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IHT is running a David Pogue review of the Chumby. The Chumby is a small computer embedded in a soft case. The Chumby hardware and OS are open and the review mentions that the device already has a large developer following, cranking out new widgets for owners. Pogue is obviously quite taken with the Chumby and gives a good introduction to a device that may be the inspiration for a new generation of hackers.

Well - I was running update on my desktop machine and SP3 came up as an option. I've read about some of the problems- but I've also read stuff by a number of people with no issues. This is a relatively new machine (bought it last December) and is very clean. It has an intel processor, I've read some issues were with AMD chips. So anyway, I thought odds were good that I'd be o.k.
 
The download went fine and there was quite a bit of backing up which came in handy because somewhere in the middle of the install it blue screened/core dumped. I shut it down, it kicked into a roll-back mode and about an hour later I had my machine back and it told me to try installing the service pack again. I probalby will do so - but not for a while.
 
So if you are out there, thinking about installing service pack 3 - make sure you have good back-ups first. And time to deal with it if things go south.

Logged in this morning to 15 mod points available. Don't know if they've been doing this for a while and I'm finally catching up - like when they moved to 10 or if it is a new deal. I feel a lot of power. Will I use my powers for good or for awesome? Time will tell.

Iron Man is an entertaining movie, as they go. I never was really into comic books - so I have no knowledge or concerns as it relates to following the original story line. I can't address that. The film has good action and some very humorous moments. The serious side of the film is not the films strong suit. It's not horrible, but it really doesn't make too much sense. It was interesting to see how they tried to set up an anti-war message without being critical of the US military.

It's really a comic book put to film. Not high art or anything, but a whole lot of fun. The film keeps up a fast pace throughout and never bogs down. Some of the product placements were so blatant that they kind of jarred me out of being into the film. The special effects were phenomenal. It was awesome in that regard. Like any movie, it is not everyone's cup of tea

If you do go see it in the theater, and you are a big comic books fan, do not leave until after all the credits have run. And I mean all of them.

Tomorrow. 17:30 - DLP