Contributing to global climate change since 1965, Allen believes that you have a Constitutional right to his opinion. Just a short post here to vent the current notion at the front of my tiny mind. Have you ever read a blog post at your favorite site that, for you, really hit the nail on the head? Did you read it and think, “Ah ha! That is the perfect argument/analysis for this particular topic,” [...]
I just happened to see this post on TechCrunch about Nero and TiVo teaming up to offer the TiVo experience on a tuner-equipped PC. Long time readers know that I built one of those a while back. I’ll probably need a newer tuner card (for Clear QAM digital on cable), but the price isn’t too [...]
One reason (among many) that I haven’t been blogging regularly is that I’ve been having computer issues. I bought a spanking new HP Pavilion 17″ notebook in March so that I could keep one foot in the virtual world and keep the other in the actual world. Being able to move (lug) my computer from place to [...]
Northern Exposure, originally uploaded by thompsonian.net. The weather is beginning to turn here in Moscow and, while I generally don’t care for the non-stop rainy drizzle of my native Portland, this is a welcome change… at least for now. For me there is something very comforting in looking out at the wind and rain from [...]
As you may know, Second Life™ (SL) is much like a game but it doesn’t have any set objectives; there are no teams; there are no built-in goals. Basically you’re expected to form your own objectives (much like First Life) as you go along. I read with some interest (mind you, this might not interest [...]
The new Apple iPod and iTunes line-up was revealed this morning and, while I’m not the typical fanboi, I still find my heart all a-twitter with excitement after seeing these factory fresh iPod Nanos. Yummeh! Contrast these absolutely lickable machines (available in 8GB and 16GB sizes) with my old, busted up and (darn it) still [...]
Google has released the first iteration of a new browser that I’m sure will be in perpetual beta. I’m using it today because I can’t resist Teh Shiny. Google Chrome. Well… that worked. Yay me! UPDATE: See the comments for some other stuff I had to say in response to Jeff’s question. That got [...]
