What's on my playlist now?

Basment Jaxx's Crazy Itch Radio

What's on my playlist now?

Randy Crawford 's Feeling Good with Joe Sample.

Very nice.

50K

Well, I just broke 50K miles on my li'l red TT.

If mom moves to one state over next year like she wants, I'll be putting *a lot* more on it.....

New Intel Corehowmanyaretherenow Commercial

If you've seen the commercials, the hotties are um, hot, the dancing is great, and the music is, well, wow. Reminds me of my joy at first hearing "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas for the Mitsubishi Eclipse.

The first one is Mr. Dabada -- Carlos Jean is the hep cat with this jam -- and did I say the dancers are hot?

The second is Ice Cream by New Young Pony Club -- more laid back, more suggestive.

Check 'em out!

What a Mess This Foley Scandal Is!

So, Foley is suggestive with an underage page. At least he didn't have sex with the kid, unlike a certain Republican back in the 80's who actually *had* sex with an underage girl page. And a Democrat who around the same time had sex with an underage boy. Both were censured by the Congress.

Ah, mores back then were quite different from today. A teacher who had sex with a male student went practically unpunished, while today they'd be calling for her head.

Oh, and for those that keep comparing the Clinton/Lewinski scandal to this -- remember, Miss Monica was well into her twenties, and had done that before. It's a TOTALLY different animal from a child who may/may not know any better.

Music Subscriptions? Great Idea Explained!

Been using the Napster service for several months now.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2005-05-25-subscriptions_x.htm

Seen on a bumper sticker

It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad.

But I used to have good eyes, REALLY!

So, you watched movies on a 13" portable TV. Too big.

Then you watched movies on a 7" portable DVD player. Too big.

Then you watched movies on a 4" PMP. Too big.

Then you watched movies on an iPod. Too big.

Not blind enough yet?

Well, now you can watch movies on demand on your 2" cellphone screen. Yep, you can. Really.

Check it out.

Digitally Imported and Groovin'

http://www.di.fm

If you've not been here to see the streaming radio music they provide, you're truly missing out on a good thing. They offer free streaming at lower quality in 3 formats, but for only about $5/month, you can be a premium member, support their great stations, and get streaming music at like 128k and 192k quality!

There are over 30 stations to listen to, and they all work (unlike some other radio portals where a good number of the links don't respond). My favorites are Deep House, Smooth Jazz, Country, Hit 70s, and Classic Electronica.

Even better, they've optimized their webpage for mobile devices so it's extremely easy to select a station. I'm connected most of the time to their stations either with my tablet or my cellphone. (Of course, I'm also connected to XM64--The Groove when I'm not connected to di.fm.)

Definitely recommended as a site to keep your good eye on! Try it out!

Well this is messed up!

Today, we have a $9.2 trillion budget deficit.

To break down the national debt into comprehensible numbers means that every American carries a “birth tax” of $30,000.....

Some 40% of the deficit is owed to China.

(from OMB)

West Texas Cowboy - Joke

A West Texas cowboy was herding his cows in a remote pasture when suddenly a

brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a
young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL
tie,
leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how
many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"

The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his
peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer,
connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA
page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation
system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to
another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.

The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and
exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within
seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has
been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database
through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his
Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.

Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech,
miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and
says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."

"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves,"
says the cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and
looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.

Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly
what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"

The young man thinks about it for a second and then says,
"Okay, why not?"

You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government", says the cowboy.

"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even
though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already
knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much
smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing
about cows........

Now give me back my dog."

Suing over iPods? 14 year olds!?

So I don't know whether to file this under stupidity or lack of personal responsibility or poor parenting. Maybe I should file it under all three!

Seems an iPod was loaned, the iPod was returned, but the unsupervised iPod was stolen, and now we get to see the whole thing play out in court. Too sad (if it weren't sooo funny).....

Need a new way to remember the 8 planets in the solar system?

Use this mnemonic of the first letters to remember the order of the planets in their new configuration (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune):

My very exotic mistress just showed up naked.

(Could've been said by Prez Clinton, eh?! )

Definition of OCD

A Stanford Medical research group advertised for participants in a study of obsessive-compulsive disorder. They were looking for therapy clients who had been diagnosed with this disorder.

The response was gratifying; they got 300 responses the day after the ad came out.

All from the same person.

Who Are YOU A Fan Of?

Two boys in Boston were playing basketball when one of them was attacked by a rabid Rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy ripped a board off a nearby fence, wedged it into the dog's collar and twisted it, breaking the dog's neck. A newspaper reporter from the Boston Globe witnessed the incident and rushed over to interview the boy.

The reporter began entering data into his laptop, beginning with the headline: "Brave Young Celtics Fan Saves Friend from Jaws Of Vicious Animal." "But I'm not a Celtics fan," the little hero interjected. "Sorry," replied the reporter. "But since we're in Boston, I just assumed you were."

Hitting the delete key, the reporter began "John Kerry Fan Rescues Friend From Horrific Dog Attack." "But I'm not a Kerry fan either," the boy responds. The reporter says, "I assumed everybody in this state was either for the Celtics or Kerry or Kennedy. What team or person do you like?"

"I'm a Houston Rockets fan and I really like George W. Bush", the boy says.

Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again: "Arrogant Little Conservative Bastard Kills Beloved Family Pet."

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, um, uh, what's next??

The number of planets around the Sun could rise from
nine to 12 - with more on the way - if experts approve a radical new
vision of our Solar System.

Nice!!

Batteries Exploding All Around You? Try Aluminum!!

Found some articles about using aluminum (or aluminium for you Europeans) combined with air to support fuel cells. Most are old (early 2000's), but here's a fairly technical, more current article about using this process.

"Creative Evolution"? Protect the Kids' Futures Instead!

The people determining the curriculum of our children in many states
remain scientifically illiterate. And Kansas is a good case in point.

(Need a NYTimes login? Check here.)

New Writings from Archimedes Revealed

Check out the scanning of the Palimpsest. Be sure to check out the video of the scanning and of the project's background.

Quite fascinating, especially if it reveals new mathematical theories and formulae!

Coolness: NASA Shuttle Wing Video

Have you seen this?

http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.nasa-global/sts-121/right_forward_srb_camera.asx

Most interesting, about 3 minutes into it.

Enjoy!