Worst fortune cookie fortune ever...

I received this fortune from the Fire Bowl Cafe in Round Rock yesterday:

You will receive a fortune. (cookie)

How lame is that!? At least it came true.

Awesome PC Specs

My parents sent us some Christmas gifts this week, and they packaged them in an old box from storage in their house. It so happens that the box in which they sent the gifts was originally used to package an 80286 PC that we used to own when I was a kid. The specs are still written on the box, and I couldn't help but laugh when I read them.

Here are some specs:

Brand: GoldStar

Model: GT212 Slim Size 286-12MHz AT Compatible

Features:

• IBM PC/AT compatible
• 1MB of RAM standard, expandable to 4MB high speed memory on motherboard
• High Performance 16-bit VGA built-in with 640x480 VGA mode
• 3 expansion slots for optional Modem or game port adapters
• Serial, parallel and mouse ports
• 30MB Hard disk
  
• MS DOS 4.01 (User friendly DOS Shell is included) / GW BASIC

Some promotional text:
GT212 is a slim size 16-bit 80286 based AT that runs either at 12MHz or 6.25MHz clock speed. This AT-compatible system features 1MB RAM (expands to 4MB), a 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive, and a built-in hard disk interface (IDE).

GT212 is pretested at an elevated temperature to assure greater reliability.

Canadian Election

Canadian voters will be heading to the polls, likely sometime in January, after the opposition brought down the minority government in a no-confidence vote Monday evening.

The election has been set for January 23rd. You can learn all about it here.

INXS

I downloaded their latest album with their new singer - the guy who won the TV contest. It sucks.

Normally, I wouldn't have downloaded it since I'm a moderate INXS fan at best. But since the new singer was from Nova Scotia, I figured it was worth a shot. Too bad. I really wanted to like it.

I'm quite surprised that the album has been released already. I can only guess that INXS had all the songs in the bag and just needed someone to sing the lyrics. I think it's obvious that Michael Hutchence was the musical force behind the old INXS. Unfortunately, he used a leather belt for more than holding up his pants, and that was the end of that.