Road to Expo: Reborn Mac mini set to take over the living room: “Apple’s Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally conceived to be. The new Mac mini project, code-named Kaleidoscope, will feature an Intel processor and include both Front Row 2.0 and TiVo-like DVR functionality.” (From Think Secret.) [...]

ICANN/Verisign Sued For Monopoly Abuse: “Andy_R writes ‘The BBC is reporting that the World Association of Domain Name Developers (WADND) have filed suit against ICANN and Verisign for alleged violations of antitrust, conspiracy, monopolization and price fixing laws. The suit alleges that the two are entering an unlawful agreement that gives VeriSign a permanent monopoly [...]

This is why people use ad blockers Originally uploaded by pvera.

Today we celebrate (at least in the United States) the most holiest of consumerism days: Black Friday. This is the day when we wake up extremely early and go purchase our Christmas gifts at special sales, where vendors do their damnedest best to take advantage of loss leader economics. It is named “Black Friday” by [...]

CNN Obit IMDB Entry I have a soft spot for character actors. They make a fraction of what the star of the movie makes, and are usually 100 times more talented than them. There should be a law that every time we lose a character actor, some “big” star that can’t act worth shit should [...]

For the last three weeks and change I have been writing my second novel, “Pulling Strings” as part of the National Novel Writing Month competition held every November. I have written everything with OpenOffice.org Writer 2.0 in OS X 10.4.3. I am using a tracking spreadsheet, also in OpenOffice.org. Both tools have worked pretty much [...]

The Washington DC area, which historically goes thru horrible travel conditions on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, freaked out when the weather forecasts announced that it would snow. Eight hours before the first snowflake was seen, hordes of scared suburbanites flocked to all retail establishments in the area, where they purchased all the milk, bread and [...]

Kayla’s Keyboard Originally uploaded by Surpass Hosting. This is the keyboard of the brains behind my web host. How can your hosting company *not* rock when the admins use black keyboards? OMGLOLZW00TELEVENTY1!!!!

Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360: “ahess247 writes ‘BusinessWeek has taken a look at the insides of the XBox 360 and with the a little help from market researcher iSuppli determined that Microsoft is continuing its tradition to taking a big loss on the console in hopes of making a profit on games. [...]

When Auto-complete goes bad Originally uploaded by pvera. I was writing my nightly quota for NaNoWriMo 2005 when Open Office Writer 2.0 decided to offer its opinion on the next word I should type.