chrisbekas.com

I needed a change in my life; so I updated the stylesheet and made a few other minor changes. A usesless attempt or a worthy effort? Let me know…

Today I read about building J2EE Applications with WSAD v5.0, then saw a webcast about Websphere Portlet Builder for Domino, followed by a TechNet article on .NET for IT Professionals, then I had a look at a sample ASP.NET Time Tracking application, and topped it up with some XML Web Services just to make it interesting… Arggg! my head is spinning!

Now, why would anyone need so many Linux machines networked together? For the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider of course! With the RHIC, physicists study what the universe may have looked like in the first few moments after its birth in an enormous explosion we call the ‘Big Bang’. The RHIC drives two beams of gold ions around a 2.4 mile ring tube at speeds near the speed of light, and then forcing them into a subatomic collision which produces temperatures over a trillion degrees! Do read the RHIC fascinating facts; you’ll be fascinated!

I’ve been using FeedReader for the past few weeks to make some sense of all those blogging sites. It’s not a bad tool - I’ve tested with this site and [room6] and seems to work just fine… I particularly like to pop-up notification window feature when new blogs are posted!

BTW, I’ve posted this entry using w.bloggar - another cool tool for the blogging world.

2003 is a special year; the red planet will be at opposition to the sun which will bring it closer to the Earth than any time in thousands of years. In fact Mars will be only 55,758,006 km from the Earth and not due to come this close until the year 2287. Not only that, Mars may have come closer to Earth about 73,000 years ago than it does this year on August 27th.

The astronomical society of victoria (which I’m a member of) will be running several sessions during late July- August to showcase this event - in any case, I’ll be watching; this will be the best opportunity to view the red planet so join me around that time for a truly unforgettable experience…