Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
What are you thankful for? Post a comment.
I’m thankful for all of my readers…. all 4 of you!
Nov 23 2008
Vicious Shark Attack
If there’s one thing that the movies have taught us, it’s that sharks are dangerous, killer ocean beasts, that will stop at nothing to eat you and your entire family, ruin your yacht cocktail party and apparently growl like tigers.
Nov 23 2008
Getcha Deer Yet?
My friend Jim got a deer this season. In between hunting the other day, he skinned and quartered it. It was a FREEZING cold day but the chainsaw made it go a lot quicker.
Quartering a Deer the “Charleston Way”
See the high quality version and download it HERE.
Nov 21 2008
iPod on Shuffle
What are you listening to?
This idea comes from Cheesefry’s blog (Unsure.org). Here are the rules. Give it a try and see what you get. (No changing your content beforehand though!)
1. Fire up your iPod.
2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
3. Hit the “shuffle” command.
4. Tell us the title of the next ten songs that show up (with their musicians), no matter how embarrassing. That’s right, no skipping that Carpenters tune that will totally destroy your hip credibility. It’s time for total musical honesty. Write it up in your blog or journal and link back to at least a couple of the other sites where you saw this.
5. If you get the same artist twice, you may skip the second (or third, or etc.) occurances. You don’t have to, but since randomness could mean you end up with a list of ten song with five artists, you can if you’d like.
My Results
Reise, Reise – Rammstein
Make You Feel Better – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cyanide – Metallica
Life In Technicolor – Coldplay
Kristy, Are You Doing Okay? - The Offspring
Never Gonna Be Alone - Nickelback
Helden – Apocolyptica
Breaking Inside – Shinedown
Deceiver – Distrubed
Rehab - Rihanna
Submit YOUR results in a comment. Just click the comment button on the lower right.
Nov 20 2008
Comics Mock My Life
Nov 20 2008
Gadget Lust Leads to Digression
I want this computer.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 12
Out of the available netbooks out there, this seems like a solid machine, better suited to run Ubuntu than Vista, like it’s sibling the smaller Mini 9.
Learn more about it at the Dell website.
Sure. I’m a Mac fan, I recommend that the average user buy them; for any application or use. I’m also a fan of Ubuntu (Linux). I’ve been experimenting with Linux for a long time, but only really started to consider it a viable everyday OS. There have been many “consumer ready” version of Linux available. Red Hat, YellowDog and Suse to name a few. Not to mention Walmart, hocking budget computers running a Linux system for the last few years.
Ubuntu, or Linux in general is a secure, stable and surprisingly compatible operating system, and an open source one at that. Open source meaning, the majority of the software you use, MS Office, Photoshop, iTunes, your digital camera software and endless other programs have free counterparts available, and often pre-installed with Ubuntu. So instead of MS Office there’s OpenOffice, instead of Photoshop there’s GIMP. If there’s software you need, the first place to check is a built in option, automatically updated from the internet, from which you can choose from dozens and dozens of categorized-for-your-convenience programs. Ready to install with a click.
Ubuntu is an OS than can compete. It’s current drawback, mass appeal and market availability. Commercial organizations are just starting to develop software to work with Linux. One of the things that makes Linux great, the number of different versions available, also makes it hard for developers to concentrate their focus. This means that Made-for-PC game you just got won’t run on your linux computer. Bright side, with a little Google research and some computer know-how you can make your Linux computer run anything, really.
Do you want a laptop “just because”?
For anyone that already has a desktop computer, “full time” laptop or other computer setup, and is looking into a laptop; to use on the couch, take in the car, show picture slideshows, play games and read the news while watching tv, getting recipes on while cooking in the kitchen, using facebook while pooping, or carrying around and saying “hey, check this out” to your friends… are best of considering an Ubuntu or Linux based laptop / netbook. They’re inexpensive, increasingly popular, and depending on your manufacturer pretty rugged and often upgradeable.
Out of the available netbooks out there, this seems like a solid machine, better suited to run Ubuntu than Vista, like it’s sibling the smaller Mini 9. If it cost $100 less and ran Ubuntu I would buy it. Give me a computer like this for $299-$399 and I’ll show you a booming netbook market.
But what do people really want in any computer?
People want the internet. They want their music and movies. They want their photos and blogs. They want the ability to run things that others create. And they want all that available now, ready, easy, fast and connected to everything. They don’t want it to slow down or need updates. They don’t want it freeze or even need to turn off. They want it to be there, ready to preform these duties without hassle.
So you may wonder. Where is all this leading? I’ll tell you, but you probably won’t believe me. But do believe me, because I’m right. Tablets. Tablets in the mainstream. And I’m not talking about those stupid laptops with the funky flip-around screens either, real multi-touch tablets. Many things in the laptop and smart-phone ecosystem are pointing in this direction. But that’s a digression for another time.
Here’s a mock-up of what I’m talking about.
Nov 18 2008
Best Day on The Price is Right. Ever.
This is fantastic. I’ve always thought it would be cool to be on The Price is Right, I don’t think I’d be quite this lucky though.
Nov 16 2008
Our Future President Blogs Too
Our new president-elect is taking advantage of technology, and popular technology at that. Obama has started his weekly “fireside” YouTube addresses. Below is the first one. I’m excited for these addresses and the other “use technology to keep people involved and informed” advancements to come. Just check out his website www.change.gov, it’s easy to use, informative and personal. The president-elect blogs too, cool huh? But beyond cool, I hope that it opens, previously non-existent, doors for the involvement of the people with the government that makes the choices that effect them.
Nov 14 2008
Has anyone else heard about this?!?
A FREAKING BEEFALO?!?!
I’m not quite sure how it happened, but a conversation about cheeseburgers lead to the discussion of this make-believe real creature. A freaking Beefalo! Yes, B-E-E-F-A-L-O… The unholy combination of a Cow and Buffalo. What… wait… Cow-Buffalos? Yes. Cow-Buffalos. An odd creature combination with a mildly disturbing and yet obvious name. Kinda funny looking but word on the street is they are delicious. So next time you’re out getting a burger with your friends be sure and ask your waiter if they can substitute your regular cow meat with some ground Beefalo!
From Wikipedia:
It was found early on that crossing a male buffalo with a domestic cow would produce few offspring but that crossing a domestic bull with a buffalo cow apparently solved the problem. The female offspring proved fertile but rarely so for the males. Although the cattalo performed well, the mating problems meant that the breeder had to maintain a herd of wild and difficult-to-handle buffalo cows. Learn More >
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