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Any of you who are also in Crimson Eternity may have seen my looooong series of postings about getting Linux running on my second computer. MAN, it’s hard. There was an article today, either in Digg or Slashdot, but I can’t find it in either now, about how Linux is not meant to replace Windows… … Read more

I had some mod points to spend on Slashdot, so after reading CmdrTaco’s frustration at recent flames and stern instructions to moderators, I resolved to do my best to keep topics on-topic today. Figures that the next article to come up would be one claiming recent research into bee flight put the nail into intelligent … Read more

Serenity is out on DVD. It’s been out for awhile, but any store I went to had it only in “full screen” format. With the edges cut off, they mean, because some people can’t handle letterboxing. FULL SCREEN! AAAAGH! The reason stores only had those is because NOBODY WAS BUYING THEM. IDIOTS. No special-effect film … Read more

I had no idea what an Echo Boomer was, when I saw they were being singled out for advertising. What is WITH all these demographics specifically set up to make you spend your money, anyway? I suppose I slip in at the tail end of the Baby Boomer marketing generation, which supposedly ended in 1964. … Read more

Here is a link to a nice article about the New Mexico spaceport, largely about Virgin Galactic, but mentions some of the other private spaceflight firms.