Fiat Lux
It’s another busy day, but this caught my eye over at CNet and made me smile: Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Alley: The cheat sheet.
Especially this part:
Latest uber-disappointment
CA: Second Life
NY: The New York Mets
No. 1 reason to be cranky
CA: Real estate prices
NY: Real estate prices
There’s a few reports on the Web today that the Vista Service Pack 1 will actually be Windows XP.
Yes, I know, it’s a JOKE. But in every good joke, there’s a kernel of truth.
The next computer I buy is going to have OSX on it.
Scene: Our bedroom. Scott has loaded a flavor of Linux onto a thumb drive and is booting it up his laptop.
Scott: “Look at that. Kernel panic.”
Me: (looks at screen) “It’s not doing anything. Doesn’t seem all that panicked to me.”
Scott (pulling out the thumb drive, rebooting): “Very funny.”
Fast-forward a minute or two.
Me: “How’s that kernel panic doing? Has it been promoted to a General Protection Fault yet?”
Scott: “That is so. not. funny.”
Me: can hardly breath I am laughing so hard at my own joke.
Had a rough day. Scott took a spill off his bike en route to work, so we spent a few hours in Kaiser Hell getting him checked out. All’s well now, but it was a long and draining day.
So, as I was cleaning out my overloaded e-mail in-box tonight, I found this jewel that Jason sent to me a few days ago.
Too funny!
By way of Ezra, Nancy Grace & The Animals. I have no idea if this thing is real or fake, but either way it is VERY funny.
WARNING: May not be work safe.
Two things that jumped out at me this morning:
1) Glenn Greenwald’s piece on the new WMD conspiracy theory currently making the right-wing rounds. Here’s a hint: any theory which requires the complicity of hundreds if not thousands of government workers on all parts of the political spectrum is utter BS. Doesn’t matter what theory you’re talking about, that’s just basic human nature.
2) This excellent video (slightly NSFW, profanity):