sometimes a blog by Dan Greene
36 Greatest Bill Gates quotes, just for Apple fanboys
No idea if Bill actually said all these or not but I like;
“I have 100 billion dollars… You realize I could spend 3 million dollars a day, every day, for the next 100 years? And that’s if I don’t make another dime. Tell you what-I’ll buy your right arm for a million dollars. I give you a million bucks, and I get to sever your arm right here.”
A little too violent I think. 🙂
The not that bitter King of New Orleans got a quiz in which he gives the real answers to the U.S. citizenship test.
For 605 million pounds, what would you expect a modern Royal Navy warship to have? Modern weapons systems, and all the latest technology certainly. The HMS Daring has the best crew quarters ever on a British warship. The individual cabins have CD player, internet access, five channel audio and yes iPod charging stations. The new ship with enter service in 2009. Hopefully the iPod connectors will still be the same in three years….
Well, Survivor starts tonight. The Johnson City Press has another article on Melinda Hyder from Elizabethton. From the commercials, this game seems substantially different from earlier editions. Should be interesting to watch.
I didn’t watch the State of the Union, expect for a minute or two on Telemundo as I was flipping channels. Hearing the speech in Spanish was pretty entertaining. Even more entertaining is this version of the State of the Union from eBaum’s World.
Brilliant Screen Entertainment is looking to see if there is an audience for a second season of Firefly. Fill out this survey and show them that you want more Firefly.
This company has stirred up quite a lot of buzz from Firefly fans and it remains to be seen up the company actually has any real ability to attempt a second Firefly season. But filling out a survey can’t hurt.
Here is a response to all the mostly negative forum buzz.
Also of interest to fans, a Firefly quote generator.
&*@#! language on the rise – Teachers, students say swearing is getting worse.
My mom can probably back this story up, she sees behavior in her kindergarten kids now that used to be only in higher grades. I have to disagree with parts of this article. “Sucks” is not a swear word. Sure, it’s not the best English but it’s hardly at the same level as the classic four letter words. I’m of the option that swearing has it’s place. Sometimes you just really can’t express yourself any other way. But use those types of words too much and they loose their effectiveness.
I did pretty well on the test, the questions are pretty focused on American Library History, I’m pretty sure the questions I missed were the put Dewey and LC in the right order. I’m not that good of a cataloger. 🙂 Questions about the test, such as the right answers,can be directed here.
| Head Librarian You scored 86% on knowledge of librarianship. |
| No pun intended. You know your stuff! Not only do you know the basics, but you know your library history, your who’s who, your politics, and your technicalities. You are a true-blue librarian. |
My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Are You a Librarian Test written by attention on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test |
The new Dr. Who series (BBC site) has been playing in the UK for a while now. It’s going to be shown in the US on the SCI-FI channel.
I remember watching the original Dr. Who (BBC site) on PBS. It’s the first sci-fi I ever saw on TV, although it’s probably tied with The Incredible Hulk for that honor. I’m looking forward to seeing the new Dr. Who.
The latest edition of Survivor starts February 2. It has yet another person for my original neck of the woods, Melinda. The Johnson City Press has an article abut her.
