It had to happen sooner or later…

Gas (low grade) reached the $2.00 mark in Lubbock this morning to the tune of $2.07 per gallon. I realize many of you around the country are wishing for $2.07 gas, but for us in Lubbock, this is huge. It’s never been this high, and it’s only going to get worse. When will it end?

Linux creator switches to Apple

How about this!

Linux creator Linus Torvalds is now running an Apple Macintosh as his main desktop, largely for work reasons but also because he’s not one to pass up a bargain.

Torvalds, who initially created Linux for the Intel x86 platform, revealed to the Linux Kernel Mailing List in February during a discussion on kernel size reduction that his main desktop machine no longer featured an x86 processor. Hence, Torvalds said, a patch specific to the x86 platform that he was submitting to the list for consideration was totally untested.

ZDNet Australia was intrigued by this remark and sought to question Torvalds on why the man who helped revolutionize the use of Unix on the x86 platform would move away from it, and where he had moved to.

Torvald’s response came quickly and succinctly. ‘My main machine these days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970)–it’s physically a regular Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so I don’t think you can call it a Mac any more ’ he wrote.

Even though it’s not running OS X, I’ll give him credit for using superior hardware.

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Unbelievable Heinz..

While I consider myself conservative and tend to agree with the Republican views, I do keep an open mind and vote based on my opinion and not how the “partyline” says I should vote.

It’s March. And Teresa Heinz-Kerry is still complaining about the election:

Two brothers own 80 percent of the machines used in the United States,” Heinz Kerry said. She identified both as “hard-right” Republicans. She argued that it is “very easy to hack into the mother machines.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/214744_joel07.html?source=rss

How ridiculous. Face it – John Kerry lost. Whether you like that or not, he lost. It’s time to get behind the President of the United States and do the right patriotic thing. Quit your b**ching. Republicans did it in 92 (and 96) when Clinton was elected, why can’t Democrats?

Happy Birthday to Me!

Why does 26 feel so much older than 25?

My New Toy..

Thanks to my wonderful wife, I have a new toy: Creative Zen Micro. I love this device!

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