January 26, 2004

There were 3 posts published on January 26, 2004 (this is page 1 of 1).

Austrailian Traffic Engineer Captures UFO in Photo

Eleven days ago, a traffic engineer working in Melbourne, Australia snapped a digital photograph of a railroad crossing, only to find a UFO appeared in the photograph. The link goes to the website of the local government, which has no official opinion on the object.

It’s an amazing photograph. The object doesn’t look like any aircraft I’ve ever seen. Yet there it is, plain as day.

I’ve been posting reality-bending stories like these on my other weblog, Mindblogging.com. Please don’t make fun of me for not sprucing it up yet. 🙂
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CoLinux – Native Linux apps under Windows

Check this out. Cooperative Linux is a project which allows Linux apps to be run natively under Windows, at Ring 0. The promise of protected-mode CPUs is made real. Its kind of like how OS/2 used to run Windows 3.1 apps in a virtual session.

Maybe its no coincidence that VMWare was recently sold. I wonder if they saw the writing on the wall?

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Boat Drinks

This weather calls for Jimmy Buffett.
For more ice relief, listen to Radio Margaritaville.
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Boat drinks. Boys in the band ordered boat drinks.
Visitors just scored on the home rink.
Everything seems to be wrong.

Lately, newspaper mentioned cheap airfare.
I’ve got to fly to Saint Somewhere.
I’m close to bodily harm.

Chorus
Twenty degrees and the hockey games on.
Nobody cares; they are way too far gone,
screamin’ “Boat drinks,” somethin’
to keep them all warm.
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