May 04, 2010

Short Updates

Posted by Scott at 10:18 PM

Good morning all! I dropped the girls off at middle school and head down to the MA office. I offered up a Rosary for the health of my wife and mother along the way. Then I listened to an excerpt of the biography of Fr. Gereon Goldmann the rest of the way. (related link) It was a nice tonic after watching "Avatar" last week. 8:47am

It still boggles my mind. Right now Michelle is at Golds teaching her 20/20/20 class. Later today she'll receive her 1st of 28 radiation treatments. It just seems like such a non sequitur. 9:28am

With the new VirtualBox beta version allowing limited virtualization of OSX (but only on Macs at the moment) should we count the seconds until Steve Jobs persues legal action against Sun/Oracle? (related link) Sure, it's okay to run Windows on a Mac, but... 9:32am

Did you know that according to Gartner, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide by 2013? Now, is your website ready to be viewed on the small screen? [via QUALCOMM Incorporated]. 3:18pm

Got off the phone with my much better half. She says this first zapping session went okay and on time. I'm logging out for the day and heading up to another Opus Dei Evening of Reflection. 5:11pm

Whoa! Major storm here. It was so gorgeous outside back 'round lunchtime. Close your sunroofs! :-). 5:20pm

Best laid plans 'n all. I started north from the office when I got a call from Michelle that the house lost power from that storm. I told her I'd bail on tonight's retreat and head home so that she didn't have to deal with the kids and no power by herself. Sure enough, 15 minutes before I pulled up at the house, power was restored. 7:00pm

Unpacking our new dehumidifier. Not as exciting as unboxing a new iPad, but definitely more useful. ;-p. 7:21pm

After a night of things not going as expected, I was in no mood to download/watch another episode of "Chuck" with my girls, but we did surf some iTunes music for a while. Man, the cast of "Glee" has a lot of songs in the top 100! And here I thought of it as just a TV show... 9:34pm

sigh It's past 10pm here and I need to make the long commute down to Boxborough again mañana. Good night all! 10:17pm

Bookmarks I made today:

The Pill Kills Sex Drive
Comment: NH's own Danielle Bean writes about a recent article in Salon magazine.
Excerpt: So why does a self-professed feminist and thoroughly modern woman hate the pill?Because it kills her libido

State attorney general demands ex-professor's files from University of Virginia
Comment: The title doesn't clearly say what the body elaborates on. It is Michael Mann, inventor of the since debunked "hockey stick graph" who is being investigated.
Excerpt: RICHMOND -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II is demanding that the University of Virginia turn over a broad range of documents from a former professor to determine whether he defrauded taxpayers as he sought grants for global warming research.

David Is To Be Returned To Italy
Comment: After a two year loan to the United States sponsored by McD's, KFC, and Starbucks. [Thank you Gus Lloyd]

Name that metaphor! & win a FREE Scott Hahn CD set on the Gospel of St. John
Comment: Hey, did I mention that I won a little contest held by Joe McClane today? I learned a bit in the process as well.
Excerpt: Congratulations to Scott from New Hampshire! Scott correctly guessed, after digging hard & diving deep, the correct metaphor used in Isaiah 1:18 is leprosy! Sounds absolutely contrary to what we have always thought about this verse hu? Yep… me too but, above is an audio clip of Dr. ...

Adobe shows off prototype Android tablet running Air and Flash 'flawlessly'
Comment: You don't say?! But, but, but I thought embedded devices couldn't run Adobe Flash well, let alone leverage the dedicated hardware accelerators for video, audio, 2D and 3D. [Says the engineer who knows what his co-workers are doin'...]
Excerpt: In addition to demonstrating Flash running on phones like the Nexus One and Palm Pre at the now-happening Web 2.0 Expo, Adobe also has a prototype Android tablet of some sort on hand that runs Flash and Air apps "flawlessly."

Google Chrome Blog: Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux
Comment: If you're a fan of the Chrome web browser, which I recommend, the news just keeps getting better with each release. For those who don't know why Javascript speed is important, it is a key element in creating dynamic web based services and applications like email, documents, presentations, etc. that run smoothly and more interactively within your browser.
Excerpt: Here in Aarhus, Denmark -- home of the V8 project, Chrome’s JavaScript engine -- we’ve been tuning, testing, and polishing the V8 engine to give Chrome a hefty boost in speed.Today’s new beta release incorporates ...

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