Norah Jones Rocks!

That is all I wanted to say... She can sing like the Dickens.

drutil bulkerase quick

What do you do if you have a stack of RW's and you want to erase them?

from:
macosxhints

I have never really gotten into CD-RW's. It is just easier to buy a big spindle of 100 CD-R's. I use CD-R's liberally, and still don't run out of them very often... But If I did get into the RW trend, I'd go for this...

I think RW is actually kind of useless, since it doesn't work like DVD-RAM.

In Toast, it says my drive is a DVD-RAM/CD-RW drive... I have tried burning to RAM, but it didn't work... Anyone hear if Panther added this capability to 12" PB Superdrives?

Apple to host "music lover's" event at all Apple Stores on Black Friday

MacDailyNews - News - Welcome Home

I really hope the "few surprises" is something kickin' like new iPods... free (for me only) :-P

FlightGear Flight Simulator

FlightGear Flight Simulator Cross Platform, Open Source Flight Sim... (has OS X Version, Panther Required)

Searches this site appears in:

the last couple of days have been weird for this site:

"itunes consolidate" (89th on Google)
"illegal child incest pictures" (116th on Netscape)
"itunes library to external disk" (9th on Google)
"ImageHauler" (28th on Google)
"anarchist's cookbook .pdf" (16th on Google)
"tibetan porn" (85th on Google)

kinda disturbing?

IQ?

The Classic IQ Test

"Congratulations,Dwight!
Your IQ score is 136

This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode's Ultimate IQ test. Your IQ score is scientifically accurate; to read more about the science behind our IQ test, click here.

During the test, you answered four different types of questions -- mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We analyzed how you did on each of those questions which reveals how your brain uniquely works.

We also compared your answers with others who have taken the test. According to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is a Visionary Philosopher.

This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others -- and at anticipating and predicting patterns. And that's just some of what we know about you from your IQ results.
"

he he... didn't think I was supposed to know my IQ...

Continuing Education

NOVA | The Elegant Universe | Watch the Program | PBS

PBS has put their Nova Program on String theory online... (requires Quicktime or Realplayer)

Not too esoteric, but it is string theory...

ImageHauler

Well if I ever upgrade my digital camera, It will be a Canon, and I will use this software: ImageHauler lets you view pictures you just took on your computer monitor. One of the problems I have with my camera right now is that the screen is only like 340x200 or something so things can look in focus but not be in focus really.

Of course I would also need a computer with a higher resolution (ideally) Mine is only 1024x768... I hope Apple comes out with 12" PBs that have higher resolution soon.

why cheeptickets.com sucks

(yes I misspelled it, that way I won't be sending them many links :) )

So you put in your itinerary... they show you the possible flights...

why do they suck?

1> they don't tell you where the connections are (they just report: "(1) stop", the 1 is linked to a page which details the stop

2> they don't include airport taxes in the first price...

but that's not all:

3> they make it look like the airport-taxes were an unexpected change


I'd recommend steering clear of there

Ice 2

the ice is slowly disappearing... even though it is 55 degrees outside... Should be gone soon...

Ice

It is kinda cold here... not freezing, but...

There is a pile of ice outside my window that a caterer dumped out on Saturday evening... It is still about the same size it started out...


This winter is supposed to be even worse(aka better) than last year with the blizzard and stuff... I can't wait :)

Mail.app...

has to be the worst program I have ever used...
I have been in denial before this, because it goes for months without any trouble, but occasionally terrible stuff happens.

Right now, it "checks" my mail in three POP accounts, but it doesn't really... So I have messages which I am not receiving... It used to be that quitting the application and starting it again would "shake something loose" and it would work again, when that failed I could sometimes log out and the problem would go away... Now nothing seems to work but deleting the account and re-entering all the info, then it downloads all of the old messages which I have already read...

I downloaded Eudora just now to see if it worked better (used to swear by Eudora) But guess what they used Stuffit Installer Maker for their installer, But guess what else... the other bug that has been bothering me is an inability to run Stuffit Installer Maker Installers...
(why would anyone use an installer in OS X? Just use a disk image and I will drag the app to the applications folder)

I hate it when my computer doesn't just work...

Neat Sermon

here

Stumbled across this...

haven't finished reading it, but did stick to it long enough to know it is better than the "hook" lets on

what are your thoughts

Urbana 03

Urbana 03

This looks cool... looking into going

Experiment at U.C.L.A.

"Experiment at U.C.L.A.

Professors at the University of California Los Angeles recently performed an experiment in an attempt to compare vehicle force and speed period. They drove a vehicle into a brick wall at 60 mph and then measured the impact. They then dropped another vehicle from a height equal to a 10 story building and measured the impact. Surprisingly, both of these readings were the same.

Thus, if you are driving your vehicle at 60 mph on the highway and strike a fixed object, the effect would be similar to driving your vehicle off of a 10 story building."

"Whether traffic laws are enforced or not, the laws of physics will always apply."

huh?

"Drivers should use the SAFE method to assist in driving in construction and work zones."

"Scan... Asses... Find... Execute..." sounds like the army

he he

"Be especially careful around children riding bicycles. They usually lack skill and sometimes have a defiant attitude toward other vehicles."

More defensive driving nuggets

"Watch for children. They are completely unpredictable."

90% Marketshare Myth

newsobserver.com - Hackers enter via Window

There are people who have said to me: "Give Apple a 90% market share and see how many viruses (yes, viruses, not viri (as in cactus and cacti) but that is another argument) it has"

Well there would probably be more than they have now, but the lack is not only because of market share. Apple's operating system really is more secure than Microsoft's.

Rebel with a something... not sure what that is, but it's... somethin'

Adbusters "Corporate Flag" campaign

A rebellion is building. Thousands of protesters shake up every global trade conference with calls for less corporate clout and more grassroots power.

So, what is their plan? Make magazines w/o ads that cost more? What is going to stop powerful people from taking advantage of their power? It sure is nice to have these sorts of "problems:"

We call this system "democracy." But today it looks a lot like corporate rule.

so, trade corporate rule for...

yeah.

Value Judgement?

Before you adopt one of these, you should probably adopt at least 100 of these, or 1000, I dunno what is 1 person worth in dolphins? whales?

My head hurts

From Sea Shepherd:

The Taiji fishermen know that while Sea Shepherd crew remain in the area, they can not commit mass murder of dolphins without it being documented and being further exposed in the media, a major form of embarrassment in Japanese culture.

Hmm...

From Dictionary.com:

Murder n. The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.

From hyperdictionary.com:

Murder n.unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

Mass Murder n.the savage and excessive killing of many people

While some other definitions don't include "of humans" those are all literary uses of the word... Don't think these guys are on the same level as Shakespere.

What is the difference between "to kill" and "to murder"?

(Also those pictures are absurd)

uControl

uControl 1.3.6b It's back... it works with Panther... It does lots of stuff besides turning your trackpad (in conjuction with the fn key) into a 2d scrollin' machine... but that is why I use it!

Didn't know that:

According to I DRIVE SAFELY: "Every intersection where streets with sidewalks meet 'at about right angles' has a crosswalk for pedestrians to cross the street even though there may be no painted lines."

Bill Guerin's second hat trick in 2 home games

Stars dominate Predators, 7-3

Wow... how many times has this happened... 3 games (one away) 2 hat tricks?

Fox News Never Was Going To Sue Fox

Names & Faces

A couple of days ago people were reporting that Fox News was going to sue Fox entertainment because of fake news crawls on the Simpsons. Lots of people reported it because they don't like Fox News... Now the news comes out that Groening was kidding when he was talking to reporters... Wonder how many people are going to report on this?

TOP TEN RETAIL RIPOFFS EXPOSED!!

TOP TEN RETAIL RIPOFFS EXPOSED!!

This is the kind of page all good businesses (w/salesmen) should have.