Wow. Formula 1 motor racing going green?

They've issued an order freezing engine development and forcing teams to develop in the areas of flywheels, emissions recovery, and alternative fuels.

It'll take a little while before it trickles down, but lots of stuff have started in F1 and ended up in your driveway.

http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/news/2007/11/formula_one

Pirates of the Caribbean MMORPG is now online!

$5 for the first month, $10 thereafter, so it's cheaper than the others. And the game itself is FREE. No spending $40 for the privilege of spending $20 a month!

And it's both Mac and PC! I may have to check this out.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20071031/tc_macworld/pirates20071031;_ylt=AuuNoKsYQzcsK8AhCNL.2q0jtBAF

http://apps.pirates.go.com/pirates/v3/

The secret (nerdy) life of celebrities

The skinny on the higher education amongst celebs. Some interesting stuff, some of which I previously knew.

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9043739

Articles on OS-X Leopard

They had a sale at the campus bookstore last Friday so I went ahead and bought two copies. I'm in no hurry to install it as I've heard reports of incompatibility with Adobe CS3, so I'll wait a bit, maybe I'll do it when we're in Phoenix in case we have problems, the Apple store is only a few miles away. Still, no reason not to read up on a few things.

Tweaking the User Interface

MASSIVE Ars Technica review (15 pages or so of material) (and the Slashdot thread thereof)

First look at installing it