Anyone interested in going to Transamerica tonight? The Princess is showing it at 9:10pm. if you do want to go, drop me a line. I don't mind driving

So, barring a miracle in cross-country skiing, 24 is the total.

I managed to catch Clara Hughes' race this morning where she won the women's 5000m long track gold medal. Now there's an Olympic performance. She crossed the line, looked at her time, hugged her coach, and promptly collapsed into a heap on the ice. Forget giving 110% or leaving it all on the field or backs against the wall or any of the other bullshit clichés that pro athletes use, this performance was the real thing. Well done on her part. If you get a chance to catch the highlights from that event, it's well worth it.

That or the curling final. Canada's Third was amazing; he shot 97%, and they weren't exactly gimmes, either. I wish I could find video online, but no such luck thus far. Here's the result of the sixth end, in which he made his best shot (Canada scored 6 on that one):

To avoid results, go to NBCOlympics.com/tv

http://www.fuckthiswebsite.com/not so much shit disturbing as it is fuck disturbing

Alison, you can check your speed using a tool like CNET's Bandwidth Meter speed test.

Truth be told, though, I'd be really surprised if this were the problem. I can't think of a way in which the speed of the download would affect the plugin.

One question I'd ask is the order in which you installed the two programs (Firefox and Adobe Reader). One just may have had a problem with the plugin; a problem that might be fixed by reversing the order.

(Of course, my knowledge of this area is hampered by my not having done this on Windows in quite some time.)

Hope you can make it better, though.

random question from the semi-illiterate peanut gallery:

How do I know what my internet connection speed is? I'm on Shaw cable...

And the reason why I'm asking: Adobe 7.0 isn't working in Firefox all of a sudden, it used to. Oh, if I change the plugin to use Adobe 5.1, I don't have any problems, and if I remember to start running Adobe before I start running any firefox programs, then I'm okay too... but if I forget, and try to open a pdf on the web, then all I get is a blank window. There seems to be a similar problem with someone else on the mozillaZine forums page but unless the only problem is my connection speed being poorly represented, I don't get it. Anyone got an idea? or at least know what the bps are for Shaw?

hey - if anyone is interested in going to see a production of "HMS Pinafore" next weekend, let me know!

Great clip from Richard Dawkins' doc "Root of All Evil?"

That's a pretty cool pic, Pete, but the idea of whiny Tobey Maguire now playing a whiny Symbiote-Spider-Man doesn't exactly have me excited to see the film.

Lucky Loonie Planted in Curling Ice:

Brad Gushue's rink didn't seem to need much luck in winning gold at the Olympics on Friday, but it seemed someone wasn't taking any chances.

A Canadian icemaker apparently buried a pair of loonies in the championship ice sheet. A similar tactic worked in 2002 in Salt Lake City when Canada won men's and women's hockey gold.