Brain Dump

Alright, this is down right weird...For all you DVR lovers out there... An Anonymous Coward writes: "Got outrage? According to a story on SiliconValley.com, a federal magistrate has ordered SonicBlue to track ReplayTV users' every click to see what they're watching , recording, skipping (commercials) and e-mailing to friends. The info is to be given to the entertainment industry control freaks who are suing SonicBlue for allegedly abetting copyright violations."

Alright, I just ate for the first time a Boston Creme Pie donut, courtesy of someone bringing in some D&D into the office. I've never had one before, in all these years that I've lived here in Boston. In fact I've never actually had Boston Creme Pie. So in the name of science and cultural understanding (and cuz I was hungry), I ate one. The creme filling reminded me a little bit like those Cadbury Easter eggs, with that creme in the middle. I don't like those that much. This wasn't too bad. The chocolate glaze eased it down. I am feeling ill though....too much sugar.

Again from Slashdot...this site, has lists of awful things that happened because of software programming errors...Think twice before you leave a comment that says //Fix later ;) [More Info] "I ran across a collection of famous software bugs that have caused large scale disasters including the explosion of the Ariane 5 rocket due to integer overflow and the misfiring of a US Patriot missile that caused 28 deaths because of accumulated floating point error. "

I'm psyched. I think I watched every episode of Max Headroom when it on the air. I even had a Max Headroom sticker I put on my RC car toolbox. I was totally in love with Amanda Pays and her British accent. Then she got married to Corbin Bernsen...the dream was over... Also from Slash and others, a story about a Transformer revival. A couple of years ago my friends and I toyed with the idea of a Transformer musical. A possible story line was about a young transformer who doesn't know what he turns into yet...He'd sing in this falsetto voice, voicing his adolescent worries, etc.... From Slashdot: Everyone's favorite 80's construct, Max Headroom, has returned thanks to the people at TechTV. According to their website, they will be rebroadcasting all 14 episodes starting this Friday! This series was doing ethics themes based on designer babies, corporate controlled media, brain scanning and more before some of us were capable of hitting record on the old VCR....

Interesting excerpt on Power Negotiating... [More Info] Took this from a website about freelancing... www.unitof1.com

Now, I love dogs, but I also try to respect the different cultures of the world, so I'm not opposed to eating dog meat.... When the World Cup takes place in South Korea this summer, a group of restaurant owners plans to offer foreign tourists free samples of soup and sandwiches, all made from dog meat. Although animal rights groups have condemned the practice as "barbarous," advocates argue that it's part of South Korean cuisine, just as horse meat, snails and pigeon are in other countries. "Our campaign is aimed at advertising our traditional food to foreigners to dispel their prejudices about our food culture," the group said. There are an estimated 6,000 dog meat restaurants in the nation.

Just found this...Sound clips from the movie Friday.... [More Info] . and Homer sounds clips... [More Info]