General

I understand.  I’ve been running Radio now on a Sony VAIO PCG-R505JL SuperSlim, it’s a P3-750 w/ 384MB of RAM, and cranks like a well oiled machine.  The old P2-400 Z505RX is headed for semi-retirement upstairs.  Wow! I’ve been running “radio” on my iBook from a firewire drive. Tonite was the first time I plugged the drive into my G4 Cube. The performance is unbelievable. Truly a broadband eXperience, like having a datacenter connected to your house with a pipe the size of the lincoln tunnel. [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]

Well, my fingers are crossed anyways.  Yes, the Patriots can beat the Rams!. The problem is, they won’t. [Salon.com]

As well we should.  US ‘ready to go it alone’. One of President George W Bush’s key security advisers says the US is prepared to act alone to protect itself from terrorist attack. [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]

Amazing how people of goodwill like this can disagree so vehemently.  Dolphin Rescuers Fight Over Who’ll Do Job. Arguments between marine activists and dolphin rescue agencies in the Florida Keys are beginning to resemble an ugly custody battle. [The New York Times: National]

Amtrak rocks, at least from Boston to NYC.  The new Acela train is wildly cool.  Amtrak seeks $1.2 billion. Amtrak, a publicly-owned national passenger railroad, created by Congress in 1970, has recently asked the US government for an increase in funding for next year, more than doubling the amount that it received this year. [kuro5hin.org]

I love Google.  This would be seriously cool.  Thanks to Dane Carlson for the link to this PC World interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Interesting read. I think Google is coming to the desktop. When I first read that interview a few days ago I thought Schmidt as much as said so. But on a re-read I realize he didn’t. I still see Google-On-The-Desktop coming soon. An easy to install HTTP server that communicates with the mother ship via XML and can search the local area network as effectively as the whole Internet. $40 per year. They’ll make a boatload of money. IPO.   [Scripting News]

The author of this is a fucking idiot.  The state we’re in. Last night, George Bush gave the annual State of the Union address. I did not watch it, because it was broadcast here where I live at 3 am, but I have read the transcript. Some highlights… [kuro5hin.org]