While, I usually find myself agreeing with Robert X. Cringely (aka. Mark Stephens) more often than not, his current article get so much wrong that I begin to even wonder if he’s got a clue or not. First, the idea that Apple should switch from a microkernel to a monolithic kernel for the performance increase …
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Perplex City
Alternate reality game, $200,000 prize, puzzle maven’s delight, and currently sucking up my life. Check out Perplex City, and my in-game profile.
Love Monkey
So, I missed Love Monkey‘s short 3-show stint on CBS. The show, starring former Ed leading man Tom Cavanagh, seemed to be part of the huge, mid-season roll-out that led to several shows being cancelled after only a couple (or fewer) episodes. Based on a novel of the same title, I think the show suffered …
Windows fans catching up with reality?
Well, it’s finally starting to happen; even the usually unflappable windows fan press is starting to catch on to the fact that Microsoft has gutted Windows Vista (something I blogged about over 6 months ago). Paul Thurrott goes over recent builds of Vista and analyzes the remaining features; the conclusions he comes to don’t make …
Sharing my life
For a long time I’ve been looking for someone to share my life with, and in some ways waiting to live life with someone. I don’t know if it’s the fear of being alone, or the need to share experiences with someone else, or just a sense of loneliness, but I’ve been waiting for someone …
Blog upgrade
I just upgraded the software that runs this blog to a newer version. If you find any glitches or bugs, please leave me a comment (or e-mail me directly), and I’ll see if I can work it out. Thanks!
Letting go of control in my life…
I am a lucky man. I know this, and others sometimes remark on it. I am blessed by a life that runs itself, and runs itself well. But I have always railed against my life saying, “It runs best without my intervention.” I despaired over my attempts to control my own life that led to …
Sergeant’s Program
I signed up for the Sergeant’s Program (again). I had been a member six years ago, while I was working at AOL. While looking into them for my buddy Scott, I discovered that they’ve got locations much closer to my house these days, so I took the liberty of joining back up. Been at it …
Windows Vista: what’s there?
So I just saw this post over at the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog. To wit, ” Monad will not be included in the final version of Windows Vista”. So this leaves me wondering, what is left in the famous “Longhorn” release? It seems like the bulk of the new Windows operating system is a …
What’s up?
Ok, so if I complete a two year old project for a class I took an incomplete in, I can stay in school. Yeah! The bad news is that I’ve not really feeling well right now (you really don’t want to know), and making progress is hard. I’ve also got the main bathroom in the …