Shawn Holwegner's Blog

lather. rinse. repeat.

I have nothing I can say, or offer to those families directly affected, or indirectly by this act of terrorism, but my heart goes out to them.

It makes me sad, yes – yet, sickly, I feel pride: We don’t deal with these attacks every day. For all of our faults, we are strong, and we shall not forget...

I’ve heard these are all the rage, and shave at least ten years off of your intellectual profile..

  • You scored higher than 99% on darkness.
  • You scored higher than 99% on spontaneity.
  • You scored higher than 99% on vulgarity.

Oh my, it’s true. Everyone my age is dead, or doesn...

Here you thought your music was insane

The above computation is actually erring on the side of lenency.. and yet, it’s one of my favorite relaxing tunes by Gustav Grefburg.

You kids and your silly little 180BPM songs. Pfft. ;)

I’ll admit it: I’m not as interested in tinkering with things as I used to be. I’d rather they just work so I can get MY work done. That way, I have more time to play.

Well, since my foray back into the world of Windows, I’ve been sadly lacking a mod player. DeliPlayer v2 is probably the best for...

There’s been quite a bit of misinformation on the internet about the Core Duo, and now, the Duo 2 CPUs regarding Windows XP Home.

Observe. Windows XP Home SP2, 2002 release.

Just an XP Home Property Window

Note the two CPU graphs.

XP Home supports Core Duo

This is standard Windows XP Home SP2, I have done nothing to enable this.

Stock Core Duo in XP Home

Note the proc...

Ok, so, a friend sent me this link, which is regarding a smudge of chocolate that was collecting under a vat. While many may see a health issue, or as I prefer ‘guano’, a worker swears it’s the Virgin Mary.

This reminded me of the old Upright Citizens Brigade “Spaghetti Jesus” sketch. I never li...