Windows OSXp
I got a new laptop yesterday and I’ve spent basically all night dicking around with it, trying to get it in to the same working order as my old computer. This one is WAAAAAY better than the old one, and i’ve gone the extra mile and super nerded out this time. a while back i posted about microsoft power toys, (which I’m still relatively stoked on), but my new nerdy acomplishment is getting Windows XP to look almost exactly like Mac OSX. check it out. wicked.
last night I also went to see this Norweigan movie at the SIFF (free VIP passes for the whole thing, score) called Buddy. I wasn’t really expecting much, as I didn’t really know WHAT to expect, but it was amazingly good. I’d definately recommend trying to see it if you get a chance. it was kind of a feel-bad-romantic-comedy. weird.
The Corporation is also one of the films playing at SIFF. I’m way stoked to see that. on a somewhat related note, I’m reading Profit Over People right now. After reading quite a bit of Noam Chomsky I’ve come to a few conclusions, for example: 1) He’s basically arguing for the collapse of society. There’s not really a quick way to explain my thinking on this, but basically if you take away the supply/demand, goods-for-money aspect of commerce and switch to self sufficiency, how do all the people who live in New York City eat? I’m sure there’s got to be a way to transition to a more truly democratic form of society free of any kind of meddling from monied interests, but assuming society decided to move in that direction (doubtful) I have no clue how people would survive it. blah. 2) I don’t have any idea how so many people can claim to hate Noam Chomsky when I KNOW that way more than half of them couldn’t understand a paragraph of his writing if their lives depended on it. Seriously Noam, you can make a point without using the verbal equivalent of oriental rug weaving. yawn.
I’m going to see the day after tomorrow tomorrow. Rumor has it that it sucks. oh well … read this, it’s pretty funny.
“The warnings we received about global warming were based on unsound science and were frustratingly vague. Rest assured, had we received any warnings that mentioned a specific date and time, or specifically mentioned the Statue of Liberty being destroyed by a giant tsunami, we would have moved mountains to prevent this from happening.”
… and now i better go download quicktime and smart FTP onto this computer before i forget to install them again. whoever came up with the idea for the smart card reader is a dick. worst invention ever. do people really lack the foresight to realize that if you issue people a card embedded with metal wires and a microchip that is supposed to act as a bus pass, a door key, a name badge and the security clearance to remotely access the corporate network, that that card is probably going to fall apart relatively quickly and stop working in most of its technically crucial capacities? yeah, apparently so.
That was the nerdiest complaint of all time. where’s my ear medicine?
AHH COBRAS!