Smash

Oh my. I smashed my car today. Not good. Anyway, here are the pictures. It gets towed Monday.

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Outside St John's

Here is the outside of the place I stayed while in Sydney over summer. Quite impressive.

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Just a little TV

Here is my brand spanking new 50" plasma TV. It is the Samsung PS50P91FDX. I have been happy with it so far. The video quality is awesome and it replaces my AV receiver as the audio and video switching device. It does HDMI, component, composite and vga where as the receiver only switched component. According to some website (I can't remember the URL) it is best to burn in your plasma at 50% contrast for the first 50 -100 hours. This is because the phosphorous is most prone to damage in the earlier hours of its use. I don't know if this is actually true or just yet another urban myth. I am giving it a go anyway.

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I'm Beached as Bro

This video of a beached NZ whale is quite hilarious. Great accent impersonation. I couldn't have done better myself.

My Shared News

I am sharing my favorite news stories via Google Reader. This is one of the many nice features of the product. Hope you find them interesting.

WinSplit Revolution

If you use Windows and a large monitor WinSplit Revolution is a handy tool. It easily allows tiling of windows using the ctrl + alt + number cobination. It uses the fact the number pad is of somewhat similar shape to a screen. You can find more at the  programs website. This reminds me of using nvidia grid lines but it is far more user friendly. It is not as powerful as some tile based X11 window managers such as wmii and xmonad. Then again it is not a window manager.

Wish List

Here is my mammoth Amazon wish list.

Chris's Amazon Wish List

A great source for gifts ideas. I am unsure if I will be able to finish the list before I die. It is largely dominated by computing, math and science topics. Maybe one day this will change too.