Vista = dookie
Ambiguic Coherence
As I said to a friend yesterday, a sales person can suggest windows vista to me, but i’d argue them down to quitting their job. Vista is a piece of dookie. (Don’t get this confused with Green Day’s Dookie, because that was a killer album). Vista is dookie. It’s like a pile of dookie stuck in the seat of your pants where it’ll remain till you manage to waddle to a bathroom to scoop it out. Dookie, like dookie dripping down your leg. Uncomfortable? You should be. Why would anyone want something like that.
Let’s all wait till the second half of 09 or even 2010 for windows 7. After all of our complaining, even if Microsoft scraps minwin again (like the crap they pulled with longhorn or vista when it was in alpha), it can’t turn out as bad as vista did. People at Microsoft who are on the front line (PR, or those a couple of steps removed from PR) won’t admit it, but those deeper within the organization have a little more freedom to admit that Vista is tainted much in the same way as Windows Me was tainted. Few people remember ME now-a-days – it came and then it disappeared through the cracks because people listened to the techies. After that learning experience, why wouldn’t they listen to the techies about vista – Shiny stuff. You put shiny stuff in front of today’s technologically aware population, and they think that it must be better some how. Little do they actually know that flashy images don’t overcome the crap code. Any such way, they’re going to spend money on it. Which is the main reason why rogue malware applications spread, and why the storm worm is so great. If it says FREE, promises anything that could be worth while, or gives you a sense of love or hope (like e-cards) you download it. I’m probably going to write something about XSS to follow up my rainbow tables explanation. So to everyone dumb, stop it, you’re dumb.
Recipe for Perfection
The Littlest Megan
To begin you need a secluded spot, a lot of quiet time, a comfy blanket, and James Rollins’s new book, The Judas Strain. As with all books, the first ten pages are a little slow, but soon the fast-paced, heart-stopping action that is James Rollins begins. This story once again involves the SIGMA group, so I would advise that you read the previous two before reading this one. While it is not an end all if you do not, it would provide some background into all the characters. (The two previous books are Map of Bones and Black Order)
The is done from two angles, a historical angle which follows a story of Marco Polo which was kept secret, forever and a scientific angle, trying to discover a deadly virus. The book is steeped in intrigue, mystery, action, and romance. There are pirates and cannibals, evil sea creatures, and island folklore. What more could you ask for?
It is a fast read. It is high action, full-throttle book which will keep you on the edge of your seat. When it’s over you will be looking as quickly as possible for more James Rollins books.
Stars 5/5
Other books by James Rollins
*Amazonia
*Deep Fathom
*Ice Hunt
*Subterranean
*Sandstorm
*Map of Bones
*Black Order
When did you last lose your heart to a book?
The Littlest Megan
In the words of Paul Sweeney, “You know you have read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” In this stunning six book series, there is no choice but to fall in love. Do not be fooled by the length of the books, in actuality they just are not long enough. Diana Gabaldon takes the reader back to 18th Century Scotland and then later to the new colonies of America. Seen through the eyes of Claire Randall, a woman from 20th Century Scotland, she is transported back in time to the 1740s, where she meets and falls in love with the handsome, Highland warrior, Jamie Fraser. The stories would make even the classic authors proud; danger, suspense, passion, betrayal, true love, tragedy, and finality.
The story is so intricate, woven in a way that the reader is so entrenched in the action it’s as if you are really there. Even when you leave the book, their memories remain; they touch you in such a way. The book is not for the faint of heart however, for while reading it is impossible to hold back real emotions, you will laugh out loud, cry buckets, get angry, and weep for joy. Never has a book been so written that when the 800 pages end, you are begging for more, desperately wishing it did not have to end. This series is a must-read!
Stars: 5/5
The Outlander Series
By Diana Gabaldon
Outlander
Dragonfly in Amber
Voyager
Drums of Autumn
The Fiery Cross
A Breath of Snow and Ash
Heath Ledger, May He Rest in Peace.
The Littlest Megan
Fat chance! If only he had not been a celebrity, then he could have found peace. Instead, his name is being dragged through the mud, and his image being spoiled…and he cannot even defend himself. My heart goes out to his family; they are left to watch his memory tarnished.
As Americans, we believe we have a right to know the ins and outs of every celebrity, and I will admit I enjoy the tabloids. However, there comes a point where they go too far. I read the tabloids because I LOVE to see who is dating whom…and then, I root for them, hoping against hope that they will beat the odds! I digress. Celebrities are role models, I would agree with that, but when they are in the public eye. Their private life should be just that private, a time when they can kick back and do as they please. If it does not affect their public image, then so be it. For years, Owen Wilson used cocaine, but no one knew. In the public eye, he was a role model, a person people admire. Should we forget this because he tried to escape the intensity of being a celebrity and the pressures of always being in the public eye?
How about those against gay marriages or unions? They are supposedly going to Ledger’s funeral to protest. PROTEST at a funeral, are you serious? This is the same radical group that attended the funerals of the fallen soldiers to protest because they do not believe in war. They are protesting Ledger’s funeral because he acted in Brokeback Mountain.
How’s about we give the man and his family some peace. The peace he could not find in life, he should at least be granted it in death.
