http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/27/biotechnology.cats/index.html
Kittens kittens kittens!!!
Month: November 2004
The Economist says music piracy not to blame
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3329169
They’re not sure exactly what to blame, but lay a lot of it on bad music.
The Lessons of Software Monoculture
http://www.sdtimes.com/opinions/guestview_113.htm
A little insight into why Microsoft can have some of the best programmers yet end up so maligned.
OS X Software Roundup
Some things I’ve been playing around with lately:
Adium – has replaced Proteus as my messaging client. I used Proteus for two years but development has slowed and Justin has moved on to work with Apple and iChat. Check out some of the Adium Xtras too (I’m using the Big Icons (Shrunk) message theme).
Smultron – a text editor that Riz pointed out. I haven’t used it that much, but it’s handy to have everything that you’re working on grouped together. It’s a pretty solid replacement for my everyday use of SubEthaEdit.
Texshop – I haven’t used it much, but I’m planning on learning the basics of TeX in the near future.
Growl – Is a universal notifier. Meaning that you can have consistent notifications from Applications like Mail and Adium.
Carbon Copy Cloner – want to make easy and complete backups? This’ll help you out.
FoxyTunes – not strictly a mac app, but pretty cool none-the-less. It’s a music controller that resides in the status bar of FireFox. Handy, considering the browser is one of my most used/open programs.
QuickSilver – I’ve been using this one for awhile, but I’ve been making more frequent use of their plugins directory, they have tons of them.
This phone is wild
http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,62356,00.html
The decline of the brand
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/brands.html?tw=wn_tophead_8
Wired takes a look at branding and the lack of consumer loyalty.
Man tries to convert lions to Christianity
http://www.local6.com/news/3887764/detail.html
He’s still alive.
Solution to the Election Problem
Well, the election seems to be over for now and Bushy seems to have won. This is a major concern for some people, especially those in the northern states that seemed to vote for the other guy. So, what do we do about the problem of all these disenfranchised people? Why look at the pretty coloured map, all of the blue states have a direct path into the frigid nation to the north. Except Hawaii of course, but it’s a backwater and doesn’t have any roads.
The obvious solution for the blue guys is to join Canada. It’s not like Canada controlling the North-Eastern US is a new idea, we captured and burned the White House during the War of 1812. Those western states would be a nice addition though — through them Canada would control most of the west coast (minus Alaska) and the United But Somewhat Fewer Number of States of America (UBSFNSA) would have to have to go through us to get to the Pacific.
It’s not going to happen, but adding New York and California to Canada would effectively triple the size of the nation. After the states have joined us, the newly formed Canadatu could unilaterally declare war on the UBSFNSA and bring democracy to the embattled nation.
A New Month
I really haven’t had much to say over the last month or two. The news seems to be all about the American election and I’ll I can do is bash Bush. It’s too easy. One of them will get elected eventually, things won’t change much. Even if Kerry wins, he’s not going to coming running out the front door to tell you all of these dark secrets he discovered.
I managed to go through a few site layouts through October, I’ll hold onto this one for a little while. I need to be less lazy about getting older work up and creating new stuff.