Not only is it hard, it’s NP-Hard.

Technically, it’s ‘NP-hard,’ meaning that there is no efficient way to calculate the necessary moves to “win,” even if you know in advance the complete order of pieces, and are given all the time you need to make each move. At least there’s one geek classic that refuses to fall to the scrutiny of mathematicians.

Now why didn’t I think of that for a graduate thesis???

Linux will be the main operating system for IBM’s upcoming family of “Blue Gene” supercomputers–a major endorsement for the operating system and the open-source computing model it represents.

###Very cool news

I’m really pulling for Linux to succeeed, because everything that gets done to make Linux better indirectly helps the Mac and OSX.

**Yeah!**. Just one more!!!!

Bonds put San Francisco on the brink, hitting an RBI double that sent the Giants zooming to a big lead that not even these pesky Anaheim Angels could overcome, winning 16-4 in Game 5 Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead.

I think Barry has silenced the critics regarding his post season play.

The weather was perfect!

Some people where I work decided to take a hike today up the [[Blue Hill]] near our office. Take a look:

[[Blue Hill 2002]]

I think I’m going to have to take my family there.

According to this article, the answer is **sorta**.

The good news is that one-time charges are what drove it into the red. Apple wrote down $49 million for declining investments. Subtract such charges, and the business eked out $7 million in profit — a whole 2 cents a share.

This, in the face of the tech bubble burst, is incredible.

It looks M$ might just open up its file format in V11 of its office software suite. This is great if it actually happens.

The co-inventor of XML, Tim Bray, has been talking about the newly XML-enabled version of Microsoft Office, code-named **Office 11** and tells XML-Journal that when the huge universe of MS Office documents becomes available for processing by any programmer with a Perl script and a bit of intelligence, all sorts of wonderful new things can be invented that you and I can’t imagine.

When that happens, the product will have to compete based on features and stability instead of just simply customer lock-in. Then other products such as [[OpenOffice]] might have a chance to make an impact.

Let’s just hope the have the right guys.

Members of the sniper task force arrested an ex-soldier and his stepson early Thursday at a freeway rest stop. Sources told CNN the two were considered suspects in the shootings that have killed 10 and wounded three in the Washington area.

His name is John Allen Muhammad. With a name like that, you gotta wonder if he has ties to Al Queda. The scary part is that he’s an ex-soldier in the US army and a gulf war veteran!!!

This comes from [[DVDReview.com]], a great source for information and reviews on upcoming dvd releases.

New Line has been on the bleeding edge wit this production form beginning to end. Whether it’s their audacity – and Peter Jackson’s madness – to shoot all three parts of the movie at the same time, or the quality of this DVD package, this studio shows what the term “dedication” can mean – even in Hollywood. This is a stellar DVD release that is flawless from the first to the last bit. It is a must-buy, becasue this is one of the best DVDs I have ever seen!

**OK!** You talked me into it [[:-)]] .

It’s being called NeoOffice right now and they have a prototype up and running.

Welcome to the online home of **Neolithic Office**, or NeoOffice for short. NeoOffice is a prototyping project that was used to explore different methods and problems that will be encountered when porting [[OpenOffice.org]] to run natively on MacOS X. It uses a mixture of Carbon and Cocoa to run [[OpenOffice.org]] directly on top of MacOS X with an [[Aqua]] look and provide the foundation upon which the user interface can be redesigned to utilize sheets, drawers, and other conventions of the Aqua Human Interface Guidelines. That “feel” has yet to be engineered and designed…so if you have suggestions let us know!

Very interesting. I can’t wait… a free **full** office suite!!!

The Giants were completely outplayed last night.

The Anaheim Angels had their own idea of how to party at Pac Bell Park.

Scott Spiezio, Darin Erstad and the Angels trampled San Francisco 10-4 Tuesday night, crashing the Giants’ homecoming and taking a 2-1 lead in the World Series.

I hope they can regroup and be ready for the game tonight. If they can’t even the series, it’s all over.