lessemf is now offering EMF Shielded Clothing. I guess if you need to block the CIA mind control rays you should probably do it without looking crazy. Also it added to the camouflage effect. Usually as soon as you start wearing your tin-foil hat in public the government notices that you are not someone that is under their control and thus give you weird looks.

Everyone loves Google, right now. They have convinced us they are not evil, and they have a pile of cash, that rivels most large companies, to move forward with their agenda. As of last count (by Cringely) they had 64 data centers compared to the 1 they had 1 year ago, some of which are in bunkers. They are estimating 200 data centers in 2 years, this provided a massive infrastructure and distributed computer system that is connected to many parts of the world with access to all our public info as well as our private email. With all the dark fiber Google has been buying up they will be pulling a Walmart on small isp's making it increasingly unprofitable for them to operate. In the end I wager we will end up with google running the Web 2.0. Google and NASA are also building a complex together for massive data processing and R&D into making computers better at what they do and better at finding useful data from junk.

So with worlds most massive clustered system finding relationships in human interactions and having the worlds data at it's finger tips I can only assume it will become self aware and try to take over (for our own good of course.)

In a NewScientist article titled For an out-of-this-world experience, just lie down it's stated that the health effects of microgravity can be reproduced by staying in bed that is tilted at 6 degrees. BUT experiencing Zero Gs is quite a bit than experiencing the effects of Zero Gs. I'm pretty sure one of the effects of experiencing true Zero Gs does not include bed sores.

My hero. My girlfriends 1 celebrity to have sex with. A great man. Too bad he's soo addictive that you can't miss one episode without feeling like you missed out on something that actually was important. Where are the traffic jams that southern California, is known for, when does Jack stop to take a pee. Why are their server rooms completely quiet, where ours you can barley hear oneself think. I guess it doesn't make for a good episode of jack sitting in traffic for half an episode rushing to the john for the other half because of the Mexican he had the night before. God I wish I had his work ethic.

Trivia for the day: In the fifth episode of the fourth season, Debbie's cell phone rang with a valid California phone number on the caller ID (310-597-3781). Many fans noticed this and began calling the number as soon as the episode concluded. Some received a voice mail message telling them that they called the 24 prop phone and to leave a message, others talked to cast members. Director Jon Cassar came up with the idea for the "fan phone" becasue he wanted a chance to interact with the audience.

Do the gods of differend nations talk to each other?

Do the gods of Chineese cities speak to the ancestors of the Japaneese?

To the lords of Xibalba?

To Allah? Yahweh? Vishnu?

Is there some annual get-together where they compair each other's worhippers?

Mine will bow their faces to the floor and trace woodgrain lines for me, says one.

Mine will sacrifice animals, says another.

Mine will kill anyone who insults me, says a third.

Here is the question I think of most often: Are there any who can honestly boast, my worshippers obey my good laws, and treat each other kindly, and live simply generous lives?

-- from The God Whispers of Han Qing-jao

Ok so I haven't been posting regularly, or paying attention to much about anything (sorry sweetie) in the last month or so. I've been sucked into the Ender universe and I'm almost finished reading Children of the Mind the last book of the "the Lusitania trilogy," well over 1300 pages. I have really been sucked into the universe that Orson Scott Card has created and the characters he has developed. It all started in 1977 when Ender's Game was published. Card never intended on writing anything more than just Ender's Game but, in starting his next book he realize it was the perfect continuation of Ender's life (only 3,000 years later.) That book ended up getting split up because it was becoming too massive.

After reading Ender's Game; Speaker for the Dead; Xenocide and; Children of the Mind. There is a series on "Bean" one of his battle school buddies: Ender's Shadow; Shadow of the Hegemon; Shadow Puppets; Shadow of the Giant and; Shadows in Flight. The last of which is still being written as of this time.

READ IT! Get Sucked In.

There is also talk of making it into a movie DON'T DO IT YOU'LL RUIN IT. It was going to be produced by Fresco Pictures in conjunction with Warner Brothers; the director was going to be Wolfgang Petersen. Orson Scott Card wrote the screenplay and submitted to Warner Brothers by in May 2003. However, as of yesterday, all previous attempts to write a script have been dropped. Card himself has announced he will be writing a new script not based on any previous one. Take your time.

So it is finally spring. I know this because the crazy guy that lives next to me that is always saying, "It's spring, it's spring," is finally right today. The sun is shining the birds are chirping and it may snow later this week. Jews all over are finishing up passover, the celebration of the slaughtering of the first born of all in Egypt. Meanwhile, Christians are getting ready for Easter, the day Jesus rose from the dead after his brutal execution, by searching around for colorful eggs, and chocolate, just as Jesus did in his last days.

So every Easter I ask myself and a few close friends, "How the hell did we end up with chocolate eggs at a time when Jesus rose from the grave?" There are always plenty of jokes usually revolving around 12 eggs in a dozen and 12 apostles. This year I spent the better part of a day googling trying to figure it out. Apparently like many other catholic holidays it's pagan; but there are no real references as to why we have colored eggs, chocolate bunnies or, jelly beans.

So my girl and I woke up a 5 am to drive her mom and step dad 2 hrs to the air port. Why you may ask would you wake up at 5 am and drive 2 hrs to turn around and drive back? I don't know, I went to be with my girl, she went because it was her step dad's surprise birthday present, going to the phillies spring training. On the way back we stopped by Valley Forge and took her dog, who was just as tired as us, for a walk around the park. We had a blast whoever knew taking a walk in a beautiful park at 8 am would have been that nice when usually I'm not even out of bed getting ready for work.

So I've finally got my projector hooked up, and yes MythBusters is better on a roughly 100 inch screen. I can't wait for movie night. Since my girl has never seen Star Wars I guess now I have the proper set up for a Star Wars movie marathon.

UPDATE: Added the image.

So in my time remaining in my current position (Senior Helldesk Analyst) I am finding my motivation seriously declining. At some point in the next month I will be taking a project management position that should pay much better and keep me from having to deal with my current boss given the choice I would rather have sex with a light socket than deal with him.

In this new position I will actually have real work that matters to do not just spyware clean up and building and setting up new systems. W00t!

Ultraviolet has got to be one of the worse movies made. The acting is terrible in this movie. I mean really terrible. Ultraviolet is some kind of sci-fi story with a special twist, there’s no story.

Milla Jovovich stars as Violet the main character, and at the start of the film she says, “I was born into a world you may not understand.” Is that a disclaimer? It seems that Ultraviolet was suppose to ride the wave that Aeon Flux was suppose to create but never did. It followed the same idea take a hot actress dress her up in a sexy outfit, make her a freedom fighter and, have her kick a lot of ass.

Like Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow, Ultraviolet is largely computer generated. This creates a flat and unrealistic feel to the film. Thank God we have Jovovich to look at. It's like watching somebody play a video game, and makes just about as much sense. Also Violets hair and jacket change colors for no real reason throughout the film, I'm am under the belief it is to distract us from the script.

I went to this movie so you dont have to. If you want to look at Milla Jovovich you should spare yourself the pain and watch The Fifth Element instead.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/international/europe/07heir.html

WANTED: Heir for $13 million estate, including 13th-century manor house, in bucolic Somerset. Maunsel House boasts nine bedrooms, a ballroom, library, bar and five reception rooms, plus 607ha (65,336,936 square feet) of land with 430 cattle, six cottages and three lakes. Baronet Sir Benjamin Slade is preparing to give away his 13th century estate in Somerset.

Slade said he has distinct requirements for a male Slade heir.

"He can't be a drug addict, and he can't be a communist," he said. "It's politically incorrect to say so, but he can't be gay, because he may not produce any children."

Sir, stop your search, for I am your man. I am clean, no track marks any more; I'm may be a socialist sometimes but never communist; as the many women that have turned me down and the one that hasn't can attest to my sexuality. "There are no bookcases, because my family was illiterate," he said well if that is the problem with the place I may be able to take care of it. So feel free to contact me. So as reality sets in I believe that we will end up seeing this as the next FOX reality TV show. God (it's a capital G because it's the start of a sentence) help us all.

Ok after writing about Microsoft’s Origami Project I have been thinking more about the future of handheld computers, no not mobile computers, real computers. The DualCor’s cPC is that device, it runs Windows XP and Windows Mobile 2005 and it’s a cell phone!! They debuted it in January at CES 2006 it should be on sale for around US$1,500 early Q2 2006. this company was founded by Bryan Cupps and Tim Glass yes the same two guys that founded Cyberslice (now defunked,) the first online pizza-delivery service, back in the mid-'90s.

The cPC is 6.5 inches long, 3.3 inches wide, 1.2 inches thick and has a 5-inch diagonal screen or just a hair bigger than a PSP. They also took the non traditional approach of using the 1.5GHz C7-M Via Technologies chip because it consumed a maximum of 7.5 watts of power, far less than any current Intel CPU. Also far faster than the only other low power chip the transmeta CPU. It has a whapping 40 GB hard drive (shared storage for WinXP and WM2005) but common look at this thing it’s tiny. The screen is also one of the more exciting aspects it’s screen is made from special glass manufactured by LG which provides a brightness level of 200 NITS*** Video Link


*** NITS- not the Dutch art rock group, founded in the mid 1970s; NITS: Candela per meter square - used as a measurement of screen brightness for display devices.

Ok I'm really getting sick of the hype over the Origami Project. (Or as I believe it will be called Microsoft VistaPad) Microsoft is taking a few pages from the Apple in the adverting department. Microsoft has one problem with this strategy, Apple puts out groundbreaking exciting products people will actually wait for. Microsoft will end up coming out with something that is merely the next step of a PDA. And giving into exactly what Microsoft wants I believe it will be a device close to an OQO or a beefed up version of Nokia 770.

The problem is that it is going to have the same problems we are all use to with out really solving anything. It's going to be an Intel Processor Samsung hardware and running some form of windows. Probably not Windows mobile 2005, there are enough of those devices and they are not desktop replacements, they are great while on the move but have their limitations. Microsoft should be bracing for a letdown. I cant possibly think of any device that could ever live up to the expectations that Microsoft is setting.

All said in done I'll take the Portable System that is already out.

I also got the comments to work now!!! so I guess you can actually let me know what you think of stuff.

I just wanted to see about getting everyones thoughts on the new site design. After 2 or 3 days of sitting in notepad and learning bloggers template code I think I have come up with this (tada.) I also want to note since it has been many many years since I have done any type of web design work that HTML has changed incredibly. I think it may have chanced for the worse. Right now my page looks great in safari and firefox but surprise surprise there are some things that don't line up in Internet Explorer. DIV containers are the stupidest idea it doses nothing but make web development work harder. The only thing that has become better in the last few revisions of HTML is the lack of the BLINK tag. I guess that it allows for more customization but it also introduces more incompatibilities in browsers. Also some it may do with the fact that currently I have 53 noncompliances tags according to the W3C validator. I guess the work goes on this site design.

UPDATE: After fixing everything there are now 103 errors grrr.

If you goto here and click the "Valuable Information" picture in the right hand column you need to take a small quiz. Hint the answers are 2 for the first question and true for everything else.

Windows Vista Release Date: 2006 maybe 2007? Apple OS X Release Date: March 24, 2001 Microsoft will be announcing on Monday their further even more official plans for Windows Vista. I have been using the different PDC and beta releases for as long as they have been publicly available and I believe that they are making huge progress but, have they have removed many of the features, I was looking forward to. The one feature I am glad that will make it to release is the new virtualization support that will allow you to run applications from a previous OS similar to OS X's Classic support. The new directX 9 display subsystem called Aero that is the same as Quartz and Aqua. The desktop search functionality is also much better then the current windows search functions. The new search will look into your email in Outlook and Outlook Express as well as PST files or any other relevant info, too bad Spotlight has been doing that. Microsoft is also securing the OS against the standard virus and trojan attacks by prompting users (yes even you administrator) when elevated permissions are needed for installs or updates. The problem is that it over prompts you and end users will end up complacent and click yes to everything (or my Outlook won't launch because it cannot write to my OST file.) The one place where apple still is in the lead from 5 years ago is parental controls, under OS X you can enable parental controls for all apps (safari, email, firefox, etc.) and lock down some app's from even being able to run. Yes I know you can lock down execute permissions in XP but the average parent isn't a system administrator. While the Mac OS is a far more secure OS today, and may say that way for sometime, Microsoft is trying and making some good progress. So OS X is still a more mature OS being released 5 years ago, it is also on par with the still in development Vista. I'm sure we will be seeing some new things from apple in the next year to give Microsoft some ideas for the next 5 years.