Miscellaneous Ramblings

But which nerds really moved the sexy needle in 2008?

Some of the silly ways to damage a data storage device.

These speak for themselves….

Most amazing was that all these innovations were incorporated into one computer system that was shown off during a 90-minute demo given by one man.

This is a time-waster extraordinaire, flooded with clips that have little or no redeeming value… And yet we watch.

The home page has a blog format with news about the surviving Pythons; elsewhere there are chat boards and e-mail forums. Membership is free.

This is a high-definition commercial for hope.

‘Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and Google CEO Eric Schmidt must have new plans to attack the competition

The obvious opportunity given the country’s state of financial ruin is for Apple to swoop in on smaller companies while they’re vulnerable and cheap.