My Life: 11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Wired 11.12: PLAY: The Wall of Fame. Meet the real star of Lord of the Rings - a 1,600-box server farm.

Nachi worm infected Diebold ATMs - The Register. This is why windows should not be used for anything.

Monday, November 24, 2003

Solar storms trip magnetic flip: Sun sloughs magnetic field, leaving a reversed one in its place. They say the Earth may experience a magnetic flip one of these days too.

KPC 11:08 AM |

This weekend Amber and I did more work than I can even remember. It was a beautiful last couple of days, so we went to work outside. We upgraded our main electrical service from 100 Amps to 200 Amps. This will give our house and shop plenty of juice to run on. We collected all the plants from around the house and stored them for the winter. I broke out the new chain-saw and cut up some limbs that had fallen around the house. This will be used to heat the shop this winter. And we accomplished many other odds and ends. We finished just in time because at noon on sunday it started to rain and then the temperature dropped like a rock and it is now 28 degrees here in good old IL. Brrrrr.

KPC 10:44 AM |

Old cable looms as nightmare for landlords - 2003-11-24 - East Bay Business Times. Beware your old cable loops. They may fall out of the sky onto your head!

KPC 10:44 AM |

Monday, November 17, 2003

Now in Their Sights, the Hubble's Demise (washingtonpost.com). Interesting story on the debate about the Hubble's EOL.

KPC 2:28 PM |

New Scientist - New particle is double trouble for physicists. Things just keep getting smaller and smaller. This must stop somewhere. Should it not?

KPC 2:23 PM |

Friday, November 14, 2003

EFF: Court Hearing on Electronic Voting Company's Threats Against Critics

KPC 12:50 PM |

InfoWorld: MyTunes downloads shared music files using iTunes. The Hackers will find a way around anything.

Labels: music

KPC 11:57 AM |

Monday, November 10, 2003

Yahoo! News - Sony Music Sings New Copy-Protection Tune. Well this is a step in the right direction. I still would not buy a CD like this.

KPC 4:27 PM |

Funny. This is a funny shockwave/flash skit someone put together. Make sure you have shockwave/flash installed. Oh and not appropriate for children.

KPC 12:56 PM |

The Register - Penn State students revolt against Napster, DRM invasion. Maybe someday the record companies will get the idea. Keep up the fight.

KPC 10:12 AM |

Thursday, November 06, 2003

The Register Red Hat's Fedora released - the upgrade path for the rest of us? Good article on the new "RedHat" .

KPC 1:58 PM |

Saturday's Eclipse: A Teachable Moment. More info on the upcoming lunar eclipse.

KPC 1:34 PM |

New York Post Online Edition: MCDONALD'S SPINS BILLION-SONG ITUNES GIVEAWA. Go MickeyD's! I can not wait for this or the Pepsi giveaway to start. I have been wanting to buy some music but not wanting to pay for it. Don't bills suck.

KPC 11:25 AM |

USATODAY.com - More households deleting music from hard drives. Wow! Did everyone get scared. I just finished putting all my CDs on my computer so I can listen to them on my iPod. I have a list of all the music here.

Labels: ipod

KPC 11:21 AM |

Last night I went with my friend Jason to the movies. We went and saw Matrix Revolutions. I enjoyed the movie. It is always hard to wrap up a trilogy like this, but all in all it was a good show. Here is a review from Salon.com on the movie Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | "The Matrix Revolutions".

Labels: movie