IBM to help build $100 million supercomputer center: “The new Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations, planned to be operational by the end of the year, will be the largest supercomputing center at a university and one of the 10 largest in the world, according to its backers.” They didn’t have this kind of stuff when *I* was at RPI!
Improv Everywhere Mission: Best Buy
This is just hilarious.
They Might Be Giants
I’ve been humming Don’t Let’s Start all day. No clue why. I’m not complaining though. It must be time to pull out my TMBG CDs and start listening.
damn you, cartoon network.
I decided to try and catch up on Fullmetal Alchemist a bit today, wattching a few episodes off my Tivo. I was glad to see that I had the first few episodes in the queue. I had originally started watching it near the end of the series, then I stopped watching it, then a few episodes got deleted off my Tivo because I ran out of space. So, basically, I wasn’t too sure where I was going to be. I enjoyed the first episode, but I was really puzzled with the second. Not long into it, I started hearing a bunch of random farting noises. I thought maybe there was some plot-based reason for this, but I couldn’t think of one. After a few minutes, it became obvious that something was very wrong. I checked the original air date, and realized that the episode had aired on April Fool’s day. This Wikipedia article confirms that Cartoon Network stuck a bunch of random fart noises in some of their programs on April 1. Way to go, guys. You made a perfectly good episode of FMA unwatchable. Now I’m going to have to go out and buy the DVD or something.
101 Cookbooks – Beeramisu
Beeramisu: Basically, tiramisu with beer in it. Maybe not as bad an idea as I’d originally thought.
color printer
I’ve been using the same old b&w HP DeskJet 520 for the last 10 or 15 years. It’s always worked fine, and I’ve never really had a truly pressing need to print in color. I’ve had a Dell 720 color inkjet in a box gathering dust for the last year, though. It came free with my Dad’s computer, and he didn’t need a printer at the time, so I took it home. I finally decided to take it out of the box tonight and hook it up. It works OK, but it’s not astounding. If I’d paid money for it, I might be disappointed. I think I need to try and print something on good photo paper, and see how that looks. I don’t have much room on my computer desk, so I’m just sitting it on top of the DeskJet for now. Hopefully, that won’t be a problem.
eBay Express
I’m curious about eBay Express. Unfortunately, you (currently) can’t sell there unless you have a feedback rating of at least 100. I only just passed 75, so I’ve got a while to go. I’m not sure if they’ll change the rules when it’s out of beta.
Tommy Keene – Crashing The Ether
New Tommy Keene CD! This is a good thing indeed. It’s been a while since his last. I remember having the “Places That Are Gone” EP on vinyl long ago, and just wearing it out. The new CD is available on emusic, so it’s almost free if you’re a subscriber. Otherwise, $10 on iTunes, $14.50 from notlame, or $16.98 from Amazon.
Jonathan Coulton
Jonathan Coulton has been getting a bit of attention lately. I remember hearing his “Mandelbrot Set” song some time ago and enjoying it greatly. He’s got a new one named “Code Monkey” that’s pretty good. And I really like “Skullcrusher Mountain” too.
eBay and other stuff
The 15 eBay auctions I put up last Saturday are all done. I sold everything, though a few items only sold for the $1 minimum bid. Well, the purpose of this was more to clear up space than make money, so I guess that’s OK.
Meanwhile, I got a few DVDs in the mail Friday via Peerflix. Everything looks good, except for the Dune miniseries, which is missing disc 2, so I don’t have the last episode.