I've seen a lot of case mods, a lot of custom cases, a lot of cool acryllic cases, but this is by far the coolest, most creative, and most intriguing case I've ever seen. Simply amazing that it took 6 months, hundreds of hours or work, and quite a bit of money - but in the end, it all appears to be well worth it.

My next computer will most likely feature water cooling, but that's about all my computer and this one will have in common.

URL: Mashie.org - The art of computers presents Project Y2k-bug

Yeah...because BuyMusic.com, iTunes.com, Napster.com, and all the others weren't enough. We now need Wal-Mart to come in and undercut everyone else. What? You going to offer the $0.99 track for $0.89?

URL: New York Post Online Edition: business

It's amazing the lengths some companies will go to to produce the world's fastest supercomputer. But what's even more amazing is that these so-called supercomputers really aren't that super. Sure, they perform calculations in an extremely fast manner, but what's really happening here is you've got thousands of processors linked together to form one big computer. It's not a new concept, but the fact that these mini-computers are linked together to form a supercomputer is somewhat baffling. Don't get me wrong - I understand the idea behind supercomputers - but I fail to see how they are all that important.

In the article, it's mentioned that the NEC Earth Simulator is the fastest computer and it is currently in Japan. Apparently, the United States government, with nothing else to worry about, thinks that we're losing our high-tech prowess. Give me a break. Recently, at Virginia Tech, thousands of Power Mac G5's were strung together to create a supercomputer. All the government needs to do is buy a bunch of these computers, hook them up in parallel and then viola!, we've got the fastest supercomputer again, and this time, at a fraction of the price of some IBM product.

Perhaps the government could learn a little something from PBS - even though this article is almost two years old, it's still quite relevant and if I had the cash, I'd go about building my own mini-supercomputer and put it to work on d.net projects. Speaking of which, I wonder how long it'd take IBM's newest supercomputer to crack RC5-72. d.net has been working on it for almost a year and is just barely over 1/2% completion.

URL: IBM gives glimpse of Blue Gene performance | CNET News.com

This seems to be the "in" thing to post to your blog, but it fits here as a couple of weeks ago, my mother found my blog and now, it's spread throughout the family. Which isn't a huge problem since I don't really delve into many personal issues here, nor will I ever, as this has always just been a page for my ramblings and rants on technology with the random personal realization thrown in. But it is a good article and quite humorous, so it definitely deserves a read - because you always need to remember - a google search will always turn up your blog unless you are extremely careful about protecting your identity online.

URL: The Onion | Mom Finds Out About Blog

Note to self...when eating Lemon Frosted Sugar Cookies, do not mix with Mountain Dew. I just had 2 cookies, 20 grams of sugar each and then a Mountain Dew with 46 grams of sugar. Not 2 minutes later, the sugar kicked in...man...this is not good - I shouldn't be on such a sugar high - I've got a midterm to study for.