i know i've been posting a lot of fluff(or vaguery), as it were, lately, and there are a lot of reasons for that, but here's a serious question ( Read more... )

without divulging too many details, i'm impressed at the current status of my 401k choices. not that impressive sounding, i know, but given that pretty much all of the other options we've got(roughly 25 in total) are doing fairly dismally, i'm happy:

Calculation Start DatePersonalized Rate of Return
12/01/200527.95%
10/01/200523.17%
10/01/2005 ( Read more... )

today's A Softer World was too good not to share.


( Read more... )

i stumbled across this on YouTube and wanted to hate it, but now i can't wait til they make more...

http://www.youtube.com/user/dateunknown

dammit.

having a new computer is a nice thing. the one i'm replacing is at least six years old. as much as i want to not like Vista, with the hatred of a software tester who had to beta test on it, i can't say that this isn't pretty or isn't performing well compared to its predecessor. and as much as i want to not like semi-tranparency because it's so ( Read more... )

for anyone who can appreciate it, in trade for a broken one of these:


( Read more... )

i think i always have too much to say and don't feel i'll say it adequately, so i don't bother to start...it's pretty annoying really ( Read more... )

anyone remember Short Circuit? hi-tech, military robot gets hit by lightning and becomes 'alive ( Read more... )

having had the fortunate experience of receiving a really good pair of headphones for my birthday, i can safely say that most people *do not* experience their music. that said, i will be on the lookout for a *much* better set of speakers than i currently have. any suggestions?

anyone had any experience with the Nikon D40x, Nikon D80, Canon EOS Rebel XT or Canon EOS Rebel XTi? do tell, if so...