Vista wasn't booted when I came home yesterday. (I had already in my head a plan to load Windows 7 on this box, but I was waiting for the money to get an SSD.) So, after a few hours of troubleshooting, I went ahead and gave in and abandoned my Vista image in favor of the Windows 7 image. We'll see how it works. 2010-01-17T21:19:56Z 18 Vista bit the dust true 2009-01-01 2010-01-17T21:19:56Z "link":http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Trees-Uncommon-Diana-Wells/dp/156512491X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262916290&sr=8-1 2010-01-08T02:06:37Z 17 Book want true 2009-01-01 2010-01-08T02:06:37Z "link":http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1496147/2009_In_One_Word 2010-01-04T02:42:51Z 16 2009 in one word true 2009-01-01 2010-01-04T02:42:51Z Have you seen "this":http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/onlive-shows-off-ui-and-iphone-use-in-marathon-tech-demo-video/ ? Pretty amazing. Wonder how it **scales**. 2010-01-04T01:53:11Z 15 Best thing in 2009? true 2009-01-01 2010-01-04T01:53:11Z Here's my current "God Box": * Shuttle SX58H7 LGA1366 Intel X58 Barebone with ASUS ENGT220/DI/1GD2(LP) GeForce GT 220 1GB combo - "link":http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.305097 * Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz - " link":http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211 * Patriot G Series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) - "link":http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220466 * Patriot Torqx PFZ128GS25SSDRC 2.5" 128GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - "link":http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220446 * Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R - "link":http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030 * ICY DOCK MB561S-4S Aluminum 3.5" eSATA Quad Bay Removal Hard Drive Enclosure - "link":http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994037 This system retails for about **$2,500**. Yeah, that's a lot of money. The idea here is to get a small Intel Core i7 case with an SSD and plenty of RAM inside it, and link the other hard discs (for data etc.) outside via eSATA. 2010-01-04T00:02:19Z 14 Dream PC - $2500 true 2009-01-01 2010-01-04T00:03:04Z In case you haven't heard, the PS3 now has excellent Netflix streaming. You have to request the app disc from Sony, "here":http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc, and you have to have the disc in the player in order to use the app (a bit of a bummer), but all in all the app works perfectly. I have about 20 megabit internet, and all my movies have been excellent quality, SD and HD. The time it takes to start the app and select a movie is about the same as the time it would take to open a DVD and insert it into a player and start the movie, so they have the UI done right. I love it. 2009-12-15T13:04:38Z 13 Netflix on the PS3 true 2009-01-01 2009-12-15T13:04:38Z "link":http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/PRS-Mira-Flame-Maple-Top-Standard-Neck-with-Moon-Inlays-Electric-Guitar?sku=528037 2009-12-14T19:55:36Z 12 Wanna guitar true 2009-01-01 2009-12-14T19:55:36Z bq. give Judy my notice I'm feeling a lot of excitement, not a bit of regret. This is going to be an exciting journey, and it's been a long time since I've been on a journey. 2009-12-11T19:12:31Z 11 Gave my notice today true 2009-12-01 2009-12-12T19:52:26Z I made a bunch of progress last night sitting at home on Firefox, but then I come to work and viola! - it looks like human ass on IE8. How nice. I've said it before and I'll say it again - css programming is an unspeakable, black art. 2009-12-10T12:46:59Z 10 Wow, this site design looks like crap on IE8 true 2009-12-10 2009-12-10T13:21:45Z I have begun playing medievia on my VPS using a terminal client called powwow for centos 5.3. I had forgotten just how enthralling the medievia world can be - there are thousands of players online at the same time you are, hundreds of quests and trade routes, lots of treasure, gold and precious items to acquire. It's an amazing game. 2009-12-09T18:39:59Z 9 Playing medievia again true 2009-12-09 2009-12-09T18:40:36Z The easiest javascript rounded corners ever are "here":http://www.curvycorners.net/ The website needs a woman's touch in the design department, but the rounded corners code is super easy. 2009-12-09T13:31:58Z 8 Easiest javascript rounded corners in the galaxy true 2009-12-09 2009-12-10T00:51:58Z I agree with this "guy":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shermer/theism-v-atheism-im-a-rea_b_372260.html. I guess that makes me a *faitheist*. 2009-11-28T16:59:37Z 7 Agreed true 2009-11-28 2009-11-28T16:59:37Z Classic Calvin and Hobbes - "the private eye":http://i.imgur.com/P6dgf.jpg 2009-11-27T20:17:10Z 4 Classic Calvin and Hobbes true 2009-01-01 2009-11-27T20:17:10Z You can read about it "here":http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/explained-fourier.html 2009-11-25T19:04:31Z 3 Discrete Fourier Transform Explained true 2009-01-01 2009-11-25T23:05:34Z