There's a womens soccer match on tv, Olympic Rings all around, so I guess the games have started? Whats going on, I thought the games don't start until Friday?

Java isn't platform independent; it is a platform.

Bjarne Stroustrup
Can someone point out to me the merits of a programming language which is compiled to bytecode and runs on a virtual machine? I don't get it. I read a lot about it, but I can't find the answer ( Read more... )

I just saw a video with Alanis Morissette. Since when has she short hair? She looks like 40. Having said that, the short hair looks good, better then before, but age isn't treating her kindly.
Anyway I'm sure her inner beauty isn't affected, bla bla bla *grin*

By Ken Barnes, USA TODAY

Disappointed with the way The West Wing is going sans-Sorkin? Looking for something a little different to fill your Wednesday night? Here are a few reasons to consider moving to The O.C.

The dialogueWhen The O.C. is on a roll, no show except The Gilmore Girls matches the hilarity of its rapid-fire rants and clever asides ( Read more... )

Interesting, Amazon.com offers a lot of music to download for free (you need an amazon account though, but amazon.de accounts work there as well).

Great, I somehow changed the internal WinXP region code, machine spits out Region 2, wich kinda sucks since this is the majority of my DVDs.
Argh, region free drive, region free player, but the OS apparently not so region free.

“If God had meant Humans to use the metric system, he’d have given us ten fingers”

found on www.gumbopages.com

just checked the outside, and as far as I'm concerned I'm ready for spring. Enough with this cold weather, was never a big fan *g*

Now a violin joined in. This a band practice. I begin to understand how these "Man kills his neighbours, nobody saw it coming 'he always seemed to be so calm...'" stories start.
Where's my Marilyn Manson CD, time for a counter attack *eg*

Great. Someone in my apartment building got himself a trumpet. Which would be fine with me. But he 'plays' it. Which causes my neighbours dog to go all "whoooooooo" you get the idea...