Quick random stuff going on

Just wanted to get a quick post in before I go read comic books in bed.

Cal put a whoopin' on Oregon Saturday. Frankly, it was a shocker. I was very impressed with how they played, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. U$C should be very nervous. Cal is back in the top ten. I smell roses.

I just read Getting Things Done, so I may be joining the GTD Cult. I guess I am a little slow at jumping on the bandwagon, but there are a lot of things that make sense in there. We'll see. So far, it has been useful to keep my work inbox empty, and I feel a little more productive.

I just replaced the power supply in my Shuttle SS51G XPC (in other words, my little tiny Windows box). The old one hasn't been working properly for a couple of years - it would not boot up if the PC had been unplugged, or if it was cold - but I ignored the problem until the computer started having trouble turning on at all. So after a couple weeks of being on and off standby, I can finally shut down Windows tonight and know it will boot up again in the morning. I had been putting it off since, to me, "change power supply" equals "risk electrocution", but since it's shielded, it was actually quite easy. And safe.

There are a lot of new TV shows piling up on my DVR. We are back up to 100% of capacity. Based off the pilot, Studio 60 was the best of the new stuff. Ugly Betty was also really good. Six Degrees not so much, I will probably drop it despite the J.J. Abrams connection and the Chungking Express-esque feel of the pilot. Jury is still out on Heroes because the pilot was exposition-heavy, but Marv said the second episode was really good.

Lastly, saw The Departed on Friday night and it lived up to expectations, I highly recommend it. I'll write more about it and how it measured up to the Hong Kong original soon.