Finally got to the end of my Reader queue

I think I'm trying to stay on top of too many feeds.

Spock?

Played briefly with Spock, but I'd have to admit I just don't get it.

Apple, please get with the Java program ( 13949712720901ForOSX )

So, I'll bite.

13949712720901ForOSX

I'd like to see Apple release a quality Java 6 JDK for OS X. I'd further like to see them admit that they're not going to release these things with any kind of regularity, and so they'd like to instead encourage Sun to do it for them or even better that they'd like to kick what resources they can into doing this work in open source.

Actually, personally, I'd love to see Apple's software empire collapse, hoisted on its own petard.

A model of "please, please, oh vendor, grace us by giving us the obvious thing this platform needs to be a good platform for which to develop stuff" is pretty hopelessly broken. I'm more in favor of a free as in freedom model where everyone is maximally empowered to produce maximally excellent software for the platform. One path to this empowerment is making all the source code free to read, free to use, free to modify, and free to redistribute.

However, I don't have a lot of hope for Apple open-sourcing all their IP in the near term, and that will be just fine. (I get very OS X like experiences on Ubuntu where I'm allowed to see the source code I'm running and even modify and redistribute it, incidentally.)

It would be better for JDK 6 to be unambiguously the go-to modern Java platform, without having to deal with any whining from Mac OS X users that it's hard to get working on that platform, so, Apple, please get with the program.

Ok, thanks, bye.

Riesling

I'm sure the Riesling tasted better for having been consumed in the company of family, but the 2006 Leitz Dragonstone Riesling I tasted this Thanksgiving was very good.

Lindor Truffles

Picked up a birthday present from the apartment package cache today. Lindor Truffles are delicious! So cool.

I'd like to sell a vowel

Finally made my ItsYourTurn.com move. Too late to stay in my Jamble games with dad, unfortunately.

Some Walkable Locations

I live where there are Some Walkable Locations according to WalkScore.come. I'm pretty amazed the score is this high.

Amazon Kindle: Only Good for Kindling

Succinct yet devastating remarks on Amazon's latest Defective By Design offering, Kindle, replete with Digital Restrictions Management technology.

Beat Mystic Inn

I beat the computer game Mystic Inn this evening. It was oddly compelling.

Enough wasting time, though. Chores to do.

uPortal video

Impressive video showcasing uPortal.

Just a Chance that Maybe We'll Find Better Days

On the occasion of a birthday.

And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

And it's someplace simple where we could live
And something only You can give
And that's faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

Better Days
The Goo Goo Dolls

Trains are fun

Took Amtrak from New Haven to New York Penn Station. Then took the Long Island Rail Road from Penn Station to Jamaica Station today. That was pretty fun. I like trains. Then I took the Air Train from Jamaica to JFK. Then I caught a plane back to Phoenix.

Yale Harvard Game

Went to the Yale-Harvard game at the Yale Bowl today.

Dogsitting

Dogsitting Johan and Cubby. (And catsitting Alexis, Reggie, and Shenanigans).

Johan has a slight limp, he hurt his leg somehow. Gimpy dog (yet still distinguished and handsome). So he got a very short walk up the sidewalk and back.

Cubby appears to be well and was jumping around, so he got more than an hour worth of walking, which took some of the starch out of him.

All five animals gathered round when I had a cheeseburger for dinner. Bunch of vultures. I didn't let them have any.

A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Science, and Language

This xkcd web comic is here included under a
Creative Commons License.

My Normal Approach is Useless Here

This xkcd web comic is here included under a
Creative Commons License.

First Friday

First Friday art walk in Phoenix.

Also spent some time playing FreeRice.