Head in the Clouds

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Cloud computing is the latest buzz word in the IT world. So when a part of the cloud disconnects everyone’s hair catches on fire and the reasons we use the cloud come into question. Welcome to my world, the world of IT work. The second something goes down, I have people calling and looking over [...]

Snow Leopard

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

I did an inplace upgrade of my mac pro from Leopard to Snow Leopard. No issues at all, works without any major issues. I have noticed the speed increase with ripping cd’s into iTunes, and just general things go faster. I’ve run all the apps I’ve run in Leopard and everything seems to work except [...]

Actor Henry Gibson dead at 73

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Actor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73, his representatives said Wednesday. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/obit.henry.gibson/index.html

Patrick Swayze dies at 57

Monday, September 14th, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers’ hearts with “Dirty Dancing” and then broke them with “Ghost,” died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6618762.html

Norman Borlaug

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

(CNN) — Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, an agricultural scientist who helped develop disease-resistant wheat used to fight famine in poor countries, died Saturday. He was 95. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/13/nobel.borlaug.wheat/index.html?iref=newssearch He fed billions of people while he was alive, and he will continue to feed people.

Hijacking

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/10/mexico.hijacking/index.html Ok, can we now all agree there are no such things as “divine signs”? I mean how many stupid things have to come together before you put 2 and 2 together?

Today’s date

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Today is 09.09.09. I suppose you could find significance in the numbers of the day. But if you could, you’d probably find significance in a tree stump.

Negating Legitimacy

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

http://www.click2houston.com/news/20696978/detail.html If this doesn’t negate the legitimacy of said book, I don’t know what does.

Vague

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html?tag=mncol Like the Patriot act, this one is just a vague, which usually means that anything can come of this. The fact that people are “outraged” is a good thing, but be sure to know what you are “outraged” about.

Arrogant

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/taiwan.dalai.lama/index.html The fact that he is in Taiwan, is proof of his arrogance. China are jerks from the start, but he knows what he’s getting into. For being such an “enlightened person” he sure can be a douche bag.

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