Hump-Day Techno-Ten

1. “Windows Live” - It just baffles me how much people rely on Windows as their OS. They have other options out there. If you don't want to plunk down the cash for an expensive Mac . . . run that Lynux/Unix stuff. It's friggin free. The only reason why people put up with the Windows headache is the fact that it comes pre-loaded in those cheap PC's. So, after going on that anti-Gates mini-rant . . . Windows Live is just a new version of MSN messenger. Whoopdeedoo.

2. Alito - Wait . . . GW Bush actually nominated a judge to the Supreme Court?? What's that guy smoking. I thought he was going the untraditional route. I heard that next up on his nomination list was his latina housekeeper, Leticia. And after that it was a chimpanzee called Jojo who knows how to sign. Imagine that, a chimp in a judge outfit handing out verdicts on the highest court in the land. I think Matt Leblanc could star in that movie. He's already done a chimp movie, and the way his NBC spin-off sitcom is going, he's going to need work soon.

3. “Rule 21” - A rule that has not been invoked in over 20 years. And why are the Republicans getting their collective panties in a bunch about this. Oh, that's right, because the Democrats called for it. I guess they want to find out just how fucked up our "Intelligence" was pre-Iraq war. Yeah, that's something to get all huffy puffy about. Friggin Republicans. You control pretty much all 3 branches of government . . . and still the Democrat resistance movement is tripping you up. Pathetic.

4. Microsoft - I could hate and rant and bitch about Microsoft all day long . . . but at the end of the day, after I put my iBook to sleep, I hop on the X Box to blow off steam. This is the only product that Microsoft has done with any certain measure of quality. And now that the X Box 360 is coming out, I will find myself spending 4 hundred dollars on a new game machine. I never thought I would pay more than 2 hundred for a console, but I am so enamoured with every aspect of the X Box that I will let it take all my money and not call me back in the morning.

5. Gomery - This pertains to some sort of report. Just what kind is unknown to me but it has to do with some Prime Minister called Jean Chretien. *Shrugs* I love being uninformed.

6. “Closed Session” - Does this have to do with a Senate hearing? Possible. I wonder why it's closed. Maybe they don't want us to see how badly they beat the crap out of the scant few Democrats in the Senate. It's probably like a fraternity hazing ritual in there where the Dems have to make out with goats and get paddled with canoe oars.

7. “Office Live” - More about the "revolutionary" updates that Microsoft is doing . . . being able to access MS Office online I guess. Who cares. Just send your wallet to Bill Gates already. You're going to end up giving him your money one way or another. Might as well take the direct route.

8. Ajax - I am perplexed by this term that consistently keeps showing up in Technorati. I guess it has to do something with computer cookies . . . and nothing to do with chocolate chip cookies. And since it has nothing to do with soft, chewy, recently baked choco-chip cookies . . . then I have no interest in this whatsoever. Hmm . . I just got hungry.

9. “Web 2.0” - You cannot get this. Stop looking for it. Unless you're in the government or pay 35 grand a semester and you're in college. Well, maybe not that much, but this is strictly for the lucky few that are working for the government or pursuing higher edumacation. You slackers sitting in your stained boxer shorts in your living room trying to download porn while watching the Jenny Jones show . . . it's not going to happen. You're not going to get Web 2.0. Deal with it.

10. “Harry Reid” - A lot of government related things today in the countdown. Which just leaves me with a big "blah, who cares" feeling. This whole term is shot. Nothing good will come out of it. Might as well move to Canada.