Probably old news to most, but I just stumbled onto it.
Jim Matthews, the author of Fetch, the popular Macintosh FTP client, was a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He used some of his winnings to buy the source code from Dartmouth College and is now publishing it himself.
Neat.
It was TV Turn-off Week. I was too busy to care.
Holly red hat! Google uses over 8000 Linux boxes. And I thought my home/office was crowded.
Have you tried searching for songs on Napster lately? Don't you love that No Results? I wonder when they'll actually start pushing their new pay services. Looks to me like they're waiting for everybody to leave first.
It's amazing how most dotcoms still don't have a viable business model. Did anybody really think they could survive without a steady revenue stream?
All Work & Play
I'm flying to California tonight.
I'll be attending a Mac OS X Java kitchen at Apple on Thursday and Friday.
I'll also be spending all of next week at Imacination Software, working on a new exiting project.
Mac OS X 10.0
I've spend most of last weekend setting up OS X on my PowerBook. Lots of hurdles and wasted efforts. It reminded me of the kind of problems I've experienced with Windows-based installations over the years.
It should be interesting to see how productive I'll actually be using OS X for a whole week. I'm sure it'll make for an interesting test-run.
Firmware Nightmare
I've been hit by the disappearing RAM firmware bug. I am now 256MB short.
I just emailed McGlen inquiring about my options. I'll be talking to their technical support guy later on today.
Thankfully Glen Anderson is providing a DIMMCheck utility and is hard at work on a fix.
Live from Apple
11:13am
Just attended a short presentation on ProjectBuilder's new and planned features.
The rest of the day was spent getting our project to run under OS X with outstanding assistance from numerous Apple engineers.
Speical thanks to Steve, Ted and Chris.
An Apple a day keeps the bugs away!
All Work & Play
I'm flying to California tonight.
I'll be attending a Mac OS X Java kitchen at Apple on Thursday and Friday.
I'll also be spending all of next week at Imacination Software, working on a new exiting project.
Mac OS X 10.0
I've spend most of last weekend setting up OS X on my PowerBook. Lots of hurdles and wasted efforts. It reminded me of the kind of problems I've experienced with Windows-based installations over the years.
It should be interesting to see how productive I'll actually be using OS X for a whole week. I'm sure it'll make for an interesting test-run.
Firmware Nightmare
I've been hit by the disappearing RAM firmware bug. I am now 256MB short.
I just emailed McGlen inquiring about my options. I'll be talking to their technical support guy later on today.
Thankfully Glen Anderson is providing a DIMMCheck utility and is hard at work on a fix.
We watched the pay-per-view on Sunday night. I was a little disappointed as I was expecting a lot more flash and dash. Stone Cold turning heel was interesting but not all that surprising.
Oscars blues
Crouching Tiger didn't win. I'm bummed.
At least Steve Martin was hilarious. Move over Billy Crystal.
Have a Pepsi, and a Smile
I guess I can always cheer myself watching…
My Oscar Picks
Since everybody under the sun is making prediction. I figure it wouldn't hurt to take a stab at it.
Leading Actor
Russell Crowe. Just because I don't want Tom Hanks to win again. I haven't seen Castaway anyway.
Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges. I usually don't like him much, but I thought he made for a truly believable POTUS.
Leading Actress
Joan Allen. I know everybody's rooting for Julia, but as far as I'm concerned, she's no actress, just a movie star.
Art Direction
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's one.
Cinematography
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's two.
Costume Design
Gladiator. It probably took quite some work too.
Directing
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's three.
Documentary Feature
Your guess is as good as mine.
Film Editing
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's four.
Foreign Language Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's five.
Makeup
Innie, Mennie, Minnie, Moe…
Music (Score)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Go Yo-Yo Ma! That's six.
Music (Song)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. A Love Before Time, the Mandarin version. That's seven.
Short (Animated)
Huh… Huh…
Short (Live Action)
Hrrmmm…
Sound
The Perfect Patriot Gladiator.
Sound Editing
<pin drop>
Visual Effects
Gladiator. Hands down.
Writing (Adapter)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's eight.
Writing (Original)
Almost Famous.
Best Picture
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That's nine out of ten.
Did someone say I was biased?
Apparently the producers are offering a big screen TV to the person with the shortest acceptance speech. I'm sure all the big movie stars can't wait to compete for such attractive prize. It should be pretty easy to win it anyway; say nothing… raise your thumb up and leave.
