I take that back

I am no longer complaining that it's rainy. Today was a beautiful 80 degree sunny day. That only took until what, the middle of April? Looks like clear sailing for at least the next week. The real test of my weather forecasting skills is whether I decide to wash the car this weekend.

For those of you who aren't in America, I realize that an 80 degree day probably sounds like hell on Earth, so my choice of "beautiful" there might lead you to question whether I am some kind of devil.

Dog bites man

Malibu resident to convert 747 jet into a house

That's not news.  News would look like:

Malibu resident to convert house into a 747.

Foam For Independence

When foam tests go wrong.

Trees

My photo on the blog was taken at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, near Angels Camp, CA, back in 2003. You too can sit on huge trees.

Calaveras Big Trees State Park web site

Web 2.0

I got an article from InfoWorld today (they spam my inbox pretty thoroughly with several notes per day) discussing Web 2.0, what Web 2.0, how there is disagreement among experts about what Web 2.0 is...

So who invented this term? And how many cycles are being wasted in the industry as a result of someone inventing that term, and lots of management types running around having meetings discussing the meaning of it?

And why does it matter? No sooner will we all think we've agreed on a definition of "Web 2.0" than they'll just come up with another term.

Rain Rain Rainrainrainrainranranrnarnrnrnrnnn

Is it ever going to stop raining?

Linux RAID on a Marvell SATA controller?

What will they think of next?

Here is an only somewhat dated article describing how to install Fedora Core 3 with RAID on a Supermicro SuperServer 5013C-MT. I wrote this up a while back when I was having difficulty getting it to work -- the vendor, apparently, had assumed that everyone either ran Windows 2000, or shelled out money for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions.

I'm sure you can use the principles I've described to get it working with other variants of Linux too -- I just gave the blow by blow description of my particular situation.

It works just great, by the way.

Speaking of gold...

I have just finished putting together my income taxes and writing out a few checks. Off to copy the forms and stand in line at the post office tomorrow morning and waste some time.

On the side this evening I have been putting together some thoughts about the price of gold. But more research required here. If I find out anything interesting I may post it here.

What has Apple been up to?

In the previous article I referenced, I can't be the only person who read that as "QuickTime pit".

If you didn't notice it, you're going to be wondering what to search for in the article to find what I'm talking about.

It's light outside

I love Daylight Savings Time too. I'm one of those people who wouldn't mind too much if we had it all year round, but I realize that makes me some kind of freak. I liked Lileks' comments.

There are those who do not like Daylight Savings Time – it’s false time, a patent lie; why not say the sun sets at midnight? You can believe these things if you like, but do not bring them up in my presence. By my lights, setting the clocks back is the unnatural part. As a night owl, I treasure the longer evenings, and few things put a lilt in this grey hard lump of anthracite I call a heart than stepping outside at eight and seeing the world has not been cast back in the black pit. I love Daylight Savings Time. For that matter I’m used to its conclusion; it’s actually become part of the rhythm of the year for me. When the clocks go back the day seems to contract; when they leap ahead – in a single bound, as though they’ve been straining at the leash – the day expands and exhales. It’s a wonderful thing. People who oppose it are ugly and stupid and un-American and wrong and evil and anti-life.