Archive for January, 2007
Oracle portal sucks
I was fighting with Oracle Portal today, and in a moment of frustration I thought I’d check to see if anybody owned oracleportalsucks.com. Turns out nobody owned it so I snatched it up and slapped together a little site to take out my frustrations.
It’s amazing how easy it is nowadays to put up a quickie […]
We take dining-out seriously
For a while this afternoon, the lead story on the Courier-Journal’s Web site was about the new executive chef at the Brown Hotel. It’s either a slow news day or Louisville takes its dining seriously.
I’ve never actually dined at any of the restaurants in the Brown, though I’ve heard it’s good. Just seems a bit […]
“Lord of the Rings Symphony” was underwhelming
I saw the Lord of the Rings Symphony performance last night by the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by several adult and youth orchestras. Apparently I am woefully out of touch with what constitutes a great symphonic performance, because while most of the audience gave this a standing ovation I felt underwhelmed.
First off, it’s too repetitive. […]
“World of Warcraft” generating upwards of $120 million per month
So this article about the recent World of Warcraft expansion pack mentions that there are now 8 million subscribers to WoW. I’m not one of them, because I can’t play first-person games. I get extremely motion-sick watching those kind of games, the more violent the on-screen motion the quicker I get to the point where […]
Does Obama stand a chance?
So Barack Obama is officially forming a presidential exploratory committee, basically a way candidates can raise money for a possible run at the presidency. He apparently plans to use the committee for a few weeks to actually explore his chances, which is a little unusual. Most politicians who form these committee’s already know that they’re […]
Gas for just over $2
I filled up the gas tank this morning on my way in to work. If I’d known how heavy the downpour was going to be today I probably would have tried to fill it up last night. But anyway, when I pulled into the gas station I saw that the regular unleaded was just $2.02. […]
What makes baby pandas so cute?
I think it’s pretty much a given that baby panda bears are super cute. The Atlanta Zoo unveiled their new baby panda to the public yesterday, and are estimating that it may as much as quadruple attendence to the zoo over the next few months. Four times as many people may wander over to the […]
HD-DVD may have won the format wars, thanks to porn
At least one pundit reports from the Adult Entertainment Expo (held in Las Vegas to coincide with CES) that the porn industry universally favors HD-DVD over BluRay as the next-generation format. Those of us old enough to remember the whole Betamax-vs-VHS battle also remember that porn essentially decided that fight in favor of VHS. Sony […]
Theme keeps switching
For some reason the theme on this blog keeps switching back to the default. If I can’t figure it out, my thought is that I’ll simply copy the theme I want into the default theme directory and just run it from there.
I’ve searched the Wordpress Codex and there are reports of similar behavior, but the […]
Panera has the best hot chocolate
I sometimes find it difficult to study at home. It probably dates back to school, when my dorm room was so cramped it felt claustrophobic. So I would always go find a study carrel somewhere, at the library or the Zachry Engineering Center, rather than try to study in the room.
Today I live in a house […]