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attitude towards war

Air Marshal Burridge … said that he doesn’t concern himself with the ground-level details of an operation. A reporter asked him in a rather nasty tone if he didn’t think the British public mightn’t be concerned by their overall commander saying he doesn’t concern himself with “details.” In case it isn’t immediately obvious to you…Continue Reading…

Cingular Stinks

Cingular just sent me a “free” text message which caused my phone to beep loudly and interrupt my work. It says: “Get current CNN News, local weather, ESPN and more on your phone!” This is an advertisement. It’s unsolicited commercial SMS. It’s spam. I’m a paying Cingular subscriber. Don’t send me adverts without warning.

Global Mosaic

The Broth is a Global Mosaic in Ajax. It’s stunning. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this sooner. Luckily, I stumbled into it while researching Ajax editors. I highly recommended that you check it out.

Learning Japanese for Naruto

I was seriously thinking about creating a separate “fun” blog for this, but having multiple blogs just means one won’t get updated. So it goes here, along with everything else. Rely on the “Categories” if you want to see just a certain topic. The fun category, by the way, is “Entertainment”.

Windows Vista Observations

Following up on my first impressions, here is a list of observations according to beta 2. Notepad’s icon has changed Start button is circular without text Search boxes all over Buttons look widescreen Font smoothing is on by default Internet Explorer 7+ for Vista, 7 for others IE anti-phishing IE tabs Paint icon has changed…Continue Reading…

Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2

I ordered the DVD and it arrived a couple days ago. I’ve installed it on my Dell Inspiron 300m laptop, and it’s working great. I’m quite impressed. I can see this being a success. Internet Explorer still stinks, but it’s far better than it has ever been before. Microsoft recommends 15 GB free, so I…Continue Reading…