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| Snow Crash |
Posted on 2004-09-14 19:59:38
I just finished reading Snow Crash. It's a science fiction book about a time when people commute between reality and the Metaverse. For all intensive purposes this book outlined the concept of The Sims. It details a parallel universe that people "goggle" into. They control avatars in this other world and interact with others just as they would in reality.
Taking in to consideration that Snow Crash was written in 1991 it is absolutely amazing to draw comparisons between what seemed like sci-fi back then and how it exists today. We are close to Neal Stephenson's idea of the Internet. Lets just hope that a Snow Crash virus is never released.
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| Mozilla Rawrs! |
Posted on 2004-09-14 08:17:21
Mozilla's latest version of Firefox takes the cake when it comes to features. I converted over to Firefox about four months ago. I was impressed with it's speed and reliablity. Not to mention the growing number of virii targeting Internet Explorer had me hiding behind the couch with tin foil over my head.
The PR1.0 version of Firefox implements a new feature called Live Bookmarks. If a site has an RSS feed Firefox notes it at the bottom right corner of the browser window. The RSS feed can be bookmarked and the headlines from the site will show in the browser bookmark list. A very handy little feature for those of us that browse the Internet at break-neck speeds. RSS is a very handy little standard which cuts through all the glitter of the Internet to deliver information quickly and precisely.
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| Well At Least It Doesn't Mean Butterfly |
Posted on 2004-09-13 16:39:31
Drew sent me this great Googled fact: Fort Motylinski in the Sahara (near the bottom of the page). It's better than meaning "butterfly", which is the other translation I've heard of.
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| The Great Get-Together Photos |
Posted on 2004-09-10 07:42:36
I just posted photos from my State Fair 2004 trip. Ah, I can still smell the cow shit. What fond memories!
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| How I Spent My Labor Day Vacation |
Posted on 2004-09-07 12:19:28
Friday: Saw Deuce's Wild dueling pianos at Major's. I've seen dueling piano shows before, but these guys take the cake when it comes to crass humor. It was an awesome show. The night ended with an incoherent blathering of good-byes. I lost my voice half way through the show from singing too much.
Saturday: I went shopping for new pants. I came home with a shirt and shoes, but no pants. There must be something wrong with me because I couldn't find a single store that had a pair that would fit me. Even Target failed to have a single pair of flat front 34x34 pants.
Sunday: Fair Day! w00t! Even though it poured rain for awhile I still had a blast. Sweet Martha's cookies and toffee nuts are my staples. I'll have pictures up later of the goats and such.
Monday: Well, I was supposed to work on my yard. But after running 3 1/2 hours worth of errands the best I could muster up to do was dig around a bit in the dirt. I'm still working on spreading out all the rock currently laying in my drive way. The leaves are starting to fall already too, which doubles the time it takes me to mow. Grrrrr.
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