Heroes

Heroes is a new show from NBC that has great promise. The simplest way to describe it is to say that it is like X-Men, but before anybody knows anything about mutants. The show takes itself seriously, has just the right amount of humor, and is dramatic. I saw the first episode (which as I write this is available to watch in streaming video on www.nbc.com ) last night, and enjoyed it immensely. I recommend it to anyone with the slightest infection of nerdity.

An Israeli Perspective

Roy Osherove is sort of famous in the .Net developer community. He is the creator of www.regexlib.com. He doesn't often blog politics, but politics has recently had an impact on his career. In this post, he discusses the impact as well as answers some intellectually sloppy accusations that have been levied against Israel. It's not a perfect response (his allusion to moral grayness for example), but it's still very good.

Update:
I was wrong--He didn't create www.regexlib.com. Woops!

I was wrong...

... in my first thoughts about the Spinach/E.Coli problem. My first thought when I first heard about it was "It's probably the organic stuff."

Indeed, I was supported in that theory by the picture in this article. The company is denying that its organic products are affected, although the FDA isn't ruling anything out.

So, at this point, nothing is really known. I'll be very interested in the final conclusions if anyone comes across them before I do.

Yay

Sometimes they get it right. Wikipedia at least is refusing to kowtow to Chinese censorship efforts.
Article here.

Month-iversary

Tomorrow marks 2 months since I began dating Emily. She contacted me awhile back after reading a lot of my blog; we started talking; one thing led to another; and here we are.
This relationship is already different and better than any of my previous ones. We have a great number of common interests to start with. I can say "Do you wanna' play Battlefield 2?" and the answer I get is usually "Yes!" She loves to read, watch great television shows, play games (video, roleplaying, and board). She has a marvelous sense of humor. She's smart as a lemon drops, and she adores my dogs. The fact that she likes and respects me is something that seems to be easy for her to show. She shows interest in things that I love (programming, philosophy) that she knows little or nothing about--but expresses and shows a desire to learn. She strongly argues with me when she disagrees, but does so in a rational, non-combative manner that doesn't compromise her passion. She has a knowledge and love of music that rivals my own (and with 6-700 CDs in my collection, that's significant!)

In short, she has all of the qualities of personality that I thought would be ideal in a romantic partner.

We've spent an enormous amount of time together since we started dating. Almost half of every week has been spent together. The time has been an orgy of sharing DVD's, CD's, books, and ideas. Mucho fun-do!

So, cheers and celebrations to Emily and me!