Andy Rooney Suddenly Makes Sense

...and he didn't even dig things out of his desk drawers!

A Ticking Time Bomb: Andy Rooney Rants on Iraq.

Substantive Update

It's been a while since I used this journal to actually tell people about my life. Instead, it's become a bit of a ranting / linking / joking ground. So I thought I'd spend a little time discussing, at various scales, my life.

I know. Woooo! you're thinking. I'm glad I excite you so.
( Much longer than I originally planned. )

The History Of The Universe In 200 Words Or Less.

Quantum fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Density perturbations. Recombination. Blackbody radiation. Local contraction. Cluster formation. Reionization? Violent relaxation. Virialization. Biased galaxy formation? Turbulent fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Compression. Opaque hydrogen. Massive star formation. Deuterium ignition. Hydrogen fusion. Hydrogen depletion. Core contraction. Envelope expansion. Helium fusion. Carbon, oxygen, and silicon fusion. Iron production. Implosion. Supernova explosion. Metals injection. Star formation. Supernova explosions. Star formation. Condensation. Planetesimal accretion. Planetary differentiation. Crust solidification. Volatile gas expulsion. Water condensation. Water dissociation. Ozone production. Ultraviolet absorption. Photosynthetic unicellular organisms. Oxidation. Mutation. Natural selection and evolution. Respiration. Cell differentiation. Sexual reproduction. Fossilization. Land exploration. Dinosaur extinction. Mammal expansion. Glaciation. Homo sapiens manifestation. Animal domestication. Food surplus production. Civilization! Innovation. Exploration. Religion. Warring nations. Empire creation and destruction. Exploration. Colonization. Taxation without representation. Revolution. Constitution. Election. Expansion. Industrialization. Rebellion. Emancipation Proclamation. Invention. Mass production. Urbanization. Immigration. World conflagration. League of Nations. Suffrage extension. Depression. World conflagration. Fission explosions. United Nations. Space exploration. Assassinations. Lunar excursions. Resignation. Computerization. World Trade Organization. Terrorism. Internet expansion. Reunification. Dissolution. World-Wide Web creation. Composition. Extrapolation?

Copyright 1996-1997 by Eric Schulman.

iPod Espresso Murder!

...or rather: iPod; Espresso; Murder.

1. When my iPod Shuffle is plugged in to the desktop's USB port, and then the desktop is powered on, it hangs at the BIOS logo and refuses to boot. How annoying. Nothing more frustrating than non-spec hardware. Except for everything else about computers that's frustrating.

2. The failure to boot until I had removed just about every cable and component in turn, checking them all, led me to thinking about the eventual death of our desktop. So I want this as a replacement. Gimme gimme gimme. Maybe someday I'll actually have that kind of technology toy spending money too.

3. Dear Lazyweb: please find some deep and fascinating meaning in this:

PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES RANKED BY HOMICIDE RATE, 2003

PROVINCE/TERRITORY	PER 100,000
(1) Nunavut	10.21
(2) Northwest Territories	9.55
(3) Saskatchewan	4.12
(4) Manitoba	3.70
(5) Yukon	3.22
(6) British Columbia	2.24
(7) Alberta	2.00
(8) Ontario	1.45
(9) Quebec	1.34
(10) New Brunswick	1.07
(11) Newfoundland	0.96
(12) Nova Scotia	0.85
(13) Prince Edward Island	0.73

(source)

Sens 3, Leafs 2

I'd just like to say woo. Woo!