As if you haven’t heard from me enough, I just found out that Mozilla just release version 1.2 of it’s browser.

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Hey, I just noticed that I’m the #2 hit for the search string ‘online nerd’ on Google!

Check it out!

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From the experts on the topic, Stardock, comes ObjectDock.

This little program brings the MacOSX Dock to windows XP and 2000.
NOTE: This program only runs on Windows 2000 and xp and is a beta program. Standard disclaimers apply.

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/. has just informed the tech public that you can now order a 40GB harddrive with Gnu-Darwin pre-isntalled. Talk about plug and play. It costs $250 and comes with the isntall disks for The OS (Gnu-Darwin), GNU-Darwin Office and ports of popular software such as GIMP. It’s available for Mac’s PPC platform and ix86.

Check it out

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Man, what a crazy few weeks it’s been.

First, the computer problems I’ve had over the last month (2 dead harddrives, 2 replaced motherboards and a new power supply in a pear tree). This was the worst as it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. I hate having to spend that much cash on repairs around the Christmas season.

Next, Crystal has been spending an inordinate amount of time at her grandparent’s house. She does this because she’s on bedrest because of the baby and while I’m at work, I can’t care for her. So she stays with her grandparents. This proves extremly lonely for yours truly. My best friend’s been helping me by hanging out with me a lot (which hasn’t helped my sleep patterns at all), but I just would like to spend time with Crystal.

I’ve gotten almost no sleep over the past 2 weeks. this is evident by my being constantly late for work (who doesn’t really care as they know I have chronic insomnia). I really should see a doctor about it, but last time I went to see one of those white-robed quacks, I almost got admitted for suicidal tendencies (I was trying to get treated for depression). Since then, I’ve just learned to deal with it.

Been seeing a lot of my buddie’s Xbox recently. His dorm won’t let the traffic through to authenticate his live account, so he’s left it at my apartment for an undefined period of time.

I hate microsoft. I’ve never been shy about saying that. But, damn, I want an xbox. With live account and all. Mechassault got me hooked. I suck at it, but it’s a great game. then I got to play Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliances. Being a Mortal Kombat fan, I love this game. If you like any of the other Mortal Kombats, you *must* play this game. I just wish that someone other than Microsoft made the blasted thing.

Work has been less stressful as two major projects I’m on have been put on hold while revision control is put into place. This has freed up a lot of time. Most of that time has been devoted to transitioning back to the palm platofrm from my iPAQ.

Before the holy wars start, let me state that the pocketpc os is really good. I like it. A lot. but it was just too much. I didn’t use most of the things I bought it for (mp3, movies, etc), so I bought a low-end Sony Clie (PEG-SL10). Differences between the two:

Palm Pros:

• Palms are *much* better organizers.
• Many more programs, both freeware and shareware.
• Smaller programs
• Faster on equivilent hardware

Palm Cons:

• Their expansion slots are a hack at best. There is absolutely no decent integration between the slot and the os other that the os recognizes the card. This requires 3rd parrty tools, many shareware, to utilize the card efficiently.
• Microsoft’s text entry system is better than Grafitti.
• Microsoft has better integration with expansion cards
• Higher end palm models are just as expensive as pocketpc’s while utilizing slower hardware. Palm manufacturers need to either rethink their pricing structure or start offering higher-end hardware for the same prices.

Anyway, I’ve babbled long enough.

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OK, so it’s been a while since my last post, but I have a good reason! Well, reasons, actually.

First, for those not aware, my wife is pregnant with our first child and she hasn’t actually had a good time with it. She’s been in and out of the hospital with problems controlling contractions. This has put her on bed rest and me out fo free time as I’ve also had to take up her share of the housework on top of waiting on her hand and foot. This sucks. It’ll be worth it in the end, but it sucks right now.

Next, I had to attend one of Crystal’s (my wife) baby showers. Excitement to teh max……Combine this with joyous hours of cleaning the apt and visiting the family and you have one action packed weekend.

During said period, my computer’s power supply decides it wants to die and take 2 of my harddrives with it. I’m really suspecting that there’s more wrong with the motherboard as the computer is not booting nicely at all. So, after a quick run to the ComputerZoo, I have a new 300w power supply, a new 40GB hard drive and a computer that boots strangely. From a cold boot, it won’t recognize the hard drive. After setting it up in the BIOS and rebooting, it recognizes it fine. Repeat process after each shutdown. Yes, I do plan on having them look at it, it’s all still under warranty.

So, there you have it. My pathetic attempt to justify a week off. Sometimes I feel like the walking embodiment of Murphy’s Law.

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EDIT: No sooner do I post this, than I find the problem to my sync issue with evolution. Look here for thy guidance.

Sorry I haven’t posted. Friday I had to attend my sister-in-law’s birthday party.

Since I have buyers on the hook for my iPAQ’s and my old PalmIIIxe, I bought a Sony Clie today. Not the most impressive unit out there, but it should suit my needs for the unforseeable future.

This actually ties in as to why I haven’t posted today. I’ve been fighting with it all day trying to get it to sync to my linux box only to find out that the problem wasn’t with linux or my clie. jpilot works just fine. I really want to sync to evolution as it’s a great outlook clone, but that appears to be where the problem lies. I’ll be browsing the many sites out there for a solution, but, if anyone has this working, I wouldn’t oppose some hints.

Now, off to restore all my contact information. Blarg.

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