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I know I posted some of these already, but I guess the moon just keeps my attention. Tonight it put me in the mood to listen to Manu Chao's 2004 album "Siberie m'etait contéee", particularly track 18. I am tempted to make a hi-resolution lunar slideshow youtube clip, but i don't have enough pics. anyway, this was the first full moon of 2009. supposedly it is the biggest, although frankly any time i see someone writing that i want to tell them that the moon doesn't change size. i don't like that the top portion was cut off slightly, but taking pictures through a spotting scope can be kind of tricky. the view for my eye was amazing though, and if anyone out there is ever around and wants to join me in checking it out....you're more than welcome to. in the meantime, i hope the picture will do.
in other news, my download of windows 7 just finished and i'm looking forward to testing it out as a virtual machine. i highly doubt i will be replacing my openSUSE install anytime soon, but i am mostly curious and would like to have some sort of opinion if anyone ever asks. for now, the process of downloading has not gone so well. microsoft released a free open beta which will expire sometime in the summer. i've heard great things, but am still very skeptical at this point. for one, they required internet explorer to get the installer, which comes as an image. this means that if you are on mac or linux, the only way to get it is to switch over to windows. it just seems pretty lame... luckily the pirate bay has more efficient distribution methods. more on windows7 when there's something more to say...
burrrrrrrrr! it's cold. crazy weather.
the question for 2009: when? WHEN? it seems like anything i'm looking forward to is so far away...
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