It depends on the perspective of the buyer. This week, CompUSA is selling an iMac with a built-in 20-inch LCD monitor for $1,699. It comes with a 250GB hard drive and 512MB of memory.

For about the same price, a consumer can get two high-end HP Pavilion PCs and two 15-inch LCD monitors at the same store. For $844, CompUSA has a bundle that includes the HP model with a dual-core Athlon processor, 1GB of memory and a 250GB hard drive.

Or a shopper could get five Compaq Sempron-based systems (each bundled with a 17-inch CRT monitor) and have money left over. "

Links and Thoughts #6

If this gets off the ground, Cable might actually be worth purchasing:

a good idea

Smash me an XBox while you're at it:
this is too funny

This story is tragic. However the moral is...um, I'm not really sure:

Kiss of Death

What do you do when you're using Firefox and your mouse bites the big one? You read this article:

Mouseless Firefox tricks

A temperature-controlled butter dish: because we can't think of anything else to invent:

A buttery idea


Best quote heard this week:

(comment made concerning parental discipline of children in today's society)
"It seems like the age of personal responsibility has gone by the wayside when it comes to parents disciplining their kids"