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This style is called "Trendy" by the makers of the blog software that I've
been using (Moveable Type).
I think it looks OK. Defintely better than the default style. Still, I'd
like to design/write my own style one of these days. Oh, if only there
were more hours in the day... I'd probably watch more Tivo. ;)
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align="left" /> Jaguar is here! Yay! I've updated one of two of my Macs to
Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar." Or, if you're Steve Jobs himself, call it
"Jag-wire."
Zero problems installing it on my PowerBook G4 667 (non-DVI) and I hope
the same for my PowerMac G4 Dual 1Ghz (Quicksilver 2002) when I get around
to updating that one. Haven't had much chance to try all the new features
but that should change as I start to use Jaguar on both Macs (Rendezvous
and AirPort software base station, cool!).
Good thing we didn't switch to X this summer at work or we'd have some
work to do to get all 80-some Macs updated. Next summer. Eeek.
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ïTen years after Hurricane Andrew ravaged (what a clich
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½) south Florida, NOAA scientists decided it was actually a category five
hurricane on the
href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml">Saffir-Simpson Scale.
You probably saw the coverage of this tremendous realization.
Actually, this ties in with the previous note about the "sound of
science." Does it really matter what the hurricane's intensity was? It was
still the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. Are those who
href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-andrewpic082402.photo?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dhurricane">lost
their homes in the hurricane any less haunted by the memories of
Andrew?
I guess that the scientists have learned more about damage and wind speeds
in the most devistating and some of the least understood storm systems on
the globe. That's definitely a good thing. But, Andrew was not that
unusual. You can bet that another hurricane will hit south Florida before
long. Maybe not a category five, but it could and it could be
href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-sandrew24aug24.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dhurricane">even
worse.
And, maybe Saffir and Simpson are not rolling in their graves since they
came up with their intensity scale only just in the 1970s.
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height="48" alt="jlb" /> OK, so NASA thinks its comet-chasing space craft
is in orbit around the sun but it's probably in many pieces.
Another study says anit-bacterial soap is causing bacteria to develope
resistance to hospital-grade disinfectant and antibiotics. Yet, no one
listens.
And my car gets 10 miles per gallon more on the highway than in the city!
What's with science these days? What does it take to get some progress or
get people to listen or get my car to run a few more miles per gallon?
Seriously, why?
Also, in other news, I need a haircut so I'll look a little more like the
guy in that photo up there.
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Cough. Weez. Sneeze. Cough.
Furnace filters should be changed at least every three months. It had been
a little longer than that...
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[Homer] You know, I've had a lot of jobs. Boxer, mascot, astronaut,
imitation Krusty, baby proofer, trucker, hippy, plow driver, food critic,
conceptual artist, grease salesman, carney, mayor, grifter, bodyguard for
the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain
climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochy, celebrity assistant, power
plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwikie Mart clerk,
homophobe, and missionary, but protecting Springfield -- that gives me the
best feeling of all.
[Marge] If you like protecting people, you can make that your job.
You know, start a security company.
[Homer] (Gasps, then kisses Marge) Finally a way to combine my love
of helping people with my love of hurting people.
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It's 3 AM. I'm at work. WOOOOOT!
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