Ghostzapper to return in 2005; Azeri might retire after two more ...
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There is no question in trainer Bobby Frankelâs mind who will claim Horse of the Year honors when the Eclipse Awards are handed out in January.
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Tycho:  Ever since I closed the lid of my DS, sealing the Pokemon within and stunting their development, I have been expelled from polite society.  I think Gabriel might have imagined that we would engage in furious battles during Recess, out on the Big Toy, until the bell rang for lunch.  For a time, I hoped to take on a coaching role for other players, wise with my years (or perhaps weeks) of Pokemon husbandry - but Gabriel exclaimed that "a Pokemon trainer's strength comes from within," which I assume means not from me.  Through some strange reversal of polarity, I am being ostracized for not befriending electric mice.  It is a world dipped - perhaps even double dipped - in madness.
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The first System z mainframe system in nearly three years is expected to be announced later this month. Patrick Thibodeau checks in with the ongoing struggle between mainframes and distributed servers for hearts, minds and budget lines.
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Stubbs the Zombie being built on top of the Halo engine; Aspyr pegs summer &#39;05 as day the bloody demon arrives. Exclusive screens, developer video inside.
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A lot of things are happening in the Ruby world right now, and I wanted to highlight a few of them here:  At FOSCon this year, Amy Hoy has asked people to start writing more instructive articles about parts of Ruby or Rails so that newbies would have more "fine manuals" to read.  I've tried to do my part with two short series (so far), one on RubyInline and the other on ruby-prof.  The RubyInline articles are: RubyInline, making making things faster easier, and RubyInline: Going a bit Further.  The ruby-prof articles are:  Profile and ruby-prof, ruby-prof and call graphs, and Profile and ruby-prof:  getting specific. Another blog related event is the current blogging contest being run by Ruby Inside.  They're offering $100 US to their favorite informativ, ruby related blog post this week (Aug 14-20).  There have been a lot of interesting entries so far.  It would be pretty cool to see more contests like this crop up. We're getting close to a couple of Ruby conferences, I wrote about RubyConf*MI in my last post.  RailsConfEurope is also comingu up quickly.  If you're reasonable close to either of these, you should consider registering. O'Reilly has released the Ruby Cookbook.  It's a massive tome, chock-full of Ruby goodness.  I haven't had time to read the whole thing yet, but what I've read looks good, and I'm hearing good things from folks I trust.  Looks like another good book to add to your Ruby bookshelf. APress is getting ready to jump into Ruby and Rails in a big way.  They've got ten titles listed on their 'Rails Roadmap', and have lined up some well known Ruby names to write for them.  They're still looking for some Ruby authors according to this blog post. No Starch Press is also starting to make some Ruby related noises.  I can't be specific yet, but there's a good looking Ruby book on its way into their catalog.  If the book is half as good as what they've talked to me about, it's going to be another 'must have'. The Pragmatic Programmers also look like they're set to add some more titles to their Facets of Ruby line.  James Gray has said that he's writing a book for them that should be announced soon, Ezra Zygmuntowicz also has a book on the way, and I've recently signed a contract with them for a Ruby related book.  It looks like the PragProgs aren't going to be content to sit on their Ruby laurels. Finally, Developerdotstar is close to announcing a couple of books about programming.  Neither of these is Ruby specific, but from everything I've heard I think they're going to be solid, language independant books about becoming a better programmer.  Just the kind of thing you'd expect from these guys.
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Jack McKeon will return to manage the Florida Marlins in 2005.
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Take aim... Nintendoâs Wii Zapper will be available across Europe in time for Christmas, the company said today.â¦
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DALLAS (Texas): Showing speed that was almost spooky, Ghostzapper gave trainer Bobby Frankel his first victory in the Breedersâ Classic, showpiece of racingâs eight-race, $14 million annual extravaganza.
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Takuma Sato will return with BAR-Honda in 2005. The team confirmed the Japanese driver&#39;s return on Tuesday ahead of this weekend&#39;s Japanese Grand Prix.
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Azeri, the world&#39;s all-time leading money-earning female, has been retired from racing. Michael Paulson, who heads his father&#39;s Allen Paulson Living Trust that raced Azeri, made the decision
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Sounds like a Ghostbusters game is in the works for 2008, according to Ackroyd, who will do some motion capture for it. In Game|Life.
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Analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring on 12 December  The independent Azeri TV and radio station ANS resumed broadcasting on 12 December, almost three weeks after being taken off the air, ostensibly because its broadcasting licence had expired.
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Gabe: I've gotten some mail about the Sony Defense Force site we mentioned in the strip today. Most people seem to want to know if it's a joke or not. I am of the opinion that it is. I'm not sure about Tycho but I think it's 100% fake. Stuff like the Lair review and their spin on the video of Halo 3 running on a PS3 demo station just can't be real. I think the guy running the site and making the articles is a genius. He's pulling in all kinds of traffic with an incredible parody and best of all, he even has people in his forums who think the whole thing is real. My guess is, in a couple weeks or maybe a month he'll drop the charade and reveal the whole thing was a gag. Maybe he can keep it going longer than that but I doubt it. I hope he can though because honestly it's fucking hilarious.   128016001920  Also Kiko made you this cool wallpaper based on one of his PAX photos. He has also posted two more sets including the final round of the Omegathon and general PAX culture.  -Gabe out
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Wait a minute, didn't Jay-Z say he was retiring TWO albums ago?
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Cal Evans has another update about the upcoming (Oct 8th through 11th) to the Zend Developer Zone today:   ZendCon is sneaking up on us fast. If you've not got your tickets yet, time is running out so you had better hurry. To whet your appetite, ere are a few blog posts or ZendCon mentions from speakers and attendees who will be there this year.   Included in his list are bloggers like Terry Chay, Brian DeShong and Mike Naberenzy and events like the Happy Hour 2.0 and the Unconference.
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The most brilliant American racehorse in years has labored in relative obscurity until now. But when he runs Saturday in the Breeders&#39; Cup Classic at Lone Star Park, Ghostzapper can demonstrate
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Here's an early prediction: 2005 will be dominated by characters wearing masks.