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Grad party

My graduation party was on Saturday night. It was also for my sister and our friends Nick, Mark, Michael, and Kelli. As you can probably imagine, there were a lot of people there. It was a little surprising to me because most of the people I invited didn’t go (it’s the summer now, so everbody’s off doing different things). It turned out that a lot of the people were family members. Also, Kelli invited half the world, so they were there too. Half the world doesn’t like to dance, it seems. I’m with them on that one. Anyway, I had a good time, I’m glad to report. It was nice seeing everyone there, and I thank those of you who managed to make it.

I’m still eagerly awaiting my laptop, which I think I’ll call Day Tripper (thanks, Luke). It hasn’t shipped yet, it seems, but I just ordered it last Tuesday. I’ve never been that crazy about laptops (especially the whole touchpad thing — I’ll have to get a USB mouse), but I’ll have to get used to them because I have no other choice. If you’re wondering what a laptop running Linux out of the box looks like, check out some photos from some guy who just bought one. (It took the guy about 8 minutes to get up and running on his new laptop. Take that, Windows.) I, of course, will take lots of pictures of my laptop when I get it.

Hey guys in the South Florida metropolitan area: I have over 400 National Geographics for sale. You want to buy them.

I’ve previously written about the Plymouth Belvedere that was buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a time capsule on June 15, 1957, to be opened 50 years later. On June 15, 2007, the car was unveiled. Water had seeped into its underground bunker, causing the car to rust almost completely. Here’s the obligatory photo gallery. As part of the original publicity stunt, the person who correctly guessed what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007 would win the car that year (unless they were dead, in which case it would go to their heirs). However, the search is on for the list of entrants and their guesses, which was stored on microfilm inside the car. Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea.

Remember when the HD DVD process key, a 128-bit integer, was made public? The incident led to a number of cease-and-desists while people questioned the supposed right to have ownership of a number. Well, now you can get your very own integer that you can forbid other people from distributing! Here’s mine: 01 56 95 41 46 ED 8B 3C 45 B9 FD EB 3B CE AC 38. Don’t copy it, or I’ll sue you.