I wonder how long it took the rednecks to notice?

Windows Vista is to released to "39,000" stores on January 30, 2007 (35 minutes from this writing) so Bill Gates was on The Daily Show being harassed by Jon Stewart to promote it. They kept him on longer than they do most guests. I guess when you have the richest man in the world cornered you want as much of his time as you can get. I can't afford Windows Vista right now anyway. I'm not really sure I really want it right away regardless. I'll wait until the bugs are worked out a bit.

Unless... Hey Bill can I have $479 for a copy of Vista Ultimate DVD edition like you gave Jon Stewart?

On my first try. No cheating by googling:

"You scored 10 / 10
... which is the pop equivalent of ...
69 Weeks at Number 1 and a kiss from Beyonce and Usher (one on each cheek)"

Name the Band Quiz

Wanna know pretty much everything about your birthday? If you're as self-centered as I am you do.

Thank goodness for the birthday calculator. Here's what it said about my birthday:

5 August 1969

Your date of conception was on or about 12 November 1968 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Leo.
Your Life path number is 11.

Life Path Compatibility:

You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.

You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2440438.5.
The golden number for 1969 is 13.
The epact number for 1969 is 11.
The year 1969 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/17/1969 and ending 2/5/1970.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.



Your Native American Zodiac sign is Salmon; your plant is Raspberry.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 21 Av 5729.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 22 Av 5729.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.15.17.14 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 15 tun 17 uinal 14 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Tuesday, 21 Jumadiyu'l-Avval 1389 (1389-5-21).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1969.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 13 April 1969.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 19 February 1969.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1969.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 1 June 1969.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 13 September 1969.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 3 April 1969.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 18 February 1969.

As of 1/28/2007 2:53:37 AM EST
You are 37 years old.
You are 449 months old.
You are 1,956 weeks old.
You are 13,690 days old.
You are 328,562 hours old.
You are 19,713,773 minutes old.
You are 1,182,826,417 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Kajol (1975)
Adam Yauch (1964)
Patrick Ewing (1962)
Maureen McCormick (1956)
Loni Anderson (1946)
Neil Armstrong (1930)
John Huston (1906)

Top songs of 1969

Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In by Fifth Dimension
In the Year 2525 by Zager & Evans
Get Back by Beatles (with Billy Preston)
Sugar, Sugar by Archies
Honky Tonk Women by Rolling Stones
Everyday People by Sly & the Family Stone
Dizzy by Tommy Roe
Wedding Bell Blues by Fifth Dimension
I Can't Get Next to You by Temptations
Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.35812133072407 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

There are 189 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 38 candles.

Those 38 candles produce 38 BTUs,
or 9,576 calories of heat (that's only 9.5760 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.34 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1969 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1969 the US population was approximately 179,323,175 people, 50.6 persons per square mile.
In 1969 in the US there were approximately 1,800,000 marriages (9.3%) and 479,000 divorces (2.5%)
In 1969 in the US there were approximately 1,712,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1969 the population of Australia was approximately 12,407,217.
In 1969 there were approximately 250,175 births in Australia.
In 1969 in Australia there were approximately 112,470 marriages and 10,930 divorces.
In 1969 in Australia there were approximately 106,496 deaths.

Your birthstone is Peridot

The Mystical properties of Peridot:

Peridot is used to help dreams become a reality.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Sardonyx, Diamond, Jade

Your birth tree is

Poplar, the Uncertainty

Looks very decorative, no self-confident behaviour, only courageous if necessary, needs goodwill and pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely, great animosity, artistic nature, good organiser, tends to philosophy, reliable in any situation, takes partnership serious.

There are 331 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 344 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

There was an article on Digg.com today about the Deepest Pool in the World. At one point Nemo 33 is 108ft deep! Wow! Too bad it's in Brussels, Belgium. That looks really fun. More photos here in their gallery.

Wikipedia entry: Nemo 33

Remember Troy Hurtbise of the wonderful NFB documentary called Project Grizzly? I sure do. I have the VHS and DVD version of the doc. Anyhoo, the kookie scrap metal yard owner is back with a new suit called The Trojan which he claims bulletproof and explosive proof. He says he can make them for $2000 a piece and wants to sell to the armies of the world. Good luck Troy. He's so enthusiastic.

While watching Mr. Hurtbise in the above video the Medication Valse from that oh so unsettling film One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest began playing in my head. Click play below to hear it in your head too:



You can play the music over him talking as well. It kind of drowns him out a bit but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

I created this dancing dude at this site. My little guy, Zoinx, looks like he's had polio or some horrible degenerative muscle disease. At least he's still attempting to dance with his cloned pals, even if it is to crappy techno.