Father Roderick

For those of you able to read dutch, there is a very nice article on a presentation by Daily Breakfast's Father Roderick at Frankwatching.

IE 7 beta 2 Reviews

A very nice overview of various reviews on IE7 Beta 2, Microsoft's latest effort to get IE back on track can be found on Betanews. As far as I am concerned it's too little, too late, but I'll keep an eye on these news articles ;).

Air vents are for air

Fun post on Lost at johnaugust.com :

Air vents are for air: "

On a recent episode of ‘Lost,’ a character climbed through air ducts to get past heavy blast doors, which had trapped him and another character. By narrative standards, this sequence would seem unremarkable. Except for one thing:

‘Lost’ takes place on a freaking magical island.

You’ve got polar bears, black smoke monsters, and a cabal of mysterious Others. There’s no shortage of dramatic opportunities, which is why it’s so disheartening to see the show reach for that lowest-hanging fruit: a guy in an air duct.

(Via johnaugust.com.)

Iraq Situation

How long will this go on ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4935528.stm

Microsoft Mac Lab

Very nice tour can be found here. Didnt even know they had such a thing :).

Neil Young: Impeachement

Veteran rocker Neil Young has recorded a protest album featuring an anti Iraq war track with "a holy vow to never kill again" and a song titled "Let's Impeach the President," the singer said on Monday.

Full Story at Yahoo News

Elder Scrolls Oblivion

Already preordered this long awaited and highly anticipated rpg game, while cruising the web came upon this site: http://www.waiting4oblivion.com/

Oblivion to ship on March 20th. Play.com has the date as 29th.

Kirby Puckett

To An Athlete Dying Young

THE time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.

To-day, the road all runners come, 5
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.

Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears:

Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.

So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.

And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl's.

found at http://www.bartleby.com/103/32.html

Greendale.tk

Windows Vista

Found a link to this article on Novell's corporate site, weird enough. It's an interesting read and pretty much confirms what I already expected ;).

Why Windows Vista will suck.

MC Hammer

Found out through Adam Curry's daily source code that MC Hammer has his own blog ! And it's even pretty interesting, unlike his music, way back when...

Cinephile Series - The Wild Bunch

Great new episode in the cinefile series at Reel Reviews. One of the best podcasts on movies...

Cinephile Series - The Wild Bunch: "

Reel Review #53: ‘If they move, kill ‘em!’ Not only one of the best Western’s ever made - one of the best films ever made. Sam Peckinpah hits his high note in this amazing film. There is so much to say - just watch it. ‘Let’s go.’

(Via MWGblog.)

Cheney drunk at hunting accident ?

Interesting article on Cheney and the hunting accident.

We talked with a number of administration officials who are privy to inside information on the Vice President's shooting "accident" and all admit Secret Service agents and others say they saw Cheney consume far more than the "one beer' he claimed he drank at lunch earlier that day.

"This was a South Texas hunt," says one White House aide. "Of course there was drinking. There's always drinking. Lots of it."

The First Bootable OSx86 10.4.4 DVD » cavemonkey50.com

Interesting piece on how ppl are now able to use OSX on pc's :).

The First Bootable OSx86 10.4.4 DVD » cavemonkey50.com

Waiter Rant - Metro New York Article

From WaiterRant :

Metro New York Article:
Paul Berger did a piece on me in the ‘Blogarithms’ section of today’s Metro New York! Pick up a copy!

(Via Waiter Rant.)

I want to live, I want to give: A "Heart of Gold" Roundup

Interesting stuff on Neil Young on the Neil Young news site Thrasherwheat.

I want to live, I want to give: A "Heart of Gold" Roundup: "
Heart of Gold Film Reviews

Neil Young Jonathan Demme'Heart of Gold' film premieres @ Sundance 2006
Unscripted Interview: Demme & Young
'Prairie Wind': A Roundup
Commentary on Nashville Ryman Concerts and 'Prairie Wind' CD
The Song 'Heart of Gold'
NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD film website
The Magically Miraculous Year: 2005"

(Via Neil Young News.)

Ed calls AT&T Wireless

Found this very funny podcast, after hearing a promo on Adam Curry's Dailysourcecode. Well actually some stuff is rather sad ;). The state of some 'customer service' is rather bad...

Ed calls AT&T Wireless: "Ed calls AT&T Wireless (now Cingular). You won't believe this one."

(Via Talk About Service.)

Camino 1.0

\o/ Camino 1.0 is out !

Camino 1.0: "MacMinute: ‘The Camino Project today announced the Camino 1.0 browser, a free Web browser for Mac OS X, built on the open source Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.’



Sweet!"

(Via Ranchero.)

HDR Group

There is a new digital photo technique called HDR. Here is a link to one of the pics, think it's wonderful !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebatl/98399006/in/pool-hdr/

This is the Flickr Pool.

Games are good for you

Interesting link to a study on the effects of computer games :).

Games are good for you: "

A new study of 100 university undergraduates in Toronto has found that video gamers consistently outperform their non-playing peers in a series of tricky mental tests. If they also happened to be bilingual, they were unbeatable.

Barely a day goes by when video games, generally Grand Theft Auto, are blamed for something evil. But that doesn’t mean they are bad. I have my own views on the whole ‘video games are murder simulators’ debate, and maybe I’ll write them up one day. For now though - I’ll focus on the positive.

Researchers in Toronto have found that people who played video games are able to concentrate better, and excel at multi tasking.

Prof. Bialystok suspects video gamers, like bilinguals, have a practised ability to block out information that is irrelevant to the task at hand.

You can read more in the article on the Globe and Mail website.

"

(Via Binary Moon.)

Heart of Gold Film Reviews

Reviews for the new Neil Young movie Heart of Gold are appearing accoring to the Neil Young news blog.

Heart of Gold Film Reviews: "

NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD film website
Caution. Metaphor alert ahead.

The movie reviews for 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold' have been rolling in at steady clip and are virtually unanimous in singing the film's praises. And unanimous in using mining phrases like 'glittering gold' and 'strikes gold'.

Opening in limited release this weekend in New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto, the film is being

"

(Via Neil Young News.)