I’ve been struggling mightily for a while to get Yellow Dog running on my iBook again (I needed the whole hard drive to move my iTunes collection a while back; don’t ask). Specifically, to get Airport running under Yellowdog.
I couldn’t figure out what the problem was. The system was up to date, all the hardware was recognized correctly, I had the right WEP, channel, and station.
Hmm.
I went so far as updating the kernel, when I realized I’d forgotten to check “Get DNS Automatically”.
D’oh.
Checked it, restarted the network services and I was up.
I still like Yellowdog. But now I need a 3 button mouse.
He’s the man.
Today’s stage (Stage 15) rocked. Griping by washed up French cyclists aside, the Tour’s been outstanding this year, and today’s stage was one of the best yet.
Ullrich took a flier on the next-to-the-last climb. Just powered away up the hill. Armstrong watched him with a look of “he’ll be back” and kept working his own pace. What was curious, though was CSC’s reaction. I’ll let Cyril (the “washed up frenchie”) take it:
Ivan Basso was sitting in the Armstrong pack with his teammate Carlos Sastre. In addition, they had Jens Voigt up the road. They were in great position as Voigt could possibly have broken up the group more (and taken bonus seconds at the finish line), OR with Armstrong chasing, there was, a chance he would tire and Basso could attack him on the final climb and win the stage. Instead, Bjarne Riis, the CSC director told Voigt to hold up, and wait until the Armstrong group caught him and then work to chase down Ullrich.
Instead, the stage ends with Kloeden, Ullrich, Basso, Armstrong and Leipheimer climbing strong with 500 meters to go. Kloeden’s leading out Ullrich, and picks up the pace. Leipheimer goes into distress and drops out of contact. Ullrich tries to launch, but can’t go past Kloeden’s pace (Who is leading T-Mobile, btw? IMO, Kloeden’s having a much, much stronger Tour). Basso goes, dropping the Germans like they’re sitting still. Armstrong jumps to counter, and weaves around the two corners approaching the finish like he’s threading a needle, takes a glance back to make sure Basso’s safely away, then crosses the line with the two fist salute and a second pump for good measure.
I still wish someone else were making a go of it, but I’ll hand it to Lance – he owns it.
This probably offends all of us…for different reasons maybe, but we’d probably all agree it’s offensive.
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Here’s some Appalachian folksters collaborating with a Richmond hip-hop producer to pump out some jams.
It’s pretty good, what there is of it. No MC, unfortunately, but imagine bluegrass with a little bump in it, and you’ll get the picture.
This list from Retrocrush.com covers — not cool albums or even songs — just snippets of songs (rock and roll, baby) including mp3s where they could find them.
My favorite is the Biz at #22:
Purists may cringe at my use of the terms “Biz Markie” and “Music” in the same feature, but there’s something so special and goofy about The Biz’s vocals in “Just a Friend” that you can’t help but love it. Sure, he sounds like a retarded cow that got hit by a car when he bleats out, “YOOUUUUUUU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEED!”, but he may very well have the best retarded cow that got hit by a car vocalist of all time.
Those vulturous families of sailors killed in action are at it again. This time they’re going after the hapless, but deep-pocketed, Sudanese government, trying to get some Benjamins to replace their lost loved ones.
At this rate, terrorist-harboring governments like Sudan are going to be driven out of business by insurance costs. In the meantime, guess who pays for it in the form of higher prices on groundnuts and gum arabic at the checkout counter? Yep, you and me.
Today’s reason: Bad science.
Bush feels free to spend $1B on a mission to mars but coming up with $28M to save a highly succesful weather satellite or a similar small amount to save the best telescope built to-date.
(I’m not sure what he’s got against Hubble, but I do know the weather satellite has provided lots of evidence to support the environmental damage done by destroying rain forests. Maybe he’s been doing no-bid contracts with Aliens and doesn’t want us to see photos of their work.)
He’s been having the snot kicked out of him, and Ullrich sounds pretty downcast. He is still T-Mobile’s titular leader, but is willing to let Kloeden ride off on his own. If I think (Kloeden) has the stronger legs, then he not only should but must go for it alone
Quick discussions –
1) I’ve stopped following the live feed at the office because A) it sucks time away from working, and B) it makes watching the stage kind of anti-climactic. Knowing on Bastille Day that the frenchie had taken a successful flier was cool, but took all of the suspense out of watching the race.
2) Bob Roll and Al Trautwig vs Phil and Paul – As painful as Troutwig can be, I think I actually prefer Bob and Al to Phil and Paul. We (me and the boys) watched in real-time on Saturday while Missy was at the gym, and the lack of off-beat commentary from Bob pushed the event way back into geeky status.
Lybia is planning on sueing Sec. of State Powell after he called the Libyan government “totalitarian”.
John Kerry has no policy regarding Libya on his website. Which means he’d probably take a “nuanced” approach over a known sponsor of terror (Lockerbie, Achille Lauro), and a man who’s oppressed his North African country for the greater part of 4 decades.