IT Geek says Matrix is so 1992

In an interview with an anonymous IT geek who went by the screen name of ‘1337hozer’ I learned that while many geeks enjoyed the Matrix for its very interesting approach to special effects, philosophical implications and Carrie Anne Moss some were really disturbed that Neo, the main character and hero of the Matrix series and the rest of the gang ‘plugged into the matrix.’

Come on! Wireless would so be the norm of the time if they had hovercrafts that were polidirectional in their control.

Other geeks were not available to comment as my Internet Explorer browser contracted yet another virus.

By A. Macintosh

Evening Soap Star Doesn’t Get Her Show

Marcia Cross is not gay. Or so the report on CNN.com (this is important journalism mind you) quotes her as confirming. However, what really, really, really, really amused me was the brilliance of her statement about people’s obsession with her sexuality:

“I do think it was really weird, though, that there was all this curiosity about something, like that — about sexuality,” she said. “And I thought what a world we live in that that’s so important.”

Marcia, can I call you that? OK. Marcia, you are on Desperate Housewives which is basically a show about sexuality. People have apparently been watching it and you [the show] have won a few awards along the way for it. When you wonder why people think sexuality is so important, look at your pay stubs, that’s the answer. America is particularly obsessed with sexuality. The people don’t care if you’re gay, straight, bi, trans, tri, or any other sort of sexual as long as the information that they’re given is slightly misleading, feels edgy, naughty or graphic. If you don’t know why people wonder… it makes me wonder.

Harry Potter 6

If you’re a big Harry Potter fan, and I’d say that’s all of my readers except you, you can pre-order the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, at amazon.com. Of course if you’re like me you’ve never read one of them. I’ve only seen one and a half of the movies. I have noted that various political figures keep making reference to it to get the young voters out. I don’t think that “John Kerry Went to Hogwart’s” bumper stickers will turn the next election around. Of course if Hillary Clinton runs then there’ll be a really good chance for them to win if they can use “This Witch is from New York” stickers. They will be popular at least in California and elementary school classrooms.

Dish Washer with Acid Rain

A Gassy dishwasher may cause some women to panic given the already high levels of gas emitting from their husbands. But Wait! There’s only carbon dioxide in this washer and it is really, really innovative. If this thing catches on then Las Vegas hotel/resorts could save millions of dollars. Texas might be able to up the water quality so that you might consider putting it into you. Water bills would go down, electricity bills would go down and the presidential rating would go up. Or not. However, it is really, really neat and I hope that some day I can turn one on and say to my grandkids, “Get your finger out of your nose.”

(Via Robin in an Instant Message)

FeedDemon 1.5 Released

This piece of software has already come with rave reviews from me. Most likely you’ve read about RSS and various other technologies that I like about FeedDemon. Read about FeedDemon 1.5 here. Features that I like include:

  • Great support for various feed types
  • Podcasting support built in.
  • You don’t need an iPod to enjoy podcasting [not really a FeedDemon feature per se, but an important point]
  • Scheduled podcast download times
  • Filters
  • Styles for the viewing of the feeds
  • Very easy to use and get started with
  • Comes prepopulated with feeds that are not paid for, they’re the best ones Nick feels most comfortable offering to users

So, there you go, yet another pitch from me for you to buy FeedDemon. I don’t make any money from you buying it, I’m just an very satisfied user.

A Whole Different Annoyance

I’ve written in the past how good Frontier Airlines’ customer service has been to me and my family at various times. However their web site has one really annoying flaw in it: It appears to be built for Internet Explorer only. That was annoying. Also annoying was the lack of clarity for what format my phone number was supposed to take in their web form. Further, their error page basically says, “Call our toll free number since something’s not right.” Basically, they need to buy Defensive Design
and learn good user friendly design.

Recommended Reading

Farley Farts is a book that Abby picked out at the Library. Being a good mom, Jessica let her check it out. I strongly recommend this book to help get more dads reading to their children. Sure it’s about an amphibian with gas, but since most guys relate so well to this I think that it’s a must read.

My favorite part of this book is actually when Jessica reads it. There’s a mild awkwardness about it that makes it a book that we’ll most likely be adding to our library 🙂

End Times Fiasco

If you thought that end times debates and movies were bad (examples: Water World, The Postman and Dances with Wolves) you should check out this disservice: jacqueline stallone’s rumpology. This is future telling by the tale end. Or to put it another way: How to tell your future with your fanny. I’m sure the puns and such could go on for some time, but I just had to share this insane site.

Compressed for Time

Last week while I was in Texas I got a really good list of things I have to do before the next release of the software. However, the deadline also got moved up (perceptually, maybe it has always been there) so my time is limited. Blogging will be light to low for the next couple of days because I’ve got to have a lot of things to get done. Apologies that you’ll not get as many good jokes, bad jokes or lame puns during that time… oh, wait, maybe that’s a good thing.

Tupperware Bowl

Today the arguably biggest game in football is played while we gorge ourselves on name brand sodas, chips, beers and pretty much anything else name brand while watching at a minimum 45" televisions with surround sound and high definition pictures. Not really. In fact today I might watch the Super Bowl because of the commercials. I am half interested in seeing who wins, but since I don’t watch a lot of football the rest of the season I can’t say that this one game is going to make me a football junky. I do, however, hope to grill something on the patio which is kind of like a tailgate party. We’re all moderately sick (I’ve got a bit of something going on in my sinuses) so there’s not a lot of cheer and energy involved with the household.

Worst case scenario the bowl is much better than the party.