Ready to Rock 'n' Roll

My new computer, disk drive (and cigars) were all delivered between 11 and 11:15 on Monday morning. Eerie…

The remaining components arrived yesterday morning.

I haven't had a chance to test it all yet, but the box appeared functional without the NIC and sound card installed.

Lord of the Rings

We're going to try to go see it this morning. I'm afraid it'll be all sold out. Vicki's brother thinks we'll be able to get tickets for one of the morning show at the Redmond Town Center Loews Cineplex.

Move over iPaq!

FileMaker

It's official. FileMaker's JDBC implementation sucks!

I've been pulling my hairs for the last few days working on an custom job for one of our clients. So many wasted hours working around their bugs… Pretty pathetic.

Not 4 Sale

Adam Curry's house in Amsterdam is no longer for sale. Bummer… I was just about to bid for it.

French Pop

Apparently they have their own version of Britney Spears and Eden's Crush.

Merry Xmas!

On December 19, 1957 Elvis Presley received his U.S. Army draft notice.

Delivery Day

If everything goes according to plan, my new computer should arrive today, via UPS. The drive, nic and video cards should also be here today, via FedEx.

I'm also expecting some cigars from the Thompson Cigars Co., via Airborne

On December 17, 1959 The film On the Beach premiered in New York City and in 17 other cities. It was the first motion picture to debut simultaneously in major cities around the world.

IP Monitor 1.3.2 Update

Thanks to Alco Blom (the author of URL Manager Pro) carbonized version of the menu sharing toolkit, I was able to implement support for shared menus under Mac OS X.

Training

I'm finally starting to resume a somewhat regular daily training schedule. I've really been feeling physically under the weather since my back injury. My strength is slowly, but surely, coming back. And I've been able to gradually increase my daily cardiovascular workouts.

Segwayed

Dave enjoyed the ride. Sounds like fun.

Pretender

We watched the Pretender: Island of the Haunted movie on TNT yesterday night. Made me realize how much I really miss that show.

On December 11, 1844 Dr. Horace Wells became the first person to have a tooth extracted after receiving an anesthetic for the dental procedure. Nitrous Oxide, or laughing gas, was the anesthetic.

Politique

I don't usually use my blog to express my political views. I consider politic to be very much like religion. It is all about personal choices and willingness to take leaps of faith. There're no rights or wrongs, just educated guesses.

That being said…

Dave, among others, thinks that Aschroft is not trustworthy and Bush should fire him. I don't trust him either, but I don't agree with merely getting rid of the delivery boy. I would aim higher on the food chain.

Draw your own conclusions, if you must.

My computer crashes too, says Bill Gates

I know what is not on his X-mas wish list… a decent haircut. Somebody, please, get the man a new flowbee.

Segway

I've been thinking about Ginger. I can see how it could improve efficiency in the workplace, in warehouses, etc. But I have to wonder about an invention touted as replacement for walking. Our nation is increasingly becoming overweight. Walking is just about the only form of exercise most people get on a regular basis.

Interesting… a Google search revealed that I am not alone.

Betaware

Juliet is an interesting (and fast) Java code browser.

LCD iMac

It's about damn time.

The multi-color thing has ran its course. Everybody is emulating it, from Compaq to George Forman. Not to mention how tired I am of Jobb's rehashed Mac OS X demos. We've all seen windows being docked in slow motion… It's time to move on, Steve.

Martin, Aston Martin

iJoke

The more I look into it, the more I realize how much of a joke the iPod really is. Too little, too late has never been more to the point.

On December 8, 1994 In Los Angeles, 12 alternate jurors were chosen for the O.J. Simpson murder trial.