Good news: Today I started a new job with an awesome company that all true geeks would know and recognize. I’m so excited. Should be lots of fun and a great opportunity. It’s Java programming with Hibernate, Struts, J2EE, etc., etc.
Bad news: I found out today around 3:00 PM that my grandfather passed away. He would have been 93 years old next month.
According to the NPR website, A European spacecraft will end its mission Saturday night with a crash landing on the moon. The little spacecraft, called SMART-1, was launched in 2003. And it made it all the way to the moon on solar power and an ion drive.
SMART-1, which has been orbiting lower and lower around the moon, will soon crash onto the surface of the moon. Time of impact should be around about 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Pacific time. The flash of the collision may be visible from some parts of the United States.
UPDATE: I received an email from Popgadget and a linkback has been added to their post.
It really irks me when this happens. I’ve had a few people link to my post about Beer-flavored gummies and they were kind enough to link back to my site. For that, I thank those sites.
Now, Popgadget has blatantlyripped me off. They used the same image (I found that image on ebay - notice the logo in the botton right), the image is the exact same size, they linked to the same site I did, and they essentially just rewrote what I wrote. All of this with no link back to me.
Am I crazy or is that a blatant rip? You would think that a site as big as Popgadget (ranked 620 on Technorati) would have some ethics. Guess not. I even left a comment asking about this and of course it was moderated.
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If they truly do perform as well as they make them sound, I want a pair!
I just saw this exact music video on the local public access channel. It’s a woman named Sue Fabisch singing “Wal-Mart Woman” off of her album “Music 4 Mommies: Volume 1 - Songs to make you laugh!” and it indeed did make me laugh. It’s funny yet scary. In the song and video, she sings the praises of Wal-mart.
