Refenestration Daily.
Sun Microsystems, perhaps most famous as “the guys that invented Java” are coming out with “inexpensive servers” running Linux. My favorite part of the article, though, was this quote from Sun CEO Scott McNealy:
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and I hate Microsoft.”
— Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems
Then again, isn’t that how we all feel? ;)
I woke up this morning to discover that my PC wouldn’t wake up after the usual gingerly shake of the mouse. And, the power-button had no effect either :(.
I was most bummed about this, in particular, because I had replaced the power supply only about a week earlier. Luckily, I still had the power supply tester, so I could quickly diagnose the problem: sure enough, the power supply was dead.
So, after a quick trip back to Fry’s, I had a replacement power supply (without any hassles from Fry’s). It was the exact same model (JGE, 300 watts), but I installed the new one and it worked fine. Still, I must wonder about JGE’s quality control, if their power supplies can barely last a week.
Anyone who has owned a cat can probably relate to these advanced feline conversations:
“You’ve got a whole apartment full of things to sit on. Would you care to explain why you’ve chosen my foot? Because I have to stir the sauce, and I can't reach it with a cat on my foot. Well, no, you don't have to care, but you do have to get off my foot and sit someplace else. Okay, see, while my other foot technically qualifies as ‘someplace else,’ I think you may have missed my point. ‘Get off my foot' is my point. I feel it’s a strong one. So get off. Now. Please. Thank you.”
“Look at the clock. Look at the clock, please. Oh, don't give me that ‘I can't tell time’ crap. You know what a two looks like, fat boy. Do you see a two on that clock? No. No, you certainly don’t. So do you get lunch now? No, you certainly don't. No two, no lunch.” […]
I watched The Thomas Crown Affair last night (the 1999 version with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo), recorded off TNT on TiVo. Really, it was disappointing. More below, but there are spoilers.
The basic plot goes something like this: Thomas Crown is a wealthy guy and he steals a painting from his own museum for his own amusement. Then, Catherine Banning, an insurance investigator, tries to prove that he stole it. An abbreviated version:
Catherine: I know you stole that painting.
Thomas: No, I didn’t. Really.
Catherine: Come on, you stole it.
Thomas: Ok, maybe I did. But you’ll never catch me. Hey, how about a date?
Catherine: Sure, I’ll go on a date. But, I'm still investigating you.
[…]
Thomas: You know, I did steal that painting.
Catherine: Just put it back, and we can be in love, eh?
[puts painting back]
Thomas: I love you.
Catherine: I love you too.
Bleh. I was confused about a few things in the film as well. For one thing, why did Catherine have such strong feelings for Thomas all the while antagonizing him and even breaking into his house? And, what's with the ending — why would Thomas surprise Catherine by meeting her on the plane instead of at the heliport as planned?
In some ways, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at the quality, since John McTiernan (of Rollerball and Die Hard With a Vengeance fame) directed it. Then again, he has had a few gems (such as The Hunt for Red October), but it could be that McTiernan is just more of an action-movie director (of which The Thomas Crown Affair is not).
I was feeling a little peckish after breakfast this morning, so I was looking around the kitchen for a little snack. There’s not much around these days, as I’ve stopped buying cookies and Newtons for the time being.
I still hand plenty of Peeps — resulting from a 90%-off sale at Target after Easter — so I turned my attention to those. I was about to eat one raw, but then I recalled that I may as well nuke ’em. From there, my mind went into overdrive — “What if I could add a topping to nuked Peep to magnify its goodness?”. And, from there, I turned to peanut butter.
I just opened up the jar — reduced-fat, no less — and dunked the helpless Peep in there. I made sure that his little body was covered in peanuttyness. From there, I just placed him on a saucer and nuked him for 12 seconds on high.
Man, you thought nuked Peeps were good? This was spectacular. It was like taking the Peepiness to a whole new level. It was just fabulously delicous. Mmm, I’m going to have to exercise restraint to stop myself from eating too many of these ;).