Month: March 2006

  • Breaking 80, #4

    Breaking 80, #4

    My objective for this year is to break 80 at least once, specifically at Bloomington Downs Golf Course. Bloomington is a modest 6,000 yard par 72 course, albeit unrated. The course holds sentimental value as…

  • Not for the faint of heart, part #2

    Not for the faint of heart, part #2

    Yesterday I noted that “two enterprising young geeks” [1] were successful in loading and running Windows XP on an Intel-based iMac. Today, TUAW is soliciting reader’s opinions with the following results: I’m surprised at the…

  • Not for the faint of heart

    What is a Mac and when does it stop being a Mac? [Video of a Mac running Windows]

  • 3.14159

    3.14159

    Today, March 14, is Pi Day. And at 1:59, in cyberspace, a giant Pi facsimile will drop. I don’t know exactly what that really means, but as Pi is a somewhat abstract concept I’m sure…

  • Towards an End

    Towards an End

    GIMP is an Open Source, freeware, graphics editing program. It runs under X Windows, or just “X” for short (as Grant Edwards points out “It is considered tres uncool to call it X Windows” [1]).…