We lied to you – A Letter from the computer industry to the entertainment industry. Via Boing Boing
Archives for September 2004
Rest in Peace Russ Meyer
The man who brought us “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” and “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” has died: CNN.com: Legendary filmmaker Russ Meyer dead – Sep 22, 2004
Maple Syrup Grades
4096 Color Wheel
4096 Color Wheel – Hat tip to Pamela
Happy Birthday Mr. Cohen
Image from The Leonard Cohen Files
Leonard Cohen, one of the best singer/songwriters celebrates his 70th birthday today. Come late October, he will release a new album, Dear Heather, adding it to an impressive discography. He is an inspiration to a wide array of musicians and artists, including Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, R.E.M., Tori Amos, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Trent Reznor and Nina Simone among many others, resulting in over 900 covers of his songs.
Happy birthday Mr. Cohen.
Interested in learning more about Leonard Cohen? Check these sites out:
- 70 Interesting facts about Leonard Cohen
- The Leonard Cohen Files – The ultimate resource for information about Leonard Cohen
- Wikipedia Entry for Leonard Cohen
- Leonard Cohen CDs at Amazon
No OS X on My Beige G3
Grrrr. Apple decided that they would no longer support older beige G3s when they released OS 10.3. Apparently, if the machine doesn’t have built-in USB capabilities and a PCI video card, it doesn’t qualify. This is rather sad, as the machine in question could easily handle 10.3 otherwise. In fact, from my research, 10.3 actually runs faster than 10.2, which would easily make it worth the upgrade cost. But, Apple has said I cannot use it, so purchasing the upgrade would be a waste of money.
I found a few sites discussing ways to circumvent the issue. Some people have been able to install 10.3 on older machines, using XPostFacto, but frankly, there are too many hoops to jump through, without any guarantee that it will work, or that it will remain stable over the long run. This is not a good thing as I plan to use the machine as a simple file server. Stability is kind of important, right? Right.
I repeat….Grrrr