Yeah, my iCal is syncing fine with Google.

I almost never use iCal anymore, though. I've decided that I like calendar.google.com just fine, so I use it and my iPhone calendar exclusively to edit my schedule.

I am such a geek, but you all know that, right? Anyway, this is so cool: Electromechanical computer built from relays

This is Zusie, a computer built out of electromechanical relays. [Fredrik Andersson] picked up a lot of about 100 telephone exchange circuit boards, each with about 16 relays on them. After getting to know a heat gun really well he ended up with 1500 working relays with which to play. The machine runs slowly, it’s noisy, but it definitely works. After the break yo can see it running and assembly code program that he wrote.

The instruction set is based on boards running microcode. These store the operational commands for each instruction the processor has available to it and they run in parallel with the rest of the operations.

eta: You know how in ST:TOS, when the ship's computer is working, you can hear what sounds like relays clicking? Which is weird, because relay-based computers were long obsolete by the time ST:TOS was on the air.

ita, just as a data point, someone on another board I'm on is having that same problem as of today.

Spidra, thanks for that heads up. How frustrating. Google wasn't giving me any help yesterday. Maybe time will tell.

Any advice on DVD authoring software for Windows? I'm looking for something that can work with a variety of file types, and can do the necessary file converting without requiring me to take a night class on video editing terminology.

What version of Windows? Windows 7 or Vista(not sure about Vista) has Windows DVD Maker which works pretty well.

ita,

if this persists, you might have to look into the instructions for backing up all your calendar data, moving it out of the folder and creating a new calendar.

One time, my ical data was corrupted and I had to move everything and reimport.

I'm using XP, naturally. Though I have a netbook with 7, maybe I could use it to make .iso files that I could then burn with the software I already have...

A netbook might not have it if it's running netbook version of 7. Unfortunately Windows DVD Maker is the only thing I've used recently. A long time ago I used Sonic DVD Maker which came with my DVD writer, but I recall it being kind of dodgy.

my browser window went full screen and I can no longer access the task bar, and can only switch between tabs. I have mashed every F key and combination of Shift and Ctrl and Tab and Alt. It's Internet Explorer. Help!