You all know that I run three operating systems. Also, you might know that after running Vista, Leopard, and Ubuntu, I have chosen to run Ubuntu almost full-time. I haven’t run anything but Ubuntu in about a month. I often find myself thinking, “If I want to do this, I’ll have to switch over to [...]
Entries from November 2007
November 15, 2007
The Miata Breaks Down?
One of the reasons I bought the Miata is because I was tired of wondering if the RX-7 would make it both to and from the places I needed to go. The Miata is a simple car. I figured, even if it did break, it would be fairly easy and inexpensive to fix. The car [...]
November 13, 2007
OS X86 Team runs OS X on Apple’s Kernel
Two years of research culminated in a breakthrough for the OSX86 project when hacker netkas successfully produced a way to boot an unmodified kernel of OS X on a PC. The installation uses a special version of Darwin to boot the original kernel and has multiboot and FSB detection. Most recent Pentium processors (Core Duo, [...]
November 8, 2007
A Poet Moves to the City
The city is alive and all of its streets are bustling
is something someone might write if
they were a poet of the city standing over Western today.
They could imaginably even put it in two lines.
Maybe mention a streetman.
Perhaps the sadness in his eyes?
The way his face wrinkles grotesquely as
he laughs at something undiscernibly funny.
But they might [...]
November 6, 2007
Mac OS X 10.5: Leopard Has its Spots
Leopard does not disappoint. This is the most polished version of Mac OS X ever created and the best desktop operating system that money can buy. Yet, most of the reason Leopard does not disappoint is because it’s built on the solid foundation of excellence which Mac users have come to expect [...]
November 5, 2007
In the Michigan Primary, I support Republican Ron Paul
Republican Ron Paul has my support in the Michigan primary. Most of the Democratic field is not running in Michigan (leaving Hillary and Gravel). Ron Paul has my vote in Michigan. Today is the Ron Paul Bomb Drop. Today, thousands of people will be donating to Paul’s campaign to amass a [...]
