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"Forever In Blue" by Journey, from "Trial By Fire".

I accidentally forced myself to move from Netbeans 5.5.1 to Netbeans 6 M10. I don't know if this is normal, but Netbeans has been running now for a few hours and the task manager is showing java.exe using almost 400Mb! My project isn't large by any stretch of the imagination; there might be about 30 classes, but they're mostly small with maybe 3 Swing derived classes. I can force the Java garbage collector to kick in, but that doesn't reduce the overall consumption. Scary! If I sit and watch Netbean's memory meter, it slowly rises by 100k every few seconds.

A series of huge concerts to highlight climate change? Something doesn't quite seem right about that, but I can't put my finger on it. Hmmm. From the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6277116.stm "Critics say that flying rock stars in on aeroplanes and using a great deal of electricity to power several concerts sends out mixed messages about energy conservation." Aha! That's it! Doh!

I've applied the updates for Safari over recent days/weeks and unfortunately they haven't fixed the bugs that annoy me the most: - showing the desktop hides Safari, but it always reappears for no reason - CTRL+BACKSPACE doesn't delete the previous word - clicking the icon in the task bar for running Safari doesn't minimise it Safari is a terrible attempt at being a Windows application. I stopped using it a while ago and I still see no reason to try again. (Posted from Safari!)

"Last Frontier" by Jimmy Barnes. What a voice!

This is news to everyone, but a long time (unknown) hero of mine is "the tank guy" . The guts it took to stand up to several tanks in peaceful protest is beyond my comprehension. The second picture (zoomed out) turns this particular event into a comedic tragedy. You have to ask yourself, how is it that the tanks didn't just drive around him? Still, standing up for your beliefs is one thing; standing up for your beliefs while facing tanks and probable death is another. Especially considering hundreds or thousands of protestors were killed. This picture overwhelms me - I find it very emotional. More so because it makes me feel irrelevant in comparison. It's a shame his identity isn't known - I'd love to know what became of him.