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And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dying
Are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you ’cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very, very mad world
Mad world
-Tears for Fears, The Hurting

Wow. This is big.

I just read about Darwine. Here’s a quick summary: The Darwine project intends to port and develop WINE as well as other supporting tools that will allow Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows Applications.

There’s a Frequently Asked Questions page here.

This is really, really big.

And very, very cool.

GarageBand has me in its terrible clutches. It won’t let me go. I must create… more music.

I suppose I should put some MP3s up.

I can’t believe how much fun I’m having, and my preamp hasn’t arrive yet. I’m just using the built-in loops and samples so far.

Sometimes, in order to effect a major change, something fundamental, you need to do something drastic. Something uncharacteristic. Sometimes, you don’t get to benefit from these changes directly. You act as a catalyst in the hopes that others may benefit, or at least learn.

This week I threw a snowball, so to speak, and it seems to be starting an avalanche. I pray it turns out for the best.

There’s a knot in my stomach that won’t come undone. Maybe with time.

For now, I take comfort in knowing that all of this has a purpose. That all of this was planned in advance.

What I’ve done can’t be undone, and people could be hurt in the process.

But something had to change.

And I was the only one who could do it.

Apparently…

How Would YOU Take Over the World?

Bob Smietana: “The valuation of the company and everything [it produced],” Vischer told CT, “was based on these forecasts that in hindsight… were just based on bad assumptions–just flat out bad assumptions.”

Here’s hoping they get everything straightened out. I love Veggie Tales.

Mike has made a deal with the devil. He has signed up for high speed internet service. He called me a short while ago to let me know he was up and running. Welcome aboard, Mike. We’re all glad to see you free of the bonds of dial-up. Must have made watching Homestar Runner almost unbearable.

Of course, the burning question is everyone’s mind is this: Will broadband be enough to convince Mike to update his weblog? Inquiring minds want to know.

Lots of snow and slop in the forecast for the next few days. Messy driving ahead. Fortunately, I drive what Gracie refers to as a Power Car and the VPN seems to be working. So I shouldn’t miss a beat. And I have some great new tunes to listen to while I plug away at the keyboard.

Which is pretty cool.

iLife 04 (with GarageBand) should be arriving soon, barring any super extreme weather. Hopefully my preamp will arrive shortly thereafter and I can begin recording some demos. It’s time to sing again. I’ll post MP3s when I have something ready. I know several of my readers are musicians, so I’m looking for suggestions for low budget vocal mics. Nothing fancy, just male vocals on a budget.

By the way, for those who asked, my new web hosting company is ModHost, and so far, I’m quite pleased. This site is running on them now, as is bradrhine.com, which is still very much under construction, but up and running nonetheless.

That is all.

For now.

CBS News: “Two years from now, medicine spam will be solved,” he told a select group of World Economic Forum participants at this Alpine ski resort. “And a lot of progress this year,” he added at the event late Friday, hosted by U.S. talk show host Charlie Rose.

Oh, this should be good. Hopefully this will be as successful as his Secure Computing Initiative.

People would set a level of monetary risk – low or high, depending on their choice – for receiving e-mail from strangers. If the e-mail turns out to be from a long-lost relative, for example, the recipient would charge nothing. But if it is unwanted spam, the sender would have to fork over the cash. “In the long run, the monetary (method) will be dominant,” Gates predicted. And who enforces it? Do I need to use a Microsoft email client for this to work for me? Do I need to use a Microsoft mail server for this to work for me? Will need to switch to all Microsoft products to be able to communicate with the rest of the world when a couple of people start using it?

Well, that went well. Everything’s up on the new host and this blog seems to be working fine. Now to put up the Frequency sub site… which is moving soon anyway. I’m keeping my personal weblog here at truetech.org, but I’m moving software sales to bradrhine.com as soon as DNS propagates.

Carry on.

UPDATE: The Frequecy subsite is back up.