November 2006 Entries
I got up at 4am this morning to hopefully buy a $300 laptop. No such luck. However, I did see a lot of my Hindu friends from work. Christmas shopping. Oh well. I guess a deal is a deal no matter what your religion is...unless your a--never mind.
For those who have been living under rock for the past bit, Microsoft released their own 'iPod Killer' called the Zune. Funky name, eh? The big highlights from the Zune include a 3 in. display with wireless capabilities. Sounds pretty cool, huh? Well, I got my hands on a Zune when I went to Best Buy tonight.
I was browsing around slashdot.org and came across a post that linked to fiftythree.org. It's one of the most hilarious sites I've been to in a while, but you can only really appreciate if you know the technologies that he's trying to kill.
My favorite entry:
BNC-Killer
"BNC-killer" makes the center pin hot. For added fun, connect to any remaining thinnet in the building to make sure everyone has switched over to twisted-pair like we told them to. Next time they will listen.
I had been on GoDaddy.com for more than a month and was extremely satisfied with what I was getting until I ran into a couple of problems. 1) I was not allowed to directly connect to my database, and 2) I wasn't allowed to upload files via my web application. This presented quite a few problems because I felt that I should be able access my data without having to use their web client. The problem that "broke the camel's back" was that my blog relied upon me being able to upload images to include with my posts.
So I did...
I have quite a few friends who hail from India. This has been quite the interesting cultural experience, to say the least.
Today at work a group of us were talking with a coworker who recently returned from a one month stint in India and he was talking to us about his experiences there. He then began to talk about a place called Kashmir. To show off my geographical prowess, I remarked "Isn't that by Pakistan?". At that moment one of my Indian coworkers piped in, "KASHMIR IS NOT THEIRS, IT'S OURS."
Yikes! Must have struck a nerve there...