Chaos Terminal

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  • Hmm, factoring in employer contribution, my 401k currently has a return of 57.02% and my stock currently has a return of 32.03%. I like investing!

  • As of today, Windows Mobile powered Smartphones are available in the US! AT&T Wireless is carrying the Motorola MPx200. This is a monumental leap forward for my department. We have been working on the Smartphone platform for years and we are now in the US market! The AT&T site is selling the phone for $299, but until 10/28/2003, Amazon has the phone for $149.99 (after $150 mail-in rebate).



    It is difficult to explain just how powerful these phones are in words. First off, it’s a great phone. Reception is rarely an issue, audio quality is fantastic and all the features of a regular phone are there. Combine that with a full-fledged PIM (calendar, contacts, tasks, email), MP3 and video player, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, and more! An additional feature that not many people know about is you can use most of these phones as a wireless modem as well! Anywhere you go with your laptop, just connect your phone with the provided USB cable and now you are on the internet!



    The longer I am in this department, the more I love the products.

  • BBC Top Gear: “I’m told that on a track, any track, the [Focus] RS is faster than a Subaru Impreza. Better looking too, but that’s not hard.” Haha, I’m starting to agree with all the reports about the looks of the Impreza. Sorry, Jeff and Joe, it really doesn’t look all that hot. Then again, I almost bought this and even I know it looks like crap.

  • My god, look at the travel on this suspension! The wheels have to be a good 8-10 inches away from their default height. The expansion pressure on those shocks must be enormous.

  • Seems like fall in Seattle (taken from my balcony).

  • Oh, yesterday’s flag football game? We lost, 52-7.

  • Endurance races in Gran Turismo 3 are a bitch! The easiest one, im my opinion, is the Roadster race. All of the cars are stock roadsters, so it’s fairly easy to get a useable car from the start. I used a Mazda LS with super-slick (AKA high-endurance) tires. It took over 70 minutes to complete 40 laps, but I demolished the competition! I lapped everyone and almost double lapped the slowest car. There are four possible cars you can receive after winning this race (F688/S F1, Mazda Miata, Mazda Miata 1.8 RS or Mazda Miata RS) and of course I got the worst one (the plain Miata). Sigh.

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Review for PC at GameSpot. Jeff and I were going to split the cost of a copy, but then he realized his computer couldn’t handle it. Looks like I’m flying solo!

  • The combined score for my flag football team thus far is 9-184 (0-42, 0-28, 7-35, 0-51 and 2-28). Pathetic!

  • New Edition Announcements. Comments later.



    Update: That is a link to a new model of Miata. A lot of people get into car racing through Miatas, so I’m keeping an eye on new model developments. I can’t really fit into one, so it won’t affect me.