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July 4, 2009

Anything Goes: July 4th Weekend, 2009 Edition.

I have been diverting most of my attention away from writing anything for the past 2 days and consequently missed a lot of things in news. There are a few posting stuck in Draft mode which I should have changed the status to Published.

Here we go:

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to resign in surprise move (Reuters) | Certainly a lot of people are talking about Sarah Palin this week. Palin has definitely steer her political career towards the road of ruins. What was John McCain thinking when he chose her as running-mate in 2008 Presidential Election? More on Sarah Plain’s resignation: SFGate, Huffington Post, FOXNews, CNN and MSNBC.
Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service (Staples Center) | I wonder how many LAPD Officers will be deployed to the Staples Center. More spending.
Jammie Thomas will appeal, lawyer says (CNET) | A somewhat baffling case since the Judge ordered the retrial because he determined that he may have made a mistake in instructing the jury. The first trial yielded a $222,000 victory for the RIAA and the second one yielded a $1.9 Million against Thomas.
Snowfall on Mars? NASA’s Phoenix Lander recorded it (Ars Technica) | Water on Mars! This should be incorporated in the remake of Total Recall. Speaking of which, you can buy Total Recall DVD and Blu-ray on Amazon.
Metallica: Rock Werchter Streaming Live (Metallica.com) | Maybe Lars Ulrich would actually practice to nail the drum part for the live broadcast/webcast.

June 25, 2009

Anything Goes: June 25th, 2009 Edition.

Woke up this morning, read some emails and figured some silly settings for Entourage to connect to Exchange Server 2007. I then setup the Entourage remotely. In addition to that, I re-encoded a movie short through iChat Desktop Sharing.

Ahmadinejad compares Obama to Bush (Yahoo! News) | It is obvious that both Barack Obama and George W. Bush are Presidents of The United States.
Transformers 2’s $55 million breaks Wednesday opening record (SCI FI Wire) | It is really impressive for a movie that is getting such bad reviews here, here and here. The reviews at Rotten Tomatoes confirm this. Then again it doesn’t matter because it has a great opening day and they’re working on Transformers 3 for 2001 release even before Transformers 2 was released; allegedly. More giant transforming robots and explosions!
RIAA settles suit where defendant had no PC (MacNN) | Yesterday’s news, but it is still worth mentioning. In the eye of RIAA, everyone steals music. The term “PC” refers to “personal computer” regardless of the operating system. It’s not about the whole “Mac” vs “PC” things.
Pirate Bay Retrial Denied (Wired.com) | As usual, the Pirate Bay responded in their blog. What would the Pirate Party do in the European Parliament?

June 18, 2009

Anything Goes: June 18th, 2009 Edition.

A small portion of news on the net that caught my attention.

Pixar grants girl’s dying wish to see ‘Up’ | Comments on Reddit can sometimes be so cruel.
Court orders Jammie Thomas to pay RIAA $1.92 million | The Recording Empire Strikes Back! (Dear Mr. Lucas, it’s a parody and a tribute.)
Microsoft announces free antivirus, limited public beta | Last time I checked it says “The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.”
Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts | Say whatever you want, Microsoft. People are smart enough to expose your propaganda. I’m still using Firefox and Webkit.