First off, odin is still quite broken. I ended up buying a new motherboard (MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum), a new processor (AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+), and a new graphics card (PowerColor X800XL 256MB). Over 700$ later, I received all my parts and got to disassembling and reassembling my computer. In the process of putting […]

Sigh. Last week, Sharon was using my computer and called me saying that it had hard-locked, made some weird popping noises (through the speakers) and then magically restarted itself. I figured it to not be a big deal, but, ever since, odin has been increasingly unstable to the point now where I can’t get it […]

Originally, there was one — AT&T, f.k.a American Telephone and Telegraph. Then, in 1984 (somewhat ironically), the split of Ma Bell into its regional components completed. AT&T gave birth to seven regional Bell companies. 22 years after the break up of telephony’s “natural monopoly” and ten years after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of […]

Apparently, your body isn’t the only thing being benefited by a moderate exercise regimen. It appears that exercise makes you smarter. While most of these studies were done on rats and mice, they suggest that working out generates neurochemicals that help damaged brain cells and help grow and nuture healthy ones. The article also suggests […]

I just heard on CNBC that the U.S. is beginning negotiations with South Korea to establish a free trade agreement. The Bush Administration, for all the things that they’ve done wrong (and about which I’ve complained fervently) in the past five years, has been doing one thing right — promoting free trade. During Bush’s first […]

It appears that the recent Netflix settlement might not be so quickly approved. The proposed class-action settlement, which is supposed to be approved on the 18th, allows current customers to receive one month upgraded service free. So if you currently subscribe to the standard 3-DVD-at-a-time program, you would be bumped to the 4-at-a-time program if […]

So the holiday season is almost over, but by no means winding down, and there have been some interesting goings-on as of late. First off, I already had my first maintanence request in my apartment when Sharon, in an attempt to make the leaky faucet stop leaking, pushed the cold water handle too hard, causing […]

After what appears to have been mounting legal pressure applied by the RIAA, i2hub closed its doors today. This would seem to mark the end of the main P2P file sharing services that tens of millions have been leeching off of for years. This latest closure is hardly news save for the fact that it […]

In case you haven't heard about this in the past day or two, some Sony/BMG CDs that have DRM on them that installs a rootkit on your computer that is nearly impossible to get off. Details are here. Not only does the software install said rootkit, but one could very easily (we're talking script-kiddie easy) […]

So we silly Californians are getting the opportunity to flex our democratic muscle once again in a special election to be held on 8 November. In said election, we will get the opportunity to vote on eight specific propositions. Four of them (74-77) are essentially straight from the governor's desk. One could argue (and many […]