Great song from that guy...you know...Biff

Kittens are cute

Went to the pet store & man are the kittens cute.

Kittens are cute....cats not so much so

-Matt

Blogging slow down

Seems like all the blogs have slowed down for the holidays.

Guess I should too!

-Matt

Vista is a dissapointment?

Link to article

Vista was names the biggest disappointment of 2007....how can that be? There are just a few people with loud mouths and well read blogs that have an issue with Vista.

Everyone that I know, that has computer that is ready for Vista (2GB+ RAM, Dual Core Proc), has no problem with it. I love it. I run the 64 bit version because I have 4GB or RAM, but even it is able to do most of what I want.

Disappointment....give me a break.

-Matt

Canon HG10 Sample Footage - Low Light

Here is some additional low light canon HG10 High Definition footage.

Movie Link

You can see the original outdoor footage here

The file has the same scene encoded at different bit rates.
The sharebig website said that the file will go away if it is not downloaded for seven days, if the link does not work leave feedback and I will put it on the site again.



-Matt

This is how you do a wheel barrow race!

Check out the second team, it is as revolutionary as the Fosbury Flop




Info on the Fosbury Flop

Why does the United Stated still import oil?

I do not understand why the United Stated still imports oil. OK, I understand why we import oil but I don't understand why we aren't doing more about it.

If I was president, I would set a national goal to eliminate the need for importing oil in ten years.

If we can get to the moon in ten years, we can eliminate foreign dependence on oil. When Hugo Chavez can dictate US foreign policy by threating to cut US access to Venezuelan oil something is broken Link to CNN Story

A common saying "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to...." became popular because of the perception that rocket scientists were the best of the best. If you wanted to pick up a girl you would tell her that you are a rocket scientist.

The saying should change to "You don't have to be an alternative fuels engineer to...." people should aspire to solve this problem. An alternative fuel engineer should be put on a pedestal above Tom Brady and Nickelback.

If the US government spent $5,000,000,000,000 (that is 5 trillion) in the next 10 years on alternative fuels research it would be much better than having to fight to keep our oil pipeline from outside countries available.

I don't know if we need to make flux capacitors, battery research, solar improvements, geo-thermal, change American ideas about what kind of cars they need to drive, etc.

The money should not go to "Haliburton" but to small businesses and Universities. Solve this problem Thomas Edison/Wright Brothers style, a bunch of guys working their ass off doing the impossible. The money should also go to universities, graduate students should be fighting to get into the Alternative Fuels program because:
1. Alternative Fuels engineers get all the hot guys/chicks
2. You get your own personal mainframe computer
3. You get an assistant
4. Did I mention the hot guys/chicks?

If the Exxon's & the Shell's of the world try to hold us back, they need to be dealt with. The oil business needs to be seen in the same light as tobacco companies & drug dealers, they feed an addiction.

-Matt

If an OS could run an airline

Don't remember where I picked this up:

UNIX
Airways

Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to
the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together
piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind of plane they are
supposed to be building.

Air
DOS

Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on
and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again. Then they push
again, jump on again, and so on...

Mac
Airlines

All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents
look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions about details,
you are gently but firmly told that you don't need to know, don't
want to know, and everything will be done for you without your ever
having to know, so just shut up.

Windows
Air

The terminal is pretty and colourful, with friendly stewards,
easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. After about 10
minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever.

Windows
NT Air

Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes,
and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius when it explodes.

Windows XP Air

You turn up at the airport,which is under contract to only allow XP
Air planes.
All the aircraft are identical, brightly coloured and three times as
big as they need to be.
The signs are huge and all point the same way.
Whichever way you go, someone pops up dressed in a cloak and pointed
hat insisting you follow him.
Your luggage and clothes are taken off you and replaced with an XP Air
suit and suitcase identical to everyone around you as this is included
in the exorbitant ticket cost.
The aircraft will not take off until you have signed a contract.
The inflight entertainment promised turns out to be the same Mickey
Mouse cartoon repeated over and over again.
You have to phone your travel agent before you can have a meal or
drink.
You are searched regularly throughout the flight.
If you go to the toilet twice or more you get charged for a new ticket.
No matter what destination you booked you will always end up crash
landing at Whistler in Canada.

OSX Air:

You enter a white terminal, and all you can see is a woman sitting in
the corner behind a white desk, you walk up to get your ticket. She
smiles and says "Welcome to OS X Air, please allow us to take your
picture", at which point a camera in the wall you didn't notice before
takes your picture. "Thank you, here is your ticket" You are handed a
minimalistic ticket with your picture at the top, it already has all of
your information. A door opens to your right and you walk through. You
enter a wide open space with one seat in the middle, you sit, listen to
music and watch movies until the end of the flight. You never see any of
the other passengers. You land, get off, and you say to yourself "wow,
that was really nice, but I feel like something was missing"

Windows Vista Airlines:

You enter a good looking terminal with the largest planes you have ever
seen. Every 10 feet a security officer appears and asks you if you are
"sure" you want to continue walking to your plane and if you would like
to cancel. Not sure what cancel would do, you continue walking and ask
the agent at the desk why the planes are so big. After the security
officer making sure you want to ask the question and you want to hear
the answer, the agent replies that they are bigger because it makes
customers feel better, but the planes are designed to fly twice as slow.
Adding the size helped achieve the slow fly goal.

Once on the plane, every passenger has to be asked individually by the
flight attendants if they are sure they want to take this flight. Then
it is company policy that the captain asks the passengers collectively
the same thing. After answering yes to so many questions, you are
punched in the face by some stranger who when he asked "Are you sure you
want me to punch you in the face? Cancel or Allow?" you instinctively
say "Allow".

After takeoff, the pilots realize that the landing gear driver wasn't
updated to work with the new plane. Therefore it is always stuck in the
down position. This forces the plane to fly even slower, but the pilots
are used to it and continue to fly the planes, hoping that soon the
landing gear manufacturer will give out a landing gear driver update.

You arrive at your destination wishing you had used your reward miles
with XP airlines rather than trying out this new carrier. A close
friend, after hearing your story, mentions that Linux Air is a much
better alternative and helps.

Linux
Air

Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to
start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the
runways themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost of
printing the ticket, but you can also download and print the
ticket yourself.

When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a
wrench and a copy of the seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable
seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without
a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell
customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all
they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"

2GB iPod Shuffle

Of all the things that will be talked about a Mac World in January, I would like to see a 2GB iPod Nano.

There should be plenty of room there for the increase in storage based on flash memory improvements.

Keep your fingers crossed.

-Matt

Cool Windows Blog

http://www.istartedsomething.com/

This is a young nerd in Australia with a sense of humor, check out the "who is Long Zheng" tab

-Matt

Create Old School Banners

Check out this web site:

http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/BigSmall/index.html

You can create words, using other words.....just go look at the site.

-Matt

I am thinking about buying a Zune

Hard to believe it, but I might buy a Zune, something about a squircle.

I don't think I will, but I might. I want to play with the Zune softare. I don't buy things from the iTunes store but I have all my playlists, podcasts etc. I love the smart playlists.

I wonder if the Zune software can import your iTunes settings.

-Matt

Went to the U of Hawaii Vs. U of Washington Football Game

Wow, that was a great game.

We were down 21-0 at the end of the 1st Qtr
Bring it back to within 28-21 at the half
Scoreless 3rd Qtr
Tie, then take lead with 44 seconds left
Intercepted a UW pass when they had the ball at the 6 yard line ready to tie it up

It was a great game!