Must. See. Iron Man
I vaguely recall hearing that an Iron Man movie was in the works, but more or less ignored it. I like superhero movies when they are done well: Batman Begins…
New video card: ATI 3870 X2
It started innocently enough. I was considering upgrading to a larger format monitor sometime in the next year or so. I like having lots of video "real estate" and, although…
Age and decrepitude
The final chapter... the nail in the coffin.... the slow, inexorable decline into oblivion: I'm there. I went to the optometrist today and, horror of horrors, I need bifocals. Naturally,…
Man accused of rape + murder claims he didn’t know she was dead…
I apologize in advance for making light of a tragic and horrifying circumstance. But the defense put forth by a man in Britain accused of raping and murdering a young…
Top issue for 2008 U.S Election? Bullshit…
I found this parody video from the Onion to be a bit too close to the mark... https://youtu.be/viVAAy_qkx0?si=NrrWha0gry5AoNBi The truth is, I suppose, that the "real" issues are too hard…
Boring site updates
I've updated to the latest version of WordPress (2.3.3), the software that makes this blog work, and also updated half a dozen of the plugins on my site. In *theory*,…
Wired’s Lore Sjöberg on the Brain…
I am not really the "typical" Wired reader. For one thing, I'm far from "cool" or "hip". I've got the "geek" thing down, though. Despite being outside the correct Wired…
Gallery updated… still not fully integrated, but getting there
One of the objectives of my web server upgrade was to end up with a Linux/PHP/mySQL configuration that would work with Gallery 2. All of the photos on my site…
Still a few things to do on the website…
I still haven't completely restored the Gallery here on my ol' website. The Gallery itself is still here, and still works fine, but the code that puts a little random…
I’m not fat, I’m just economical…
I came across an interesting post on Wired today, referring to a Dutch study that just made me shake my head. The study found that obese people actually save society…