Finally, It’s Finished
The audit is closed out, my stint as senior admin on-site and the last “all hands” meeting of the year are all in the past now which means that I may finally be able to take some serious time out…
Category Observations
A Geek… Errr, GReek Tragedy
Take one part myth (various and sundry tales of the Spartans), one part history (the Battle of Thermopylae), one part geekage (300, Frank Miller’s miniseries depicting the battle) and one part Hollywood magic (see above trailer or the high-res version…
Es Schneit! Es Schneit!
It’s snowing outside, or at least it was about 10 minutes ago. While the ground is far too warm for any of it to stick, it really feels like December, you know? It really gets my Germano-Scotch-Celtic-Scandanavian blood up and…
Now THERE’S A Good Security “Fix”
Microsoft announced a rather serious flaw with their Word product today which apparently affects every version of Word from 2000 through the most recent releases, Macintosh versions and Word Viewer included. There is no known patch, nor is there a…
I’m Going To Need A Silver Bullet, Several Wooden Stakes, Wolfsbane, A Cross, A Young Priest, An Old Priest And A Whole Mess Of Garlic
My disdain for “Smooth Jazz” WJJZ has been well-documented in this space and, lo! I didst rejoice when I thought it had shuffled loose this mortal coil but, alas and alack, my mortal foe has returned. No longer content with…
Headlines I DESPERATELY Wish I’d Thought To Write, Item #23,652
“Sheikhs on a Plane” -James Taranto in last Wednesday’s Best of the Web in reference to six Muslim clerics removed from a US Airways flight in Minneapolis due to other passengers’ concerns Heh.
Attention, Lehigh University: I Smell A Research Grant
Cathy Young, commenting on a New York Times piece concerning the rise of “fat studies” (like “women’s studies”, “gay studies”, etc.) on campus, notes the idiocy of such a pursuit in devastating fashion: Maybe the next frontier in the academic…
PS3, Wii Auction Prices Fall As (Perceived) Supply Rises; Those Passing Eco 101 Shocked, SHOCKED! At This Development.
In a stunning bit of not-news, eBay auction prices for PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles have been dropping rather precipitously in response to continuing news from Sony and Nintendo that the consoles will keep hitting stores between now and the…
I’ve Got A One Word Answer To Nielsen: “Eyephones”
Nielsen (the TV/web/whatever ratings company) recently conducted a study regarding the use of iPods for video viewing and, well, the results are about what one would expect: less than 16% of iPod owners had ever used their device to watch…
Good Taste Wins Out, For Once
I was extremely surprised to find out that Fox News was readying an interview with O.J. Simpson in advance of his “hypothetical” book’s release. I was even more surprised to find out that they not only backed off the interview…
