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Tuesday, November 2, 2004

The Da Vinci Code

Pretty good book. Intelligent, reasonably accurate and believable. I actually read this in the UK not long after we saw Roslin Chapel for ourselves.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385504209/qid=1099530307/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-2836647-7374515?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Bubba Ho-tep

What a stupid, sad movie. Very few funny scenes and not very origional except Bruce Cambell is old.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281686/

Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow

Sweet, sweet flick. Exactly like being in an old movie theatre. If you like old-style sci-fi movies youll love this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/

Chronicles of Riddick

Imaginative sets, cool effects, but a dead and inexplicable story. 6/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296572/

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Our Sun, a relative newcomer to the Galaxy, will, like your least favorite uncle, go funny as it ages. In another five billion years or so, it will swell up, swallow a few inner planets, and boil away all that?s interesting on our world. Our descendants (presuming we have any) will relocate to a better neighborhood ? bringing along photos and artifacts for future museum exhibits on "Earth: the Planet That Was."
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_thursday_041021.html

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Top 10 Sci-fi Films

1: Blade Runner. Nuff said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1290561,00.html

Friday, August 20, 2004

Six Big Myths Of IT

IT Myth 1: Server upgrades matter Reality: Don?t pay extra for upgradability; you?ll never need it
IT Myth 2: Eighty percent of corporate data resides on mainframes Reality: Try 50 percent, or even less
IT Myth 3: All big shops run multiple platforms Reality: This myth is closer to fact than fiction
IT Myth 4: CIOs and CTOs have a greater need for business savvy than tech expertise Reality: Tech chops matter more than ever
IT Myth 5: Most IT projects fail Reality: It all depends on how you define failure
IT Myth 6: IT doesnt scale Reality: Virtually any technology is scalable, provided you combine the right ingredients and implement them effectively
IT alligator tales Urban legends run amok in the technology world
http://www.infoworld.com/reports/33SRmythsofit.html