2004- Ride #8: 19.4 miles, 199.1 total.

Dad and I take our second ride together this year, again through Carlisle and Concord MA.

Cops who lie. Under oath. And the rubber-stamping bureaucrats who make it easy.

What’s the point in being a law-abiding citizen when truth and justice have gone separate ways?

How big is the Universe?

Would you believe 156 Billion light years in diameter?

Space.com has an article today about astronomers estimating the size of the universe for the first time. Worth a read!

Free GarageBand Loops

Almost 100 Megabyes of Free Loops for GarageBand.

Smart iTunes Playlists that follow your mood.

Gwendal Roué submitted this to the Mac OS X Hints website.

Apple’s OS X Hot Download list

Apple keeps a list of great software for OS X.

Some of these are freeware, most are shareware, some are commercial titles. They’re all written especially for OS X and are very good. Check it out.

More Freeware – 5/20/04

A few more links to freeware games and applications.

Do I need to defragment my hard drives under Panther?

Short answer: no. Longer answer: click Read More.

It’s a very informative, understandable article about what the various kinds of fragmentation are, and what, if anything, you need to do about them when you’re running Mac OS X 10.3.

How does Panther’s Mail program filter junk mail?

Here’s an excellent article from the good folks at O’Reilly Publishing. It’s a bit technical. Well, more than a bit. But it explains what’s going on under the hood.

Astronomy Tips- Music to See By. (updated)

An evolving play list of songs on my iPod especially for skywatching.