An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit central Java of Indonesia yesterday leaving several thousands dead. The current death toll stands at 5,136 with 20,000 injured and about 130,000 homeless. Indonesia sits on the Asia-Pacific’s so-called “Ring of Fire,” which is marked by heavy volcanic and tectonic activity.
Love him or hate him. He’s now second only to Hank Aaron in the all-time homerun list. Bonds is now one homerun ahead of the great Babe Ruth. Aaron has 755, Bonds currently at 715, while the Babe has 714.
The US Mens National Team beat Latvia 1-0 last night in a final preparation for the World Cup that will start in less than two weeks. The US players were released to go home for a few days and will get back together for the flight to Europe. The US team which lost to Morocco [...]
The US Mens National Team defeated Venezuela last night with a score of 2-0. Forward Brian Ching scored in the first half off the cross of left-wing Bobby Convey to make it 1-0. Clint Dempsey made a diving header to make it 2-0 in the 2nd half after a cross from forward Eddie Johnson. Nine [...]
I heard that gas in Venezuela is only $0.11 cents per gallon. Wow.
The best defense for software piracy is making software affordable to people. Believe me, if the price of software is reasonable, people would rather have their own copy of the software than bootlegging a copy from their friends and family. Not only they get a reliable CD source, but also software updates and technical support. [...]
I watched the game on Tivo last night. The US team really sucked. The finishing was crap again. US had countless shots, but couldn’t put one inside the goal. Morocco had two chances and produced a goal. The lone goal was a US defensive error that happened late in the match with just minutes to [...]
I have been thinking about switching telephone service to Vonage. They offer unlimited phone calls to anywhere in the continental United States for just $25 a month. The only requirement is you will need a high-speed internet service at your home which most people do since all calls are placed through on the internet. You [...]
USA Mens National Team will play against Morocco in a pre-World Cup tuneup match today in Nashville, Tenessee starting at 4pm Pacific Time to be played live on ESPN2. I have been tivoing all the US Mens games these past year, but since I’ve changed network providers (I’m now with Comcast cable) my DirecTV Tivo [...]
Microsoft Corporation just released the hardware requirements for its next operating system called Vista which is scheduled to be released in January 2007. Microsoft has two requirements: a low-end system termed a Vista Capable PC and a high-end system termed a Vista Premium Ready System.
Vista Capable PC
At least 800 MHz
512MB of system memory
Graphics processor [...]