Steven M Scotten

Apparently a 2.1 gHz G5 has enough horsepower to decode an HDTV signal and display it fullscreen without the stuttering pauses that plagued the setup on the old dual-processor G4 system. The cinema aspect ratio monitor isn’t much bigger than my old CRT, but it is wider, so

One of the problems of reading books that have been recommended is the fall to reality from the expectations generated by high praise. Light almost certainly suffered from this. Although I found it to be an enjoyable read, I did not find Light to be engaging. The characters were largely

Hear that? It’s the sound of my insurance rates going through the roof. [http://pics.livejournal.com/splicer/pic/000133e7/]Speed Triple insurance pic One of the pictures of the 955i that I sent to my insurance company [http://pics.livejournal.com/splicer/pic/00014659/]Another of the pictures

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/03/MNGHFHI5HM4.DTL&type=printable [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/03/MNGHFHI5HM4.DTL&type=printable] This morning was the second time since returning to work that my commute on the train

It was on this day in 2005 that I walked into Golden Gate Cycles on Pine Street and paid way too much for an underpowered but shiny and pretty miniature cruiser. I’d had my motorcycle endorsement for all of thirty hours and was determined not to be the squid

For whatever reason, the Tiananmen protests stuck with me more than the fall of the Berlin Wall. I find people rallying against an oppressive regime a more compelling story than a large military force surrendering to another large military force. Maybe it’s just the drama of the story, or