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ZDnet.co.uk — Slashdotted?

If the theory hold that “where nerds go now, the mainstream will be in 5 years” then hold on to your hats. Its seems that ZDNet a IT news/review/white paper site has been taken down by Slashdotters. What story prompted this flood over the pond? One of the first tests to put MacOS X on a x86 machine.

I’ve been lucky enought to see the photos of the installation, but I haven’t seen the review. The pictures aren’t exciting until you see that last one with the close up of the “Toshiba” logo and “The Dock” right above it.

Hopefully the review will be up sometime in the near future.

Slashdot | Mac OS X x86 Put To The Test: “Mac OS X x86 Put To The Test

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 11, @09:51AM

from the a-boy-can-dream dept.

OS X Apple

stivi writes ‘ZDNet has tested Mac OS X x86 on a Toshiba laptop. “

For One Student, a College Career Becomes a Career

I almost feel ashamed giving any more notice to this cheesehead at UW-Whitewater. My friends fondly reminisce about our college days, but 12 years of them would be ridiculous. Check out the story if you wish.

For One Student, a College Career Becomes a Career – New York Times: “WHITEWATER, Wis. – Nearly every college has some screwball who never seems to graduate, lingering year after year as classmates move on. And then there is Johnny Lechner.”

Don’t let architectural snobbery interfere with your enjoyment of these five ugly duckling Bay Area buildings

I agree with the sentiment of the story, but seriously I think he is trying too hard to find beauty in some of these beasts.

Don’t let architectural snobbery interfere with your enjoyment of these five ugly duckling Bay Area buildings: “If all this sounds subjective, that’s the point. The best way to explain is to offer examples. So here are five buildings that I like because they’re good for what they are, and one complex that violates every rule of urban planning — and gets away with it.”

A lesson USC Football can teach the Pros

USC Football really has their act together. Even if players get in trouble they have contact call sheet ready made and laminated (protect against beer stains). If you read the story from the LATimes they have a pro bono lawyer ready to defend them, if necessary.

I think the Vikings might have to take some lessons from this group, hell maybe we should ditch our team and draft the entire USC football team. They couldn’t do any worse.

He’s There in Bad Times – Los Angeles Times: “the first step for any USC player is to check a laminated card provided by the team.

On one side are phone numbers for Dennis Slutak, director of football operations, and head trainer Russ Romano. On the other side are numbers for team security coordinators Xavier Suazo and Rick Carr.

Known as ‘X-Man,’ Suazo is a former state Justice Department agent who arranges police escorts for team buses and knows whom to contact at local agencies when a player is arrested.”

Inside the big switch: the iPod and the future of Apple Computer

Check out this good article about the Apple’s past predicting its PC market future.

Inside the big switch: the iPod and the future of Apple Computer : Page 1

An American Barbecue Pilgrimage

One writer from Slate and a week of nothing but barbecue. A great story if you’re a meat eater. Let summer begin!

An American Barbecue Pilgrimage – What 15 barbecue meals in a row did to my digestion. By David Plotz

Dispassionate postings

I think I’ve run into a problem. My blog is nice historical reference, but it really give no insight in to anything particular. If you read the blog or have read it, you’ll notice that I am a moderate to liberal Democrat and that I have read too much news during the US Presidential election. If you’re wondering I still spend much of my free time reading news and occasionally off researching random topics for my own personal amusement. I have now chosen not to record much of it because Google News is better that I am.

Now the problem becomes, what to do with my blog? What can I spend my time writing original thoughts on the state of the planet or my mind. However, I rarely feel so passionate about a subject as to record for future reference. If you know me you may think I am misrepresenting the truth, but in reality no. You may know my rants, but the hidden fact is that most of the rants (well the funny ones) are actually future stand up routines.

I’ve been honing my stills over time so that I may live up to my natural presence. When I tell horribly long stories with random details, unnatural pauses, and trailing, almost unnoticable ends; those are the stories that are first runs of a sketch that may hit the circuit. So if you hear it again, give yourself a second to see if I’ve improved and if not the you can heckle me to no end (I’ll need the practice before I go on the road).

Now don’t be mistaken, this is a one time offering from DanFlies.com. I don’t believe I’ll ever have this much desire to post something of original content. In the end I will be on the only one who reads and after a few months of self-inflicted ego bruising I could not take any more. So here it begins and ends, just like a bad story; one shot, one failure, nothing more nothing less.

I’ve hoped you enjoyed this bad story, even thought I don’t think I made it to my main point. Oh well, maybe I’ll care next year.