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Corruption

Condoleezza Rice:

[What] the American people need to be sure of is that, if there is corruption, the United States is in fact dedicated to rooting it out.

You could start there?

Insane Temperature

Either I have liquid cooling (and liquid meaning liquid nitrogen) or my stats are off. Usually it’s the opposite — 128 degrees positive. Dunno how accurate any of that is.

The MacBook does get really hot, though.

And, yes, that is iStat Menus.

Where’s My IMAP?

Great news. Gmail has introduced support for IMAP, and according to the “what’s new” page:

Don’t fret if you don’t see “IMAP Access” yet under the Settings menu. We’re rolling it out to everyone over the next few days. #

So while it seems like everyone else seems to already have it, I’m still stuck in the dark ages here. I’ve waited for more than a few days, yet still no IMAP. C’mon Google, you’re killing …

X-Chat Aqua “Now Playing” Script

Update: This has been made obsolete by the much-improved plugin.

Courtesy of Joey Brooks, a.k.a. tunicwriter, here is an AppleScript script for X-Chat Aqua that you can use to show your currently playing iTunes song to the rest of the IRC chatroom. Of course, if iTunes isn’t running, a message is shown to that effect.

I want to make it clear that none of it is my code — all Joey’s. Direct all complaints to himSort of …

Google Down

What happened?!? At about 10:30 PM PST.

R.I.P. OiNK

OiNK, the known yet unknown tracker that everyone wanted an invite to, has been shut down and the site replaced with a gray message from the authorities. Apparently the servers, which were in Amsterdam, were seized and the owner, a 24-year-old man from England, was arrested.

What I don’t get are both the charges being brought against him and the purpose of this. As far as I know, though …

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