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Looks like MHz racing has reached the law of diminishing returns. Intel’s newest chips are running so hot that they’re actually slowing down. In fact, they’re slowing down to the point that they’re actually slower than the chips they replaced.

Intel has already started pushing in other directions–the Pentium M chip is lower MHz but better designed than other Pentiums. It’s not just for laptops–it’s a better chip strategy, and Intel is looking to expand the line. Oddly enough, the Pentium M didn’t come from Intel’s home office–it came from their Israeli branch.

I’m not sure why the failings of MHz are so difficult to explain. I mean, I can make a ’69 VW Beetle engine run at 8,000 rpm, but it’s still 53 horsepower (it would throw a rod inside of 30 seconds too, but that’s beside the point). Wouldn’t you rather have an engine that pulls 300 horsepower at 2,200 rpm?

But I find this site just too funny. Maybe it’s even real.

Thanks again, Metafilter.

City of Heroes may be the answer for multiplayer suprehero games. I’m lousy at games, but I’d give it a spin. Maybe they’ll take Freedom Force CDs as trade-ins…

Yes, Homestarrunner has a Wiki now (it’s hard to describe a wiki–it’s kind of a website encyclopedia with multiple authors–just check it out). The Secret Pages is a nice treat.

We went camping last week, and we had a lot of fun with our friends. Alyssa gathered up 18 seashells, even though we were just in the beginning of the Chesapeake Bay. How do I know that it was 18 seashells? Because I picked all 18 out of the washer later, along with 4 small rocks that Drew had collected.

For any of you who don’t get to Josh’s site (that would be the three readers who know me but not Brad or Josh), check out this revamp of The Matrix:Reloaded fight as performed by Super Mario Brothers.

Josh’s site is a good read, by the way. It’s hard to believe that this guy came from that den of iniquity known as Glenolden. Bet he misses good hoagies and cheese steaks over here in Fasnacht-land.

Drew: Daddy, what does Knee-Whomba mean?

Me: What does what mean? Drew, did you make that word up?

Drew: No, Daddy, Knee-Whomba–the special word.

Me: Oh. The sacred word. Um, that’s just a made up word, Drew. The knights just made it up to be silly.

I’ve got to stop expsong my kids to snippets of Weird Al Yankovic and Monty Python.

Check out these two studies on low carb diets. Good info, and the part about low carb cutting bad cholesterol and triglycerides is nice to see in print. When I had blood tests before and after low carb dieting, my cholesterol went from way high risk down to normal on my diet.

I’m back on the diet, after being off it for a couple of months. I hope to really peel back the pounds again. I’ve been toying with the idea of posting my weight daily on the site here, but I don’t know if I want to make it that kind of site. I’m 249 today, though–lost 5 lbs. since last Wednesday. I need to get to the 180s (or at least 190s) and stay there like Brad.

To quote little Rob, check this out: Colin Powell’s aide trying to chop off an interview with Tim Russert and Powell straightening her out (“Emily, get out of the way.”). The first movie link has been disabled, but check the mirror sites lower down on the page I linked you to.

It’s hard to hear the exchange, but you can hear the aide saying something about perhaps Russert asking questions he wasn’t supposed to? And then Powell saying “but he’s still asking questions.” An audibly angry Powell told his aide to get out of the way and had the camera put back on him for the final question.

My only guess is that the aide didn’t like Russert’s question, or Russert asked an embargoed question and Powell answered too much. But to pull the camera off indicates some alarm or anger on the part of the aide with respect to the interview. Powell’s answers do contradict testimony of Rumsfeld’s aides in front of Congress, so perhaps that could have been a factor. A shame. Powell seems to have a lot of integrity–I think he’s a man caught in political situations where he’s been forced to unneccesarily break his code of ethics. Then he gets dinged for speaking the truth.

Update: the NYT has more.

Alyssa: You better watch out Drew, or I’ll put evil on your hiney!

Me: (choking) What?

Alyssa: You know, Daddy! Put evil on your hiney!

Me: What are you talking about? Where did you get that from?

Alyssa: Daddy, you remember! That song we heard. A long time ago.

Me: Alyssa, that was Weird Al Yankovic, and it was “I’m gonna get medieval on your hiney.”

Alyssa: Right. That’s what I said.

Me: Well, don’t say it anymore. Denise, stop laughing. Drew, it’s not funny. Ok–everyone…oh, forget it.