YouTube - Live Action GoldenEye 64 Recreation

Ahh the memories.

Apple - Trailers - Spider-Man 3 - Large

It’s amazing what one movie has done for the “found-in-ancient-amber” market!

This is for all the deep geeks out there. Hey look more original content!

Keep in mind this is certainly biased and purely my own opinion, but I thought I would share my beliefs on where Linux is and is not fitting into the business world. Either way ya’ll can chime in or tell me where to go!

Let’s start out with some of the benefits of Linux:

• Typically it’s a pretty rock solid platform that relies on proven technology and engineering know how.
• Definitely up and coming. A lot of younger people and seasoned professionals have a strong interest in Linux which will only help to bring it into the main stream.
• From a programming prospective it is extremely flexible in that someone that knows what they are doing can rip the kernel apart and make it do exactly what it needs to do.
• Availability of robust, free applications has made it an ideal platform for application development.

Draw backs to the platform.

• The prize of what will eventually become the “standard linux platform” is huge and right now there are simply too many flavors of it floating around. Before Linux hits the big time there needs to be some big time consolidation of resources and know how.
• Lack of documentation and version control. There is not a single Linux flavor that even comes close to the level of documentation and version control that the big boys have (i.e. Microsoft and Apple).
• Product maturity. Yes, I know, Linux born from Unix is old, in fact a lot older than any Microsoft Platform, but it simply has not gone through the paces of an OS that a few billion people have tried to break.
• Lack of professionally trained support and engineering folks. I’m not saying that they are not out there but their numbers are not nearly as large as those who support a main stream OS.
• The reliance on browser based front ends is a mistake. An application that functions within an existing GUI shell performs so much better than some of the goofy and awkward web based apps out there. It was a good idea in 1999, but I think those days have passed.

Where Linux is going.

• A truly dominant player will emerge in the next few years. Maybe Red Hat, IBM, Sun, or Novell. Who knows, might be some kid messing around in a basement right now that will come out with the winner. Either way unless this infighting comes to a stop and a clear leader emerges the OS is going to continue to trail the pack.
• Companies will look to license Linux kernels on which they can build a robust, controlled platform for in house developed applications. This is already starting to happen and where the big money for Linux is.
• Backend systems. More and more I think you will see applications relying on a Linux backend that has a user friendly Windows based interface. Again there are examples of this in the market place but this is the ticket to the big show.

Where Linux is not going:

• Linux is not going to conquer the desktop world anytime soon or within the next 5-10 years. The reason why has nothing to do with how good the operating system is or how bad the competition is. This is a matter of training, application availability and the number of capable support folks out there. It’s just not going to happen. The business world has invested heavily in Microsoft based systems and despite the rhetoric are quite pleased with how those systems perform. This is all about economies of scale. For the foreseeable future a large Linux based desktop system does not come anywhere close to being as cost effective or well managed as a Microsoft based environment.
• Linux has largely grown up in an open source community and while this is not going to change any time soon. Sooner than later people will realize the value of their own code when others starting getting rich off it. This is totally going to change the dynamics of the platform. While this has brought much attention and interest, ultimately people will want to start getting paid. I’m not entirely sure where this will lead but something is going to change whether good or bad.

: End Rant (hopefully a good discussion to follow)

“Man, you were right, this ‘Leehnux’ as you call it, is awesome. But there is something missing. I just can’t put my finger on it. Oh, right the paperclip doing color commentary on my every move.”

YouTube - 10 Things I Hate About Commandments: Part with Samuel L Jackson had me on the floor.

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List of problems solved by MacGyver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

With an old, bullet-ridden Jeep his only means of escape, MacGyver must patch up the Jeep’s radiator to get it working again. Remarkably, he does the job with nothing but water and egg whites. First he dumps some water in the radiator and jump-starts the Jeep, causing the water to heat up. A few minutes later, he dumps in the egg whites, which the water cooks. Once cooked, the egg whites naturally plug the holes in the radiator, making the Jeep temporarily usable. (This was confirmed as plausible in an episode of The Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters”) Approximate time: 40:00.

So, here is a good explanation of Net Neutrality from the Craig of Craigslist.

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Japanese auto door, customizes itself to who is walking through.

Just cool…

Sunday afternoon I took a drive to Gulfport and Biloxi Mississippi, and here are some pictures I took along the way:

What’s left of a Church on the Coast
Hollowed out hotel with furniture still in the rooms.
Picture from the beach with Biloxi in the distance.
Surf shop on the Gulf
Everything along the coast looks like this, although there are many signs of cleanup and rebuilding.

Also on Sunday I took a walk around New Orleans “Garden district” which was relatively untouched by the hurricane.

Gas lantern.
Typical house

And because I love tall buildings a picture of the New Orleans Skyline.

Bonus material:
Cool animated timeline of the flooding in New Orleans.

Ok, maybe there is something wrong with me but I thought this was hilarious! This guy for some crazy reason decides to eat nothing but "Monkey Chow" for a week… Remind you of anyone?

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A simply amazing R/C airplane demo, flown indoors!

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Will your next iPod com with a Laser projector. Wired's Seán Captain writes, "…laser-based projectors could transform these pocket-size devices into full-blown entertainment systems…"

Unrepentent, The Pirate Bay resurrects itself three days after Swedish Police confiscate their servers. Wired gives a full details.