I went to the local computer show with Linc looking for a UPS for my blog server and picking up some memory for an old G3 Apple laptop that I want to give to my niece and nephew. I had no luck finding a cheap UPS however one vendor was selling a souped up […]
My neighborhood is only about 5 years old and the only broadband option has been with one of the local cable companies. The connection speed is supposed to be 3 Mbps down and 500 Kbps up. Up until recently it’s been close to that and I’ve been generally happy with it. Over the last month […]
I was reading Ted Haeger’s blog and saw this test to see what world leader you’re most like. The results were a little disturbing to say the least:
What Famous Leader Are You?personality tests by similarminds.com
I know I tend to lean right but come on I am really that bad? Comparing myself to one of the […]
The Sci-Fi channel has started to air wrestling on Tuesday nights:
ECW Wrestling
All I have to say is WTF!?!?
Wrestling has absolutely nothing to do with science fiction. The only reason why the Sci-Fi channel would do this is if it was the only way from keeping the channel from going under. This is very unlikely as […]
After all of Dan’s talk of using Parallels virtualization software I wanted to check it out to see how it runs on Linux. Unfortunately it doesn’t. At least on Suse 10.1 it doesn’t. Apparently there’s a bug that is effected by a recent Linux kernel patch. Time to to wait and see if Parallels cares […]
So the U.S. team got abused by the Czech Republic 3-0. What happened? Basically the U.S. got schooled by a more talented team. The Czech Republic has most of their starters playing on the biggest teams in Europe. While the U.S. has several starters playing for mid/bottom table teams in Europe they are not […]
For anyone who does not know I am a huge fan of soccer/football/futbol. I played for many years and really enjoy watching a good game. The World Cup is starting this Friday and I’m extremely psyched! For the most part every game is pretty damn good. Who will win? The safe bet is one of […]
Yesterday we went to visit my brother-in-law who lives down by the Jersey shore. On the way back a heavy rain storm moved through the area causing very dangerous conditions (poor visibility and lots of water on the road). Naturally I slowed down with the flow of traffic to below the speed limit. Out […]