October 2009
93 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Innerzone Orchestra (2)
Common (2)
Bohren & der Club of Gore (1)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1)
The John Butler Trio (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Here goes nothing ...
atheistramblings:
Since I’m already using Thunderbird, Firefox and OpenOffice I’ve decided to blow away Windows XP (32-bit) on my main PC and replace it with Ubuntu 9.04 (64-bit). So here goes …
9.10 is out in about a week..
either way, you won’t regret it. but if you do, XP runs faster virtualised through VMWare.
The cost of Windows 7 Professional Upgrade
atheistramblings:
On the US Microsoft web site US$199 = AUD$215
On the British Microsoft web site GBP189 = AUD$338
On the Australian Microsoft web site AUD$399
And before you ask, yes I live in Australia, and MS won’t let me buy the software from the US web site (Amazon won’t let me buy it from them either).
Update: News.com article on how Microsoft is ripping off Australian consumers.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Johnny Cash (2)
A Silver Mt. Zion (2)
Bohren & der Club of Gore (2)
John Coltrane (2)
Gil Scott-Heron (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Before we get too obsessed with this silver...
omg-nowai:
soupsoup:
floggeddeadhorse:
Let’s not forget what else happened in the news today: JP Morgan Chase reported $3.6 BILLION in profits in the 3rd quarter. Goldman Saches reported $3.2 BILLION. Major US Banks and securities firms are planning on paying $140 BILLION in compensation this year. Goldman alone will be paying $20 BILLION in BONUSES ALONE. That’s an average BONUS of $700,000...
ketamine was quite fun, though bitterly...
memories.
He doesn’t deserve this prize. All these problems — Iraq, Afghanistan — have not...
– Issam al-Khazraji, a day laborer in Baghdad
ROAD TO LADAKH
Why is this movie always on at 1:30am on a Thursday??
This movie was one of the main reasons I went to India.
Next time I’ll actually get to Leh.
http://zombo.com/ →
You won’t be dissapointed