Fearless Flyers

I love gadgets and this shit is the jam

Esoteric Pursuits

Dig a hole, fill it up.

Microsoft: 31 flavors

Wow, just when I thought Windows 7 could end all the shenanigans and possibly my ire at their OS I hear this : " Windows 7 to Ship in Multiple Versions?". WTF man. Pro and Home is like the limit, why more? I knew something was fishy when I saw that the beta was "Ultimate" but I was hoping that was their new marketing term for Pro... I guess I was wrong. Starter, what the hell version is that? Home Premium and Regular, what possible meaning could that have for a home user, its not gasoline. Business AND Ultimate... one must have that matte glossy finish I hear so much about. So goddamned irritating. Ive been really happy with this, and Im still honestly looking forward to it, but this is just stupid. I cant wait till I help a user here at work, or my Aunt, and its running Starter and has some obscure limitation that doesnt make any sense. I cant fucking wait! yay!

Natura abhorret a vacuo

Yeah its been a week since posting. I decided to take a few days to reflect on Windows 7 before I wrote about it. I thought for sure I would have some sort of fiendish encounter with a dll in a dark hallway, or random firebombing of crashes. Possibly just performance so slow, so infuriating that I would excise it from my machine like a tumor. Its a weird thing, being happy.
I don't have a lot more to say..
Pressure creates diamonds. And market pressure can force one out of even Microsoft.

IPR : The Next Generation

Ive been wanting to try Windows 7 for a while, I kept hearing how great it was and everything but honestly I didn't buy it. I love my Wind more and more, but the real Albatross so far has been XP. Don't get me wrong, its not a total piece of shit. It ran *fine*, and unfortunately fine means good enough. At first it felt awesome, but as I used it more it got that slow windows feeling. Things taking a little longer every time to load. So when I saw jkOnTheRun's article about Windows 7 on the Wind. I figured it was time to jump. I had my Ubuntu partition and that was great but I need windows way too often at work to switch back and forth just to do small things. So I spent a few hours trying to put Windows 7 dvd image onto my thumb drive with my mac... which is futile to say the least. I just launched it from the XP side and it took about 25min, and update and a reboot later and all the drivers were set. it was honestly the easiest x86-os install Ive ever dealt with. A little spooky because installing the beta of this os is easier than XP. Honestly so far Im stoked. I mean its been a few days now so Im reserving judgement for a while. Also I'm not sure I buy the Linux will/will not crush Windows 7 on netbooks argument, I think the numbers one vs the other will stay about the same. I think most of that is just fanboys shouting to hear the echo.

The Ih Meh Xing Khat

Market adjustment

So usually I don't directly comment or respond to news articles I read. I think this article dances around the obvious factor Laptops are outpacing Desktops and Netbooks coming into their own. I think it has to do with the price and availability of broadband connectivity, more specifically wireless connectivity. I think this entire shift is driven by the resource, not the other way around. Starbucks had wireless in its locations before most, and since they did Laptop users flocked to them. I suspect this is the reason for the large smug clouds around Starbucks. Now that entire cities are either going wireless, or at the very least flirting with the idea, there is a REASON to carry around an extra 3 to 12lbs of shit with you everywhere. Sure the cost of laptops has dipped to fit nearly every budget, even mine. But I dont think that was a solid factor until there was something to do. And honestly I think thats where the rubber meets the road. That and asking computer salesmen in Taipei and "analysts" is just a shithouse way to operate. Salesmen sell things with high profit margins, and in a extremely crowded, completely connected city of course a laptop is more popular. And honestly most market analysts cant find their asses with both hands.

I do agree gamers and savvy users choose to build their own desktop rather than buy a brand for home use. But I also think too many businesses are getting swept up and buy laptops when desktops are a better choice. Portability is only useful when you need it, otherwise its a liability.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50601320090107

Le Samourai

I just watched Le Samourai. Its easily one of the best movies Ive ever seen. but I really have to be in the mood to watch it. Im pretty sure its a classic, but honestly what drew me to it is the Citroen DS is pretty prominent in the very begining. Theres a really awesome car theft/key scene that I really enjoy. I really suggest anyone interested in anything to see it. Unless you hate subtitles, I dont think it would work dubbed :)

its the last good day of the year...

Well its the last day of the year. I'm at work. Finishing stuff that I should have done last week I guess. :)
A cursory google search gave me this.


its pretty cool

The Day the Saucers Came

Oh Fire...

Shit hot...

I have 2 Boots

So over the weekend I put Ubuntu on my Wind. It honestly went suspiciously smoothly. I went for Pho with my friends, went to my buddies house, bummed a usb stick from the other. Loaded Ubuntu onto the stick with unetbootin... which was awesomely easy. Booted it, installed it, the only sticking point being to setup wireless. Last night I setup my data partition to mount on boot and a few other tweaks and its hot fire.

Oh and Photobook.app takes backwards shots :P

The littlest computer named Wind

Ive had my computer for a little over a week now and so far, its f'n sweet. Its snappy and easy to use. The screen is very nice and bright. I was most worried about the keyboard since I never got to try typing on one. Honestly its great. I would say so if it wasn't. My right pinky finds the "." very easy, but the double quote as it turns out is a tad hard for man hands :) My only real complaint is that I tap the touch pad too easily/often when Im typing and mess myself up. And really thats just a habit because I usually leave tap off, but I like to use it on this machine.
Newegg was super easy to deal with and the computer and my accessories came right on time. I got a Logitech Nano mouse and even thats worked out great. Overall this has been an extremely positive experience and honestly I was expecting a tad more drama. In fact I did this post on it.
The Obligitory Netbook on Macbook shot. But the funny part is I took this with my Macbook Pro.

Inverse Penis Relation : My First Taste

This is yet another post about Netbook/sub-laptop/ULPC/Etc... With a twist. Ive been interested in these for a while... But this is the first time I was actualy serious about buying one. I set these little goals for stuff like this. When it was my LCD TV is was 42", 1080p, and 1000$, when those conditions were met I would buy one, and I did. This time it was the Netbook. When I could get 10" screen, 1gb ram, 80gb+ HD, less than 400$ I would consider buying. I hoped the prices were around there this holiday so first I went around and shopped in person. I tried to find every one I could in person. I went to Frys and played with the Lenovo s10, Acer Aspire One, and the ASUS EEEPC. The Lenovo won, but not hands down. For starters the mouse buttons were in the right spots under the track pad, and it felt solid like my t42. The EEEPC felt cheap like a toy. But the Aspire onewas a serious close second, even with the weird button placement and was the right price. I looked at the HP 2133 and Dell mini 9 at the campus bookstore. I wasn't impressed. The HP's screen was too small, and I just didn't like the disk selection of the Dell. The only ones that I was considering that I couldnt get my hands on were the MSI Wind and the Samsung NC10.

So since I wasnt stoked on the ones I could get to, I decided to just take the plunge based on the price and reviews. I bought a Netbook on the first.

Now since this is December you might think I mean 12/1/08 ; but I don't. I mean the first Monday after "Black Friday"... "Cyber Monday". What the fuck is this! Ive worked in IT since 98 and Ive never heard of "Cyber Monday", its a made up shopping day like Secretaries day and Valentines... just kidding I love fake outrage. Actually it was pretty sweet, I was shopping the "Black Friday" sales for a netbook and it turns out "Cyber Monday" is a much better day for computer related items... I found some decent prices on Amazon, but as we all know I cant do that again, its not fair to my family, friends, and most importantly me. I went to Newegg and found a MSI Wind for 299$ after rebate. Not too shabby. And as it turns out the machine I ended up getting was a "Black Friday" sale that ran or was extended through "Cyber Monday"

Aphex Twin.

Monkey Drummer - Chris Cunningham + Aphex Twin
Uploaded by fuckspeilberg

I went for a much cooler look whereas the Enterprise for The Next Generation was a much warmer palette. - Richard D. James
srslybrowot?

New quote of the day...

"But there is one thing my movie has that Twilight doesn't: The potential to be a multi-quadrant hit."

So. My wife is currently obsessed with Twilight. I'll read it eventually but I'm mystified by the manic coverage.


Apparently when Voldemort kills you, you come back for sappy teen vamp shit.

-updizzle
sweet hair bro

Sentance of the day

"For me, it's not just about the ability to carry a gun, but I love the idea of monkeys coming together to accomplish a goal."

Yeah that's right. Monkeys, with guns, with a plan. That is pretty goddamn scary. I have a near irrational fear of monkeys, a acute fear of spiders, and god help me if I'm confronted with a spider monkey. Problem solving skills turns a perfect storm in to a goddamn perfect hurricane.

Fucking Itunes....

Why would you have regional iTunes stores? What the hell is the purpose of that. I'm an american who wants to buy a fucking badass german rap/pop/folk(?) artist... iTunes has an answer for me, "fuck off".WTF man. Its not like the electrons are going to go back and bitch about the trip... First I'm laden with the bloat that is iTunes to use my iPod, then I'm restricted by DRM for the music I buy, AND I cant get international (in relation to my location) artists. iTunes makes a good argument FOR piracy. I'm beginning to loose my patience. I'm famous for my patience.

Me: Hey I just wanna buy this
Apple: fuck you.
Me: iMpissed

What I cant buy.

Peter Fox - Haus am See (New) [HQ]
by wonderful-life1989

Ich habe nur ein gezinkte karte.


*update: I forgot, I cant transfer/import my goddamn playlists off my ipod and back into my computer. I'm not talking about the files, I mean the lists, so I dont have to recreate them... Asshats.

Bjork is awesome.

She explained the hell out of the inner workings of a CRT