Sunday, August 31st, 2003
Canoeing in the afternoon
My wife, my brother and I went canoeing at Riverfront Park today.
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Seizure inducing ads
I recently got a Replay TV unit, which let’s me skip TV commercials, Safari also blocks pop-up ads, but there are still some ads that drive me nuts (aside from spam, of course): The kind that flash like crazy to be seen.
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Saturday, August 30th, 2003
Virginia Tech building G5 cluster with 1,100 mashines
This according to ThinkSecret.com:
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According to reports, Virginia Tech placed the dual-2GHz G5 order shortly after the G5 was announced. Multiple sources said Virginia Tech has ordered 1100 units; RAM on each is said to be upgraded to 4GB or 8GB.The G5s will be clustered using Infiniband to form a 1,100-node supercomputer delivering over 10 Teraflops of performance. Two sources said the cluster is estimated to be one of the top five fastest supercomputers in the world.
Friday, August 29th, 2003
The world’s power grids have to be overhauled
Editorial, August 29, 2003
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2003
Don’t hold your breath for cleaner air
The Bush adminitration made yet another change to an EPA policy. This time they hoped it would go unnoticed.
Editorial, August 27, 2003
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2003
Pope and church have no right to meddle in state affairs
The Pope issues a statement condemning the lifestyle of aproximately 10% of the U. S. population. President Bush then supported the statement.
Editorial, August 26, 2003
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Monday, August 25th, 2003
Stay Tuned
I am dead tired. The promised account of my adventures in Vegas will have to wait till next week. This is how I feel right now…
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Thursday, August 21st, 2003
Holiday Inn Express
We have found a place to sleep at night: A Holiday Inn Express in Fresno, Ca. This answers a long standing question I had…
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2003
Stay Tuned
I am dead tired. The promised account of my adventures in Vegas will have to wait till next week. This is how I feel right now…
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Monday, August 18th, 2003
Vegas first night
We just spend our first night in Las Vegas. So far so good. Or as the people on the roller coaster coming by our window would put it: “WhhhhhhhhAAAAAAAAAA!”
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Saturday, August 16th, 2003
Vegas Baby! Yeah!
My brother and are booked on a flight to Las Vegas tomorrow…
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Thursday, August 14th, 2003
Key West: The Best and Worst of Florida
An opinion column about my recent visit to Key West. I will be published in the Welcome Back edition of The Oracle in a week. You’ve read it here first! 
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2003
good news from Microsoft
Microsoft has just let it known that their new WiFi (AirPort) access points will be based on 802.11g, which is definitely good news for Apple users.
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2003
Laptop Cruelty
My brother just brought home a spanking new 12 inch PowerBook. When he was about to unwrap it I did something pretty cruel.
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Friday, August 1st, 2003
cool freeware game
Glider, a pretty neat game in which you have to fly a paper airplane through a house, is now available for a free download.
It is actually a pretty neat addictive game, be it with some dated graphics.
You can download it here.
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