My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.
Java Jive
Published September 25, 2003
I finally got down to it and started working with Java. I’ve already got a pretty good handle on it. I’m rewriting a code repository that I did in ASP last year and so far I have all of the data retreival working. Sweet. Now I just have to work on inserting and updating new code.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Makers of the most popular online file-sharing network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement, alleging the companies used unauthorized versions of its software to snoop on users in their efforts to battle piracy.
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Arrr Matey! Avast, ye swabs! T’is a day for talking like a pirate. If’n yer not a strong man, then ye best be stayin’ on land, fer there be no room on the high seas fer the likes o’ yeh!
Fun Game
Published September 18, 2003
This game, Radical Aces, is one of the coolest things I’ve seen done on the
web. It’s really small and loads of fun. You’re a fighter pilot protecting
Earth… blah blah blah…. but hey, it’s really neat and well-done. I wish
I could program stuff like this.
A day after the Recording Industry Association of America filed a slew of lawsuits against alleged illegal song swappers, it became the target of legal action over its own “amnesty” program.
You want these free Cliff’s Notes. You know you do. Slacker.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday threw out a refiled lawsuit
against McDonald’s Corp . blaming the fast food restaurant chain for obesity
and health problems in children.
If you say something is indescribable, isn’t that describing it? If you shine a light into a mirror, do you get twice as much light? How come it was called the Cosby Show when Billy Cosby’s character was named Heathcliff Huxtible? If a truck is loaded with Helium, would it weigh less than when it was empty? Wouldn’t it get better fuel mileage? Why is it when we talk to God we are praying, but when God talks to us we are put into the loony bin?
I found this cool quiz on BBSpot today that quizzes your personality. Only hardcore computer nerds will find this funny, but hey, give it a try.
Family day
Published September 1, 2003
My mom and dad were over yesterday and we hung around my house watching Simpsons until Carissa came home from work. Then we all sat down and had a good spaghetti dinner and some sweet Oreo-cookie pie my mom made. We had gone out shopping earlier and I picked up some “ice java” syrup that you can use to make iced coffees. Just add milk and ice, man. This stuff rocks! I should probably get to sleep so I don’t waste my whole day off tomorrow.