So one of my toys is 1998's wet-dream computer, a souped-up Sun Ultra 60 Creator-3d. New, this thing ran around $15k and it is a testament to just how awesome it was that is still runs modern stuff about as well as my much newer laptop. I bought it a couple years ago on eBay, upgraded the processors from 320MHz to 400MHz and used the awesome 20" ( Read more... )

AAAAAAAGH!!!! FEET SO BAD! STOP THE HURTING!

OK, that said...

The Met: Wow... Too much museum and we only say maybe a third of what was acually on display.
Guggenheim: I do love modern art. Lots of stuff I'd only ever seen in books. SPecial display on what people might like to try filling the middle of the main gallery with. Fascinating.

Today's theme: No plan has ever survived contact with reality unscathed ( Read more... )

Wake early, head out to the station. Breakfast was bagel/egg/cheese/sausage sammie from the place by the station, munched on on a nearby bench ( Read more... )

Day Off.

Conversation, games & some really good butterscotch ice cream.

Day 2.

PATH/Subway into town. Missed the stop and changed plans.

Pizza from shop... SUCK. Don't let anyone tell you all NY pizza is good.

Museum of Book Arts: Changing exhibits, so a non-starter.

Museum of Sex: Very cool. Downstairs was a 'History Of Porn' exhibit. Top floor was animal sexuality with a nice bit of stuff on Our Friends The Bonobos. ( Read more... )

Pizza: Place in Jersey City run by Greek family. Tasty thin-crust stuff ( Read more... )

I could feel it here in Arrowhead. Wish I'd been down at the lake, wonder what it did there. Was online with tibicina and some others playing a game, so we knew it was pretty far away. Best wishes to the folks south of the border.

Yep, time for my yearly rant about the evils of springtime, you can go back and read the past ones if you want. Most of them are tagged with 'Depression' so enjoy. In fact, I really don't have anything new to offer here, so I'll just hit the main points ( Read more... )

So I ran across this link for something called 'Swiftfox' last night... it's basically a Linux-only processor optimized Firefox build. Now, I'd been toying with Chrome a little and was unimpressed by the speed boost so had returned to my familiar, if somewhat piggish, Iceweasel (which is Firefox with all the trademarked stuff switched out.) SO I'm ( Read more... )