2007 February

I’m tired of looking at Julian calendars that require a magnifying glass and are outdated by a few years (as far as when leap years are). My eyes would hurt trying to look at a Julian calendar further than six inches away.
To alleviate these issues I went ahead and designed a new Julian calendar [...]

Lisa Nowak, a 43 year-old Navy Captain and NASA Astronaut, who last flew a shuttle mission on STS-121 (the second return to flight mission) has been charged with attempted kidnapping. Lisa Nowak drove from Houston, Texas to Orlando’s International Airport in Florida (wearing a diaper according to The Register and the BBC so [...]

This Super Bowl commercial is a simply horrible effort from the marketing department at Garmin.  Of all the things to put up during the Super Bowl they came up with this? That’s terrible and I want those thirty seconds of my life back.

The wise Ben Hayes has fired up an online petition to influence Apple to make a Linux version of iTunes.
Sign the petition when you get a chance.  Porting iTunes to Linux will only help bolster Linux on the desktop.
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I’ve talked (as well as others) about the myriad of memory issues that I’ve seen with Firefox as of late. What I bring you today is proof that Firefox has some serious issues. What you see below is a instance of Firefox with ten tabs open running at 95% CPU utilization and [...]

According to Apple, installing Windows Vista could be very hazardous to your iPod.
iTunes and Windows Vista  apple.com)
iTunes 7.0.2 may work with Windows Vista on many typical PCs. Apple recommends, however, that customers wait to upgrade Windows until after the next release of iTunes which will be available in the next few weeks. This document will [...]

This comes from Aaron Naparstek of Streetsblog:

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I’ve come to the conclusion that upgrading to Windows Vista would be a horrible decision; allow me to explain why.

Cost: The main reason behind doing or not doing most things with PCs is cost.  An upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate will set you back $200 or more dollars.  But that’s just the start!  Chances are [...]