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darn

Wish dating was more like programming...

Not in the technical sense but in the competence sense.

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Animal Advice -- Images and Sayings to Brighten Your Day

Link: Animal Advice -- Images and Sayings to Brighten Your Day.

Of all the things my mom decides to email me this. Enjoy!

3 - 2

Darn! The next game is a must win situation for us.

Sonics Spurs Tied

Good win for the Sonics. I didn't think they had it in them to beat the Spurs so convincingly in the playoffs. I'm not sure we can beat them in San Antonio. I think if we can keep it close in Game 5 and not get blown out like in Game 1 & 2, we have a chance. It's a big IF though. Here's crossing my fingers. 

2 - 1

Link: ESPN.com - NBA - Recap - Spurs at SuperSonics.

We kept it close. But we got one back. Crossing my fingers for Sunday.

THE REALITY SHOW

Link: THE REALITY SHOW.

I can see a scene from the hit reality tv show "Dumping Core"

computer> You dereferenced the null pointer. segmentation violation. core dumped. You lose.

sigsegv> *arrggghhh* *sigh*

NBA Playoffs 2005

The Sonics are back in the playoffs. I've watched them on and off throughout the year and they looked good. In the first round, they were impressive against the Kings. Against the Spurs going on right now, they've looked second rate. I've thought the threat would come from Timmy Duncan but Manu Ginobili has been the rock of that team. Manu just makes the rest of his team better with his cutting, slashing, shooting and competitive spirit. A Suns-Spurs conference final will be interesting with Ginobili matching up against Steve Nash. I think if the Sonics can contain him, we have a chance. We're 2 - 0 down right now but if we can hold serve when the series comes back to Seattle we have a chance.

Whatever happens to the Sonics though, this appears to be a good playoff year. The first tier teams (Suns, Spurs, Heat and Pistons) look to be equally matched which always makes for exciting basketball.

The assault on software giant Microsoft

Link: BBC NEWS | Business | The assault on software giant Microsoft.

The next two years will be crucial for software giant Microsoft. Under attack on numerous fronts, it could falter - or fight back to become even more dominant.

A good read

If you're interested in the material. Chapters 1 - 4 can be easily read by someone with a CS background. Chapters 5 - 7 require more of a Physics background (they gave me the most difficulty). All through the book, Feynman displays his love of the subject and his approach of looking at problems from many different angles.

Also worth reading is his Nobel Prize Lecture. A little snippet from that lecture, taken completely out of context but still a beautiful paragraph.

That was the beginning, and the idea seemed so obvious to me and so elegant that I fell deeply in love with it. And, like falling in love with a woman, it is only possible if you do not know much about her, so you cannot see her faults. The faults will become apparent later, but after the love is strong enough to hold you to her. So, I was held to this theory, in spite of all difficulties, by my youthful enthusiasm.

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zaptastic: blueprint for a widget of mass destruction

Link: zaptastic: blueprint for a widget of mass destruction.

If you are using Safari on Tiger, thanks to the magic of widget autoinstall, combined with the <meta> tag, a slightly evil widget has been installed in your dashboard.

Looks like OS X has taken on some Window tendencies. I'm hoping Apple fixes this problem real soon rather than letting it linger.