I’m pretty sure there was a Faustian bargain made some time ago that went something like this: Medical school flunky:”I really want to sign my checks with ‘Dr.’ and drive a Porsche but memorizing ALL those body parts is too hard.” Satan: “OK, I can make you a doctor, but your job will consist of …
I’m on the hunt for another email client for Windows. Here are my requirements: 1. It must be graphical, client-based. (Web-based is too slow; terminal apps require too much thinking and I like my cut and paste.) 2. It must support IMAP 3. It must support multiple accounts and allow sending from either 4. It …
I bought this swanky new Dell 20″ LCD monitor a month ago. When I first got it, I plugged it in to the DVI port on my PowerMac G4 and it worked like magic. It was so clear and large at 1600 x 1200. Then I rebooted for whatever reason and I noticed that my …
When I was growing up in New Hampshire, I used to go hiking a lot with a group of friends. One of our running jokes was to announce that we had to go “due North”, which always meant up the mountain, no matter what direction it really was. I’m not sure why it was so …
“Because in `Terminator’ we always had powerful women. If she takes it the wrong way, it’s not my fault.” — Arnold Schwarzenneger on his comment to Arianna Huffington during last night’s debate when he said “I just realized that I have a perfect part for you in `Terminator 4.’” You’ve got to at least give …
We spent a while trying to find something like this last week as time is running out to send in our absentee ballots for the CA recall. KQED (which seems to be the only thing I listen to these days) has a vote by issue quiz you can use to vote on the candidates based …
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All my boulter.com mail is bouncing right now. The hurricane cut the power to the mail server, which lives in Maryland. Hopefully the power will be restored in the next few days. In the meantime, I can be reached at bowtah@yahoo.com.
A cribbage hand scorer, written entirely in Javascript.
Arrrr, today is Talk like a Pirate Day! Why? Well, I’m not sure, but you can read about it for yourself. NPR also ran an inteview with Dave Barry about it.
So the California recall election might be postponed due to problems with punchcard ballots in some districts. Punchcards are the “modern” equivalent of hieroglyphics. It’s been decades since anyone has seriously used a computer that needed punchcards, why are do we still have them to elect our officials? Some districts aren’t even sure if they …