Today, in 1626, Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesmen, died after attempting to find a better way to preserve food. He bought a chicken, and stuffed it with snow. Bacon then caught a severe cold which eventually turned to bronchitis, and later died. According to that fount of wisdom, Gary Larson, “while it must have been traumatic, the chicken survives the ordeal”.

Well, I thought that everyone LIKED being able to see an entire, uncut movie in Widescreen format. Apparently, this guy doesn’t. He also likes DIVX (for the uninformed, a DVD format that doesn’t support widescreen). He also drives a horse and buggy, and enjoys using a typewriter and correction fluid. Oh, and the Earth is the center of the universe.

Well, as most, if not all of you noticed that the site and all concordant functions were down earlier today, everything has been fixed. Apparently, whatever upgrading/maintenance Bellsouth did between 2am and 6am this morning fouled me up. (Well, actually, i guess i shouldn’t have just assigned myself an IP. So, everything should be keen now. Sorry for the downtime.

Hey, the Webcam software i use (Webcam32, from Surveyor) released a new version. It has a chat server built into it. So, click on the webcam up top, and check it out.

Hey, I’ve recorded a Virtual Tour of my room in RealMedia. Click on that link to check it out. It’s also in the drop down above. Wheee!

This is the bittersweet tale of Mike, the rooster from Fruita, Colorado, who in the 1940′s lived for 18 months with NO HEAD. It’s bizarre, but the people in Fruita are honoring him with a 300 pound statue. To hell with Merriwether Lewis, i want a HEADLESS CHICKEN!

ADDENDUM: Here is the full story, with pictures of Mike, the Headless Chicken.

Wow. John Katz, author of _Geeks_, and frequent Slashdot writer, has posted a very interesting story about his “Showdown with the Pinkertons” over a program called WAVE, which promotes a “thoughcrime” sort of system, where students can “inform” administrators about possible “threats” at school. John Katz has written at length on the subject of the ostracization of outsiders in todays schools, not to mention todays society. The article is a bit long, but it is well worth the read. And feel free to comment. I’m tired of seeing 0 replies :)

Yee-ha! Netscape 6 is out. Now, I know what you are thinking… what’s the big deal, eh? Well, Netscape 6 is built around a completely different core, it’s fast, small and is standardized, so no need for multiple browsers! This thing is only a 5.5 meg download, too! So, go here. If you want the small download, go through the Custom setup and uncheck all that extraneous crap like the Instant Messenger and Composer. I’m so happy! If that makes me a geek, the so be it! (I’m so lonely… hehe)

My new-favorite site, Chickenhead.com, has come up with another comedic nugget, called Frat-Beat Magazine. Absolutely hilarious. Plenty of homo-eroticism jokes and plenty of pics of wasted Greeks projectile vomiting! ROCK!

Finally! You twist a mans arm long enough, and eventually he’ll cry uncle. George Lucas has finally apologized for Jar Jar Binks. Check it out here.