The US [[Ryder Cup]] team is ready to go.

…U.S. teammates were to leave this southeastern Irish town on Monday morning to fly to England to play in an event they expected to be held a year ago. But the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States prompted the postponement of the Ryder Cup.

It’s been a tough year, but I think that we’re all ready for some friendly competition now. Fore!

It’s [[Ryder Cup]] time again!

The European and U.S. teams were finalized 13 months ago. But the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks in America forced a year’s delay in the event, and not everyone has been able to regain their momentum as the matches approach once again.

This is our chance to show those bastards (the terrorists, that is) that they can’t keep the western spirit down!

I love the [[Ryder Cup]]! Let’s have some fun!

Is this, as he says, lack of time, or rather lack of confidence?

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has resigned from Apple Computer’s board of directors, saying he no longer has the time to devote to the company.

“I will continue to offer my advice to (Apple CEO) Steve (Jobs) and the executive management team at Apple, but my schedule does not currently allow me to attend enough of the formal board meetings to warrant a role as a director,” Ellison said in a statement Friday.

Hmmmm… I hope this isn’t the start of a mass exodus from Apple. The company is really starting to make strides with its beautiful new computers and its awesome OSX operating system.

I can’t imagine why Ellison would exit now!

Isn’t this just typical.

A computer-industry trade group took a shot at Microsoft’s credibility Wednesday, alleging that the recently released Windows XP Service Pack 1 violates the software giant’s pending antitrust settlement.

They’re pissing me off again! I wonder if the US Government will take this as a clue that Microsoft has no interest in playing nice with the rest of the world.

Way too funny.

Follow the link and read the directions.

That girl is just toast!

In his [[White Books]], [[Ian McKellen]] gives his impressions of the extended version of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]].

My impression was that this cut is superior to the previous one and that it is a pity that there are as yet no plans to show it in the cinema, where managers gulp at the thought of a three and a half hour movie, with no interval and thereby less-remunerative refreshment sales. But perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps it’s the greed of one already sated that makes this extra dish so appetising. At first sitting the original cut may be easier to digest. But this DVD is a must for the devotee.

Wow! I can’t wait to see this. I’ve already got mine on order over at [[Amazon.com]].

At this point, this is only a rumor, but it’s a really cool rumor.

This is from [[TheOneRing.net]]:

MovieDan82 claims that that one of the MPAA committee who watched a print of The Two Towers last week in order to give it a certification (it will be PG-13) says that not only is it better than Fellowship, but is “the best movie I have ever seen.”

I’ll let you know if there is any confirmation.

Apple already has an update ready to go that fixes quite a few problems in OSX 10.2

Apple Computer this week plans to release the first update to recently released Mac OS X 10.2, also known as Jaguar, sources said.

You just gotta love how Apple is staying on top of things these days.

Hopefully this will get dealt with soon!

The Linux Slapper worm had compromised more than 6,700 servers as of early Monday morning, and it continues to create a peer-to-peer attack network that could shut down even corporate Internet connections.

This worm sounds like a cross between Gnutella and the orignal worm. It creates a peer-to-peer network from which it launches attacks. Yikes! the bad guys are getting more ingenius all the time!

George Will opines that there’s no reason to delay an attack on Iraq

Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who aspires to be the 44th President, accuses the 43rd of “hasty war talk.” …
France and Britain chose not to enforce Germany’s obligations on March 7, 1936, when Hitler held his breath and remilitarized the Rhineland, in violation of the treaties of Versailles and Locarno. Calling the 48 hours after his three battalions entered the Rhineland “the most nerve-wracking” of his life, Hitler said: “If the French had marched into the Rhineland we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs.”