..:: @ The Inauguration Behind This Hat ::..

A great way to shake off some insomnia is looking at the unrealistically hi-def photo created at the innauguration.  It’s a composite image of 200+ 1,474 megapixel shots.  And holy crap, my Olympus is underpowered compared to this mofo.

Click here to check it out.  Word on the street is you can see Yo Yo Ma taking a picture with this iPhone.  Have at it.

Tip o’ the hat to SS for bringing it to my attention.

EDIT:  Found him

..:: I’ve Hit The End Of Facebook ::..

..:: Bring Me The Head of Eddie Edwards ::..

Shamelessly copy ‘n pasted from seacoastonline.com:

PORTSMOUTH — The state’s top liquor law enforcer suggests a one-drink-per-hour law is a better way to revise state law than a bill supported by a group of local restaurant and bar owners and workers.

The local group wants to add the phrase “knowingly serve” to the law concerning responsibility in serving alcohol to underage and intoxicated customers.

Eddie Edwards, the state liquor law enforcement chief, said the bar and restaurant owners have a legitimate point. But he offered an alternative he called a “safe harbor” law.

Edwards’ proposal says that operators can serve one drink per hour, four at a sitting. One drink is defined as 1 ounce of spirits, 5 ounces of wine or 12 ounces of beer.

“Here’s the criteria — you can only consume so much alcohol,” Edwards said. “If I give you four, five drinks an hour, you should know that this makes someone intoxicated.”

Holy shit, Batman, this guy wants to make my Manhattans illegal to serve.  Eddie… brother… settle the fuck down.  I know you feel like you’re all balls with a moniker of ‘top liquor law enforcer’, but this isn’t your fight.  If people drink too much and do something stupid, there are criminal statutes that come into play. What if I have a designated driver, shit, how about two lined up in pilot and copilot formation in case one becomes incapacitated and I want to drink my ass off.  Like drink-until-the-octomom-is-hot-drunk. I wouldn’t be able to drink more than one drink an hour?  Eff that.

“… you should know that this makes someone intoxicated.”  No shit, Sherlock.  You know what makes me drink, Eddie?  Stupid people in positions to do stupid things. You make me want to drink. And if you get your way, I won’t be able to act on my nature because of your dumbass idea.

It’s New Hampshire, Eddie.  Live Free or Die.  And you ain’t gonna change that.

..:: One For The Geeks – My 5 OS Laptop ::..

So, I managed to turn my laptop test rig dubbed Riceburner (because it took a water spill and I dried it out with some minute rice), into a five OS booting powerhouse. This is one mad multi boot and was done as a demonstration, as there’s no funding for me to have an actual training budget here. Here’s what I did:

I used the Kalyway 10.5.2 install disc to partition my HD.
Windows (0,0) – 60GB
Ubuntu (0,1) – 30GB
Leopard (0,2) – 30GB
Vista (0,3) – 15GB
Win7 (0,4) – 15GB
Total HD space: 150GB

Installed Windows Media Center Edition in the first partition – Windows. Then upgraded to Vista in the fourth, and added in Windows 7 (I’ll do a few more rearms to keep it up for bragging rights, but turn it over to transfer and Linux swap space afterwards.)

I installed Ubuntu in the second partition, tested it out with Super GRUB, then moved onto Leopard by way of Kalyway.

Everything was smooth until Leopard fucked my shit up, but I followed the how to fix display errors step in the user agreement and after swallowing my pride, it worked like a charm. I don’t have a fully supported chipset, as Riceburner is a Tecra A9, so I’m not able to connect it to a network, but everything else is solid under Leopard.

And the best part of it is, my conscience is clean in terms of licensing and EULA. Every install is covered by not being installed on other equipment in my possession. (Even have an Apple sticker on the top of Riceburner if Apple gets persnickety about Apple labeled items.)

A great resource from a dude in Indonesia worked for me: http://linux-guider.blogspot.com/2008/09/dual-boot-linux-and-mac-osx-leopard.html. It’s pidgin English, but the Linux is clean and worked like a charm.

I do have a bit of a two-step boot process though – GRUB starts, and for the Windows partitions it references the MBR loader.

Next, I’m off to tackle the loaves and fishes and water into wine thing.