I have for once, finally found a political survey (one that determines where you stand on the political spectrum) that doesn't slate me as the complete opposite of what I am... (I promise, I'm not really a facist... stupid highschool tests... grr!)

For those of you who are interested, go to: http://www.politicalcompass.org and you have to put it in your browser yourself because I've given up on getting the html correct. so there! (Par: http://www.politicalcompass.org)

cool. i'll see if i can pick up some tickets today.
for those of you who don't know, the female singer in Metric, Emily Haines, is also a member of Stars and is a rotational member in Broken Social Scene (well, like there's any other kind)

I fucking love metric, their cd was one of the best I've bought this year, so you can bet your sweet pants I'll be there.

Leo, you'll forgive him when his record stands at (quick math here) 69-6-2 (!).

Great show tonight from Stars and Broken Social Scene, by the way. Thanks, Tony, for giving me a shout about that. The excellent music and entertaining frontman to Stars (Ralph Klein hit by a busload of Mexican drag queens! Hi-larious) more than made up for the fact that I got at least a few full cigarettes worth of second hand smoke. Makes me believe that "Toronto talent" isn't an oxymoron after all (haha! roflmaool!)... I should probably get some sleep.

By the by, who all is interested in Hot Hot Heat and Metric on the 22nd? It's only $18 (stupid service charge), though it's at Red's (stupid Red's).

Yay, the Eskimos won their game, almost blew it, but they won!

Maybe it has something to do with Beck not being here... thank God we sent him off for the weekend!
*lol* *j/k*

But maybe he was watching for the last 5 minutes where Saskachewan almost came back with 3 TDs...
*points finger* You'd better not have been watching...!

Sorry man, I'm never gonna let you go on this.... heheh

okay... I'm sure you know by now I wasn't eaten alive by some computer monster. But those machines don't get shut off at night, they just lock them in so they can't walk away by themselves! I did watch Bend It Like Beckham last night... good movie. And I thoroughly recommend it to everyone who hasn't seen it yet. I didn't make it to AD's mostly because I felt bad deserting my brother in an empty house... so sorry!

and on the note of mario kart, is someone being paid to promote this?? y'all are pretty gung-ho on it... mind you, mariokart kicks ass!

well, cheers!

Is Kansas flatter than a pancake?
(Ignobel prize-worthy?)

0-6-2

as hates computers, but talks about them anyway

1. We were talking about this the other day at Chili's, but here's the link to it. A company called Canesta has developed a projection keyboard for the Palm Pilot.
   
   When equipped with the Canesta Keyboard, the OEM device uses a tiny laser
   "pattern projector" -- also developed by Canesta -- to project the image of
   a full-sized keyboard onto a convenient flat surface between the device and
   the user, such as a tabletop or the side of a briefcase. The user can then
   type on this image and Canesta's electronic perception technology will
   instantly resolve the user's finger movements into ordinary serial keystroke
   data that is easily utilized by the wireless or mobile device.
   


2. In other news, for all those who were hit by the worms this summer in Windows XP, you'll be happy to know that they've hit Microsoft's bottom line. Not just by a little, either. This article says up to $768 million (okay, so that's a weekend for Gates, but still...) Flaws Threaten Microsoft


3. Finally, it seems that lawsuit-happy SCO is now going after Hollywood. This is a little soap opera-ish, but let's see if I can explain. Unix, the operating system model studied worldwide, was developed by AT&T way back when. Since then, the license for Unix has moved from AT&T to another outfit called SCO and then to Caldera, who later changed their name to SCO (still with me?) Now SCO is suing IBM because they believe that IBM gave code from current versions of Unix to the developers of Linux (never mind that when SCO was Caldera, they also developed a version of Linux.) SCO claims they have proof, but will not show anyone unless they sign a non-disclosure agreement. (Also, because it seems lawsuits are good for the bottom line, as SCO's stock price has soared from $2-3 at the start of the year to $14-15 now.)
   
   Now, they're threatening Hollywood. Funny thing is that all the people who say that hard work should be paid for and not free, use free technology such as Linux to develop awesome special effects technology for shitty movies. Nevertheless, SCO feels that they must go after anyone who they feel has wronged them (in other words, start lawsuits which will make them more money.) Here's the story, slightly less complex, if you want to read (and are still awake): Holding Up Hollywood
   
   Bottom line is: "wooo! fancy keyboard!"



(As a side note, I was watching the Simpsons where Sideshow Bob was trying to get rid of television. In the underground strategy room where they discuss how to deal with Bob, next to Mayor Quimby is a character that looks suspiciously like a certain Dr. Fremdlieb (Strangelove.) Ah... the little things about that show are great...)

(Hmm... wherever could that IP be from? I hope he's not wasting time in the middle of a Bio 207 class...)