Got the Chrome OS running on my EEE 900 this weekend; here's the details:

The emergence of the 64-bit architecture effectively increases the memory ceiling to 264 addresses, equivalent to approximately 17.2 billion gigabytes, 16.8 million terabytes, or 16 exabytes of RAM. To put this in perspective, in the days when 4 MB of main memory was commonplace, the maximum memory ceiling of 232 addresses was about 1,000 times larger than typical memory configurations. Today, when over 2 GB of main memory is common, the ceiling of 264 addresses is about ten trillion times larger, i.e., ten billion times more headroom than the 232 case.

Searching for an Open Source software (OSS) solution to the famous math program 'Mathematica'; I stumbled across this jewel: Maxima 
It looks like a lot of the work is done through python and some of the fantastic scientific libraries that already exist.
Bravo!

In 7th grade science class with a teacher known as Mr. Martin – we had a room full of all kinds of creatures, from tropical lizards, iguanas, tree frogs, to large constrictor Boas. Now although I might liken this to an immersion experience in the middle of the jungle I think one of the more meaningful lessons was described on the first day of class. He asked all the students to go around the room and find the most deadly creature out of all. After we all walk around, Mr. Martin performed a quick poll of what people thought. (update: Someone mentioned that maybe the most obvious and deadliest creature would be ourselves - humans) Several students guessed the large constrictor Boa as it would be able to squeeze you to death, several other students postulated that maybe it was a lizard that could squirt poison into your eyes. The moral of the story, however, had nothing to do with knowledge on the subject matter of animals; it was a test of observation skills. The 'most deadly' animal in the room was easily identified by the cage it was in, as it was the only cage with padlocks holding all of the doors tightly shut (keeping the animal in and student fingers out).

"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love."

How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.

Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

I think it is important to hear what people are thinking and discussing. I have always enjoyed listening to a good debate or conversation (re: NPR and other news radio), but I have always noticed that certain lacking of tech flair. Podcasting is probably the best way to get through this barrier of having to listen to something you don't want to hear - think of it like TiVo + YouTube + NPR (maybe...). Anyway here are a couple of clips from some shows I have been listening to: