The Squirrel Returns: Better, Faster, Stronger

After a frustrating weekend of trying to load Windows XP on a machine that is just too new to run it, I took the plunge and installed Windows7 Release Candidate 1 on my laptop yesterday.

I've got to tell you, this may be the best version of Windows ever. It always seemed like Microsoft launched Vista way to early, the OS just wasn't ready. XP was working very well, at the time, and didn't seem dated at all. I never could understand why they launched Vista when they did.

Well, Windows7 is what Vista should have been. The "every other Microsoft OS" rule still applies. I wonder how much market share Microsoft lost during the Vista era? The commercial release version of Windows7 is scheduled to go on sale in October 2009. If you need a new computer, hold on until then.

If you're a techno-geek, go ahead and try Win7's RC1. You'll be glad that you did!

Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and advice.

It's Vista... Need I Say More?

I'm having computer issues. Thus, no Nut Cache. I've been messing with this all day. It's a software issue, not hardware, as the system in running just fine in "safe mode." So, I'm currently backing up ALL my data, as I think I'll have to reformat my hard-drive this weekend.

It's Vista... I don't want to talk about it... Rumor has it that Windows 7 will be out in October, I can't wait. A friend has been using the Release Candidate that Microsoft has out now for trial use, and loves it. I may be switching to the RC this weekend, if I can't get Vista working.



You know, all an operating system really needs to do is run programs and manage files, quickly and without fuss. How hard is that? Sure, neat things like transparent windows and other wiz-bang-ery is cool, but if the OS doesn't run your programs, what good is it?

Well, back to it...

I Know, I Know...

I know it's Wednesday and I haven't posted anything yet this week. Holidays really can mess things about a bit.

We got lots of yard work done over the weekend, and still got in some "laying about watching movies," too. But the one think I didn't do any of, is writing. (I really do need to get more organized about this blog thing!)

It's been two weeks since I hung the squirrel feeder in the tree in Mom's front yard. Nobody's found it yet...

I've got a good Nut Cache for tomorrow, and a nice recipe for Friday. I'll see if I can't get this thing back on some sort of track for next week.

Thanks for your patience!

The Squirrel's Nut Cache - 5/21/09

The Nut Cache - a collection of recent things I found interesting, or amusing, or nutworthy.

This goes along with yesterday's post about the supposed "Missing Link." The guessing game as to when life began on Earth continues full force. Notice how many times words and phrases like "might," or "could have," or "possibly" occur in this article about new computer model predictions. When you reject the truth, it's only a question of, "Which lie will you believe?"

So, parents, what did you name your kids? How did you pick the names? Honoring family history? A favorite Bible character, maybe? The popularity of baby names changes slightly each year, but unusual names, or unusual spellings of more common names, are becoming more popular, also. Read the story in USA Today. And here's a wonderful source provided by the Social Security Administration that charts the popularity of the top 1000 baby names each year. (My name, Eugene, was #120 the year I was born. It's #691 this year)

So, you’re the head of a major bank. The bank loses $6.7 billion while you’re in charge. You’ve been forced out, but you still get a chauffeur and private secretary and a generous pension package, worth hundreds of thousands of Euros a year? I want these guys to fire me!

"And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it. Amen.'" Yeah, there's a story here!

I feel very strongly about civic duty. I've served on a jury, as, I'm sure, have many of you. It's never convenient; it's always a bother; arrangements must be made; but we do it. I've got to admit, thought, sometimes doing something like this would be fun! I mean, I can understand why he did it... I just don't recommend doing the same.

Sometimes blood is thicker than chocolate, other times, not. All is not sweetness and light where the Goumas family and their candy businesses (yes, plural) are concerned.