Small, light, cheap, solid state storage (no moving parts), a keyboard, and Linux: The Asus Eee PC 900.
Also available with Windows XP, but why?
Another lap in the race to the bottom. Faster! Faster!
I wants it, my Precious
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The current U.S. Presidential race….
…. as it might have been reported 250 years ago.
Sir Archy looks at recent developments
Choices
(Especially for rhymeswithghoti)
The Doctrine of Feline Sedentation
Weed-killer, Seeds, Pollution, Milk–the evil of Monsanto
I just looked at a jug of milk in our refrigerator. The label says
Milk from cows not treated with rbST.
No significant difference has been shown between milk derived from rbST treated and non-rbST treated cows.
I have often thought that phraseology sounded odd, and wondered why. I found out today when I read Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear, which begins
Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.
Via Slashdot
John Archibald Wheeler, R.I.P.
There will be a lot of official obituaries tomorrow, but this post by one of his students is particularly moving. It says a lot about both the man and the scientist.
Bottled the beer
I finally bottled the cherry stout that I brewed back in January. Continue reading
Dialects
Walking
Walked the skyway over lunch hour both yesterday and today. The usual–from Government Center to the Hyatt Regency and back. I am looking forward to warmer weather so I can go outside. There is essentially one way to walk much more than a mile on the skyway and I need a change of scenery.
Tedious necessities
Today’s snowstorm (this is Minnesota) meant that I was an hour late getting home. Also cold and wet. I immediately had to load some dead computer stuff (4 computers, 1 monitor, and 1 scanner) into the car for recycling tomorrow. Then I had to type up, edit, and submit the minutes of colgaffneyis last Board meeting–the next one is Tuesday. I finished that just after 8PM. Next I had to do taxes. I had done most of the work last week so I was able to finish a little after 9. And I think it is finished. The returns (one for us and one for J) have been submitted electronically and I have saved backup copies of the files (I work in systems administration–paranoia is my profession). The only possible issue is that a return might be rejected by either the IRS or Minnesota. This is unlikely. TurboTax is quite good and our tax life is not that interesting. Just sometimes painful.
