http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair Wine, Swashbuckling, Science and Literature Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:07:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stop the press: two posts in as many days! I am sure this is some kind of record, though to be frank I cannot muster the courage to actually check through my past posts for the dates. While it is no secret to those of whom I see on a regular ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/07/01/next-stop-corner-of-nostalgia-and-change/ Initially I was going to title this post "Relief", and soon after typing decided to change it to "Realisations". Then, as I was listening to In Flames, I could not help but compulsively title it "Reroute to Remain". Realising that all these changed were actually "Rectifying" the title, my brain ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/06/29/re/ After a week of pretty much constant all-nighters and terrible food, I have found what little solice I can in nostalgic 90's songs. After coming across a torrent for the "Top 250 Hits of the 90's" I have found myself in an inexplicable spiral of depravation. If you hear me singing ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/06/03/link-o-la-la-la-lia/ While I am not a big fan of changing the spelling of a word just for the hell of it, I will lay down some extra tolerance for the short term and go with the proverbial flow. I have apparently been tagged as la Kreativ Blogger extraordinaire by my brother-in-arms, ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/05/31/kreativ-spelling/ I am sure there is an obligatory joke about many-eyed cavern dwellers of questionable alignment, but this past week I have been seeing some truly amazing images in the most unlikely of places. While I have always been a strong supporter of the inherant beauty of bubble chambers, today I ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/05/15/beauty-and-unlikely-places/ photo credit: pvera Quitting ones job just before a global recession may seem an unwise decision. Some have led me to believe that the act showed a lack of foresight or planning; or common sense. I like to think that walking out on my job just started a global trend. ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/04/27/these-troubled-times/ photo credit: Midnight-digital I don't really believe there is a word that can accurately describe the amount of time between my last post and this. Gigantanormoriffic springs to mind; so does "crepuscular", however, so I would not hold much by the fact. It makes one wonder if it is no ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/04/26/lost-and-found/ photo credit: bjornman It is the International Year of Astronomy and you are all invited. Since this is the first week of the new teaching year at my University, and this is my (theoretically) last year of my Astro degree, what better time than now to quickly talk about all my ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/02/25/time-to-wear-your-golden-nose/ The First Impression Continues... Underneath the GUI, what does Windows 7 bring to the table. The first thing you are likely to do it bring up the start menu, and it is interesting to note some new icons there. The two that stuck out like a sore thumb to me were ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/02/13/tiefer-unter/ After what I believe is an intensive test of the Windows 7 beta (build 7000), I am pleased to announce the official verdict: Jolly Amazing! Microsoft's Terms and Conditions prohibit the posting of benchmarks during the course of the beta, and I for one completely agree with their reasoning. It ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/02/06/7th-evolution/ photo credit: Toothsouper It has been quite a month for the living dead in my little corner of this blue marble. First I become totally hooked on the musical artist Voltaire. Then Valve releases Left 4 Dead, their latest singularity whose event horizon marks the death of all my spare ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2009/01/23/larry-just-wants-your-brains/     I have never known a day of my life without my dearest cat, Casper. For as far back as my memory stretches, Casper was there. As a kitten, he was brash and playful, but powerfully independent. From his first days to his last, he would disdain being picked up and ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2008/12/27/ludus-perditus/ photo credit: Midnight-digital I have been told many times that my lifestyle is a brooding monolith on the corner of Hedonist Ave and Obsessive-Compulsive Blvd. The sustainability of such a lifestyle has been debated at length; I maintain it justifies the mindless hours lost behind the event horizon of the ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2008/11/13/completionism/ Like a gift from the High Heavens, a blessed angel came unto me with news. "Hark," sayeth he, "for I bring tidings of joy." "Angel," I cry, "What blessed enlightenment do you bring this humble hermit" The room filled with light as his hood slipped back. Phantasmal wings wrapped about my being ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2008/11/01/strings-in-a-vacuum/ photo credit: Stuck in Customs For those not in the know, I am talking about this; which is explained really well by this. So I took the plunge and installed Google's Chrome onto my laptop. I plan on using it for a month or two exclusively until a) I can decisively ... http://corsairsanchorage.com/corsair/2008/09/26/normally-im-more-of-a-brass-man/