Sun's Looking Glass
Sun's experimenting with a new desktop interface for Solaris and Linux, written in Java. The interface is supposedly a 3D desktop, with features such as translucent windows, sticky notes, more use of visual cues, and more. While this bodes well for Linux on the desktop, I doubt it carries much weight in the Solaris world, that's slowly dying on the desktop -- still, it seems like a bit of catch up to Apple and Microsoft. Oh well ... maybe Sun will invent something new.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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