Thinking inside the boxThinking inside the boxInto the sunset- June 8, 2008 I finally got around to dropping four old computers off to recycling. Triton, a community college nearby, had a recycling event where students volunteered, and so I finally got around to dropping two generations of old computers off. Old computers, I hear you ask, well how old Real old. The older two were from an age where the bios didn't yet boot off cdroms -- circa 1995. We had bought those in Kingston just off the Queen's campus. These were respectively a pentium 90 and a pentium 100,...http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2008/06/07#recycled_four_old_ones Wayne Shorter at the CSO- June 7, 2008 Just got home from the 'An Evening with Wayne Shorter' concert at the CSO, part of this year's tour apropos his 75th birthday. The man is a legend and one my favourite musicians for both his own Blue Note work from the 60s and of course his participation in the legendary Miles Davis Quintet of the same period. Shorter (ts, as) was playing with his quartet of recent years: Danilo Perez (p), John Patitucci (b) and Brian Blade (dr). And playing they did. Shorter has such a soft lyrical tone,...http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2008/06/06#wayne_short_jun2006 Adventures with Comcast: Part ohbynowIhavelostcount in an ongoing series- June 6, 2008 Regular readers of this blog (ed: oxymoron alert) may recall tales of woe with our beloved (ha!) cable internet provider such as this; then there are of course minor tales like this or this or this or the other stories on on this page but I am probably forgetting others. Anyway, yesterday's highlight was initiated with a mail, seemingly sent to all customers, informing me that ACTION REQUIRED: Comcast has determined that your computer(s) have been used to send unsolicited email...http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2008/06/05#comcast_blocks_port_25 |