Critics are morons

SPOILER ALERT

Just finished watching the final episode of Dexter. While many claim it was horrible. In fact more than one person has complained about the entire eighth season. Claiming that Dexter Morgan has become wishy-washy. When the truth is, in season 8 Dexter thought he could have it all. Dr. Vogal warned him that was impossible.

The flip flopping Dexter performed was the emotional roller coster ride we took with Dexter. Him wanting to believe that he, a confessed serial killer could have a normal life. Season eight was that last desperate attempt to keep hold of both worlds. It finally cumlinated in the final episode when Deb had a stroke. Dexter concludes that everyone he touches gets hurt and decides to solve the problem by driving his boat into a hurricane, never to be scene again.

Personally, I believe that the we the viewers could have gone without the final scene. After all they never mentioned Deb's body being washed up in shore. They could have just left us with the mystery.

The Decline of the PC

The tech press is full of articles on the decline of the PC. The latest whipping boy is Windows 8. People claim that Windows 8's new "Modern" interface is too different and people balk at it. Really? Then why is the iPhone and Android phones so successful?  Their interface is nothing like the desktop counterparts yet people have no problem using them. I honestly believe the problem is convenience. Smart phones come with their own internet connection. A camera and applications to do work. Best of all, it fits in your pocket. The majority of people only need this. For sharing pictures, and communication with others a cell phone or tablet will usually do the job. If you're doing video editing, writing long form or crunching some serious numbers then a larger computer is required.

What the tech community fails to understand is the Windows 7 machines that were sold in the last couple of years do that exceedingly well. And from the business point of view office 2003 still does spreadsheets just fine.  So why upgrade?

Internet delete button?

According to an article in The Register  Eric Schmidt of Google fame suggested that we should have a delete button to fix problems people had as youths. This is just the start of the revisionist history found in 1984. I disagree, they made their bed, now lie in it!

The problem with Sci Fi

This morning as I contemplated getting out of bed, a random thought occurred to me. In 1995 there was a show called Sliders, it used a string theory premise of multiple dimensions. A worm hole could be generated to allow passage between the same space in different universe's. Based on current understanding this should be possible. And of course you have the unlikely possiblity that a grad student would come up with it in his basement.  In the pilot episode said graduate student has some pretty nifty looking equipment that sucks so much power it dims the lights.

Okay, I'm with it so far. It would take an exorbitant amount of energy to create a semi-stable rip in space-time, with me so far? 

What I can't figure out is how a tiny device could randomly generated new worm holes on pen light batteries and why don't they die? 

The power source he uses should be the real story!

Winter has arrived

Last night the freezing rain started. Then I banged up my foot. Then the snow started. Then my foot swelled. This is not how I wanted to start the winter. This global warming thing sucks. At least that's what appears to be going on. Everybody agrees (at least that's what I've been told) that man has caused this. Well if it's true, y'all need to quit driving SUV's and start walking. This weather is becoming annoying. This is the kind of snow that I grew up with back in Michigan, Heavy and wet. While it wouldn't be so bad, but Saskatoon is incapable of dealing with it. The city has a policy of not plowing the secondary streets. Most winters here that's not a problem since the snow comes down in small amounts and gets pounded down by the traffic. Today we have a couple of inches that is sitting on top of ice. Makes for a miserable drive. Maybe its just as well that I banged my foot up. I can just wait it out.

Windy Prairie

Yesterday I decided, for no particular reason that I wanted a new phone. So instead of wasting $700 on a new device I just installed Cyanogenmod on my old one. Not just any version but the unofficial ICS port. Really freaking cool. There are reports that this significantly improves battery life. I'm not seeing that.  But then again I use my phone alot. I have noticed that the Bluetooth sound is better and the overall responsiveness of the phone is noticeably better. I also enjoy the fact that the keyboard gives a nice buzz when pressing the keys. The feedback seems to make it easier to type. I am noticeably more accurate on hitting the keys then with the Gingerbread keyboard I was using. Or the LG mock Apple keyboard that came with the phone. (Side note: I fail to understand how people think that keyboard is useable. )

I write this post while the winds gust to 80+ km/h. Makes driving uncomfortable to say the least.

Stupid Criminals

I find it amazing how stupid people can be when committing crimes. Today a young man made the mistake of attempting to 'tag' several garages in my neighborhood.  Had it been more selective and patient, he most likely would have gotten away without being noticed.  But as all criminals get greedy and push their luck, this young man was no exception. He had already spray painted a garage in the alley to the south of mine. I found out later that he had  vandalized city property earlier that morning. Had he stopped with the previous garage he wouldn't have had a neighbor of mine witnesses him doing mine. Of course we have cameras on our property and he was observed anyway. 

At this point had he just dropped the can of paint and ran he most likely would have not been caught.  But continuing in the tradition of being stupid he retained possession of the incriminating paint. When he was apprehended he still had the paint in his hand. It was also revealed that the young hooligan had turned 18 today.

So I ask (rhetorically) why didn't he do this yesterday? Why didn't he do it at night? And why after being caught in broad daylight by a witness would you stick around with the evidence?