So I finally got around to watching yesterday’s keynote from Apple’s WWDC. Steve Jobs was in his usual form, and showed off Mac OS 10.4.1 running on an Intel-based Mac (P4 3.6 GHz, to be specific). Even though the “Steve Jobs reality distortion field” was in full effect, it did look like the transition to …
Some interesting developments on the “peak oil” stuff that I wrote of a few months back. James Howard Kunstler writes about the short-sightedness of the Bush energy policy in his latest blog entry by turning his focus on the energy needs of India. India currently imports 70 percent of its oil, and due to increasing …
Talented actor. Great singer. Physical comedian up there with the greats. And now a Tony Award winner for his work in Dirty Rotten Soundrels. I saw him perform on May 17th, and he was so wonderful – he deserves the spinny-medal statuette!
Activity: mountain cycling Location: Dupont Circle to the C&O Canal Trail (out to Fletcher’s Boathouse and back) Distance: 12.2 mi. (rarely hilly) Duration: 1:30 Weather: sunny and humid, 85 degrees Avg HR: 140 (est.) Type: light aerobic A nice early evening ride with sprite. She’d never been on the C&O on a bike, and it …
I love Apple and I love my Mac. I also have been a big proponent of the RISC architecture of the PowerPC chip that has powered the Mac platform since 1994. The CISC chips offered by Intel and AMD have never really been my cup of tea, as they have been frought with FPU computation …
Modern conservative people make me laugh. They honestly believe that utopia is based on a “proper set of beliefs” based on ultra-right religion, fear, prayer, subjugation and other fun things. They believe that a well-rounded education is actually a path to immorality, evil and destruction. Witness this list of history’s most dangerous books. Now I …
