Yes, I woke up an hour early this morning. The extra hour means extra stuff for you to read this fine Sunday morning. Aren’t you feeling lucky?
- Marlins win series, 4-2, thanks to an impressive game by Josh Beckett. I was really impressed by him last night, after starting to root for the fish about game three. Here’s hoping that they won’t get dismantled in the off-season.
- This one’s from Jim:
The interesting thing is that I actually changed over both my interstate and intrastate long distance to Qwest, along with moving a number of services to a package. I’m waiting for the first bill under the new plan to see what the price difference really will be, but I’ve been told I’ll save around $20 per month.We’ve all seen Dave rant about Qwest on occasion. Read an insider’s take on what it’s like to work there. It reminds me (somewhat) of my former phone job where the recent emphasis has been to create a
sales culture
(though Qwest looks much worse). [jim] - I’ve been looking for a house for a few months (well, actively for a few months, I’ve been watching the market for what seems like years) now, and I spent yesterday afternoon our looking at houses in person. This house in NE Minneapolis was the best of the batch yesterday. It’s a little disappointing. Even though the house was recently remodeled, there’s still a lot of work to be done, some of which is fixing up things that were botched during the remodel. But it was a productive afternoon, I think. I’ve got a lot better idea of what kinds of things are deal-breakers when I walk into a house, as does Dan, who’s helping me find something. And sadly, I’m more convinced that I’m not going to find my perfect house here in Marcy-Holmes since the prices are just too high.
- Microsoft Puts DRM into Office, and it’s not a good thing. Yes, it’s optional at the moment, but it’s also another way for Microsoft to lock people into their products. Personally, it means I won’t even be bothering to upgrade my office to the version for Mac OS X, and if people want to send me Word or Excel docs, and I can’t open them in something else, I’ll just have to ask them to resend the document in a more reasonable format. [vowe]
- Speaking of developments I don’t like from Microsoft: Here’s some Virtual PC 2004 Beta Screenshots, including the note:
Sad, but not surprising at all. [vowe]The first thing we noticed was the removal of Linux, BSD, Netware and Solaris from the Guest Operating System Wizard list, which was bound to happen to Virtual PC in the hands of Microsoft.
- Okay, maybe this isn’t why we liberated Afghanistan, but it’s a pretty good result (there’s 10 pictures to look at if you so choose). Wouldn’t have seen that with the Taliban in charge. As Glenn says:
I may qualify as more conservative than Glenn, but I’m definitely in on the Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy! bit. [instapundit]As for the rest, I’m not a “conservative.” I’m strongly pro-bikini. I don’t believe in “traditional family values” as a political platform. I’m more in the Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy! category. If that bothers, you, too bad. There are plenty of other blogs out there.
- Says here Naked bouncers reduce violence in clubs, at least when they’re women. Hey, that’d work for me. [jwz]
- These aren’t my pants is
A [hilarious] clubgoer’s guide to getting frisked, tweaking in public, and being your bouncer’s best friend.
Very good reading if you spend any time in bars/clubs. [jwz]