Jason would like to see the command-tab switching expanded in the latest Mac OS. Andy thinks it should be in Windows, too.
I just checked, and Windows has a power toy that provides a small screen shot as you tab through open programs. Not the best, as it looks at every window, including those framed in a larger one (like FeedDemon), and doesn't display those very well. Overall, it's a start to Jason's idea. Maybe there's more out there?
The water felt really good tonight. Sometimes it just does. Maybe it was being back at the NAT. It's an oldie, but a goodie. Found a set left on a chalkboard and decided to use it, with some slight modifications:
250 Warm up
150 - 50 swim, 25 kick on 2:40
100 IM (First time swimming something other than free!) on 2:00
50 long and strong on 1:20 (for some extra rest)
repeat above 4x
10x50 on 0:45 - Build four, fifth EZ, repeat.
150 down
2100 total. Felt good, but the shoulders are crying. A plump KFC 213.1 on the scale.
While enjoying some fine Grasshopper Fudge custard at Copps, we were entrertained with some alternative parenting. A father with two young daughters were discussing which flavour of custard they should enjoy. It seemed that the girls had to share a scoop, but had trouble deciding on the flavour. The younger (about 5) wanted chocolate, while the older (about 7) wanted vanilla. It proceeded as your typical back-and-forth argument, "I want vanilla!...I want chocolate!...Vanilla!...Chocolate!" with the stomping, whining and arms folder tightly across the chest. And typical of kids, one (the elder) ended in a lump on the ground in tears. But, untypically, the father turned to the younger daughter and asked, "Now what are you going to do about this?"
After too long of a layoff from the pool, it was good to get back in. However, the SERF is not the best place for me. Although it's now set up for short-course yards, the pool just isn't the best. I might be biased, but there are no "Ts" painted on the bottom for the half I was swimming in. Also the bulkheads don't reach the bottom, creating a disconnect as to where the wall was. (Mainly because you see the pool drop off to thirty feet deep on the other side.) I consistently was short on one end, and subsequently over corrected on the other. To top it all off, there was one other swimmer in the lane, and he wanted to swim in circles, rather than splitting it.
250, 150 warm-up
10x100 on 2:00, mainly to feel the water again
8x50 kick down, EZ swim back
150 warm-down
1950 total. A robust 213 lbs. on the scale.
Time to go back to the NAT.
I watched 'Matrix Reloaded' again the other night. (Thanks, sweetie.) I tried watching for what it's worth, without delving deep into the greater meaning of things, like others have done. I noticed one major thing and it's major role in the movie; The antiquated, heavy metal, industrial nature of Zion and the ships.
The first view of Zion is of the monstrous doors opening into the monstrous cave. Oversized gears, weights and cables control the doors, which ache to open and close. Yet, ships float effortless around and land gracelessly within. Then Neo and Counselor Hamann philosophize about the need for the old, creeky machines. All the machines and ships appear old and rusty, like they salavged them from the surface and that's all they've got.
It's the rust that changes the entire plot. If the rusty, delapitated walkway in the third ship hadn't fell when the cripple limped across it, then that operator wouldn't have gotten gorged, and Trinity wouldn't have had to go into the Matrix. Because Trinity went into the Matrix, she dies, but not before Neo makes his choice (because it is all about the choices), and saves her with some cool computer graphics.
But why do they have ships that can hover? Why do they have extreme computers that rain green letters. They have real-time hologram displays of the sentinals. Can't they get some Rust-Oleum and grease?
Kris and I walked tonight, the first type of any physical fitness activity in over three weeks. Since then, I've been mostly working late nights that didn't allow me to get to the pool in time. It sucked. Just when I was feeling good about swimming and working hard, I have to start over.
It was hard to pass up the 74 degree weather on October 20, so Kris and I walked around the Monona lagoon. I don't the mileage, but it took a good 45 minutes. Back to the pool tomorrow.
Fox cursed themselves. They jinxed both league championship series and now have what they deserve. A non-series.
When Joe Buck announced that "the Red Sox had five outs until the World Series" in the bottom of the eigth inning, The Wife pointed out that Thom Brennaman said the same thing right before the foul ball and the Cubs demise in their game 6. Sure enough, the Skankees went on four hit spree and promptly tied the game. You knew then that it was over for the mighty Sox.
Not only will the die-hard fans endure serious grief, all of us will have to watch a series with two teams I could care less about. Let's face it, Fox is going to lose big time money.
"We love the fans. We celebrate together. And now, we will have to cry together."-Sammy Sosa summing up the loss to the Marlins in Game 7.
My poor mother must be crushed. Some would call her an avid fan. The Family knows her as a crazy fanatic. My sympathies go out to her those who live and die with the Cubs.
After watching several thousand runners pass by mile 23 (or so) in the Chicago marathon, we learned & experienced a simple tip:
Men: Place adhesive bandages or some other sort of protection on your nipples.Otherwise, they will bleed severly.
Rush Linbaugh resigned from ESPN for saying the following:
I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team.I was watching when Rush made the above statement. I knew it was sketchy, but it was an intelligent comment that was accepted, although debated, by his colleagues on the show.
What amazed me was the distance that everyone not directly associated with it, (NFL, ESPN, etc.) distanced themselves from it very quickly. And how quickly political candidates jumped to flame Rush and his republican views. Whe can't we have a level-headed intelligent conversation about race? If we cannot intelligently discuss the issues of race, how will those issues ever be resolved?