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Archive for July, 2006
Nissan Skyline on the streets of Toronto
Jul 27th
New Zealand is all about sports cars. You really don’t see the pickup trucks and SUVs that we have over here, at least not in the volume you do here. It’s a farming country, so pickups are farm tools. What New Zealand is really into is small fast cars, examples being the Subaru Impreza, the Mitsubishi Evo (Lancer Evolution), and Nissan Skyline.
Some info on the Skyline:
In 1989 Nissan debuted the GT-R to compete in the JTC (Japan Touring Car) Group A racing series. The GT-R was undefeated in its first season. 4 years running the GT-R won the championship in More >
Denby goes bust
Jul 24th
Not the company, just one of our plates.
We had the Longs over for dinner (Steve, Sandra and Chris) and while my dessert was dilicious, I otherwise performed poorly; dropping one of our dinner plates to floor – I swear I got shrapnel in my foot, because it’s bleeding from the sides and the top, not the bottom. I also made 5 of the aforementioned desserts, and not the required 6.
I’m blaming it all on the bus ride home, which was long and hot and uncomfortable.
AMD buys ATI
Jul 24th
I’m seriously shocked. Historically I’ve been an ATI and Intel fan, now I don’t know what to believe anymore. This could be very could for Nvidia; if Intel takes sides they don’t have any other major options (Matrox is a bit of a minor option). Not that I see Intel buying Nvidia, but for those laptop makers especially, who fill their units with Intel parts, I could only guess that Nvidia would look a little more favourable than an AMD powered solution.
That said, this could be very good for development of both technologies, and for prices. Graphics has been More >
Filthy Mac Propaganda
Jul 17th
Just checked my e-mail:
In response:
A. – Nope. B. – Nope. C. – Nope. D. – Nope.
In the last 30 days, I’ve had the dubious pleasure of using an Intel Mac and a classic Mac (9.2). The Intel Mac we bought shortly after they were released. It was really great, for about a week. After that it’s been unstable, programs freeze and crash, sometimes the whole system becomes unresponsive, and don’t even let me start with the “spinning disk of agravation.”
Today, and last week I used a classic Mac, running on Mac OS 9.2. Let me describe my experience this way: More >
Fenelon Falls 06
Jul 15th
Right now I’m lieing on the grass, 2 metres from the beautiful lake. The sun is shining, there’s a cool breeze, and bugs are starting to crawl on my laptop :)
We’ll be going to sauna any minute now, and then a swim in the lake, I think. I’d upload the pictures, but I left the camera cable at home. You’ll have to wait till I get back.
Time to go; leaves are getting stuck in my keyboard. Tomorrow we’re going to Sandbanks Provincial Park again; I know for a fact that I don’t get EvDO or 1x signal out there… so no More >
Sony and BMG merger voided
Jul 13th
Wowzas…
PARIS, July 13 — In a rare move that plunged music industry giants into confusion, a European Union court today threw out the approval of the two-year-old merger that created Sony BMG, issuing blunt criticism of the regulators who endorsed the union… Shareholders reacted with alarmtoday. Warner’s shares were down $4.68, or 15.7 percent, to $25.08 in late New York trading, while EMI Group’s shares declined 28.25 pence, or 9.2 percent, to close at 277.75 pence, or $5.11, in London… Essentially, the court concluded that the commission had failed to demonstrate the legal standard that a combined Sony BMG would More >
Israel vs Hezbollah
Jul 13th
Different, I know
Jul 12th
I updated to the latest version of WordPress and of my theme, again. WordPress has moved it’s various sidebar elements to a widget system, and Squible (my theme) didn’t seem to support it properly.
So: new theme. I’m still fixing a few things, namely links, archives, and the Flickr photos widget.
More to come regarding widgets… and Opera 9!
Molson Grand Prix, care of CDW Canada
Jul 8th
My sales rep from CDW took me (and my brother) out to the qualifying round of the Molson Grand Prix yesterday. I’d never even been to the Exhibition grounds, let alone the Grand Prix. The CNE and the various events that take place in and around the grounds have always eluded me, and will do so this year as well because of our trip to Finland next month.
Last year – I’m told – a few days before the race one of the cars lost its sponsor, so a quick bid was put in by CDW. They won the sponsorship, so the car More >