Here's a handy tip I just found in a Slashdot article:
If you're using QuickTime on your machine to watch movie trailers, etc., and are tired of the little nag box that asks you to upgrade to QuickTime Pro for $30, simply set your system clock ahead 20 years before you click the button marked "Later". That sets the "Later" date for sometime in 2022, and hopefully you'll have gotten an upgrade by then! Don't forget to set your clock back afterwards!
I added some more content to our wedding web site today, primarily on the wedding party page. It's very much a work in progress, but that doesn't mean I'm going to put up a stupid "Under Construction" sign.
I've been fighting some sort of sickness for the last 4 days. I seem to manifest new symptoms every day, I'm not sure what's going on. It started with fever, and body aches, then transformed into a cough and chest congestion, now it's moved into a stuffiness in my nose, and a bit of a sore throat. Maybe it's the plague...
For my Public Opinion & Voter Behavior class, I have to call 6 random residents of Jackson, Mississippi and ask them a series of 20 questions about their opinions on many things Southern and political. I'm hoping that they'll be friendly, so I don't have to call more than 10 to get the 6 I need. I'm wondering if faking a southern drawl will increase my chances of success.
I was doing a bit of ego-surfing on Google this afternoon, and I came across this site. Even though it's from the Netherlands (which I like to refer to as the Nether Regions), it's kind of funny to see quotes from me up there with writers from Time Magazine, CNET, ZDNet, The Wall Street Journal, etc.
Over 12,000 people have read my iBook review, according to the stats. Maybe it's time to give up my day job and become a Mac writer! I think I'm impartial enough I could pull it off, now if I only had some talent...
Penn & Teller were hilarious. I'd definitely go see them again. I really want to know how they did their Bullet Trick. I can think of a few ways to pull it off, but none of them are fool-proof...
I'm giving Radio Userland a try today. I used this for a while about a year ago, when it was in development. I'm trying to decide if it's worth the $40 to make editing my weblog easier. I like being able to try before I buy, too.
So far, I'm not impressed enough with it as a weblog editing tool to make it worth my money. Using the integrated WYSIWYG mode in Internet Explorer is much more intuitive...
I've been watching the Monica Lewinsky special on HBO, it's quite interesting, and has really done a good job of laying out the timeline of the whole mess. The sessions with Monica doing Q&A with the audience of college students are very insightful too, and really make you feel sorry for her.
Oh, and Linda Tripp is a real bitch.
Here's a puzzler for you, what's wrong with this picture? Stare at it for a bit, and I'm sure that you'll find out what's wrong.
My friend Liz has a new 'blog, she's someone who I've never met in person, but have known for years. I know this is a common occurrence for many people, but she's the only person I actively talk (via instant messaging) to that I've never met. I'll have to come up with an excuse to go to Atlanta some time, there's got to be some sort of computer conference there, right?
From Liz's 'blog, I found a link to The Political Compass, where you can take a short quiz to find out where you fall politically. This is very similar to one we took in my Public Opinion & Voter Behavior class a few weeks ago, and I'd say that my score accurately reflects who I am:
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.28
The site also discusses why simply saying you're left wing or right wing isn't very accurate, which I also agree with. I've got a strange personal ideology, heavily influenced by reading too much Heinlein at an early age. Most people would think I'm a liberal, but that discounts a lot of the libertarianism in me...
I saw a funny proverb in someone's e-mail signature last night:
"Give a man a match, and he will be warm for 30 seconds. Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life"
