I just watched the pilot of “Heroes.” I’d venture to say it’s one of the best new shows to come along in a long while. I’d put it somewhere behind “Battlestar Galactica” and “Eureka.” It’s very well written and acted, elegantly designed, beautifully shot, and it sucks you in within the first ten minutes. It has a lot of elements of “Six Degrees” (another show I’m keeping my eye on), which I’m finding very appealing.
I believe it normally airs on NBC Mondays, at 9 pm. They are repeating the pilot tomorrow (Tuesday 9/25/2006) at 8 pm (7 central). Watch it, decide for yourselves.

I went caving with some friends over the labor day weekend. It was surprisingly more fun than I had expected. We wore helmets and headlamps, and knee pads, for protection. In some places you had to inch your way forward on your stomach. Sweaty work, but the caves were a cool 55 - 60 degrees F.

I highly recommend the trip. We stayed at the Indian camp ground in the Lava Beds National Monument. It's a long drive, but well worth it. On the way back, stop by the Sundial Bridge.

Some time ago I wrote about how my shiny new MacBookPro crashes whenever I plug in an external monitor. Turns out, Apple displays don't make it crash.
I wrote a bug about it, and Apple responded well. They gave me a tool to use to record information about the monitor.
Interestingly, I no longer have privileges to read or append to the bug I originated, and neither does my friend at Apple. I finally wrote a new bug referencing the old one to try to get some info, but it's been four months (and a few updates) without a fix.
Also, I'm on my third MBP since then, and it still crashes, so I'm fairly certain it wasn't a hardware defect (but it could be a hardware design flaw).

NBC (USA, Sci Fi), your so-called "seasons" of The Dead Zone, The 4400 and Stargate (both series) are a joke. 10 episodes? 12? 13? Cheap bastards. Those are good shows, they deserve to run for a consecutive 22 (or more) episodes.
Advertising and ratings suck.
You know what else sucks? "Pro" wrestling. That crap doesn't belong on the Sci Fi channel. Put it on the channels that the trailer trash who watch that shit watch. Fox, or QVC. Fuck you.

I've added a clickable ad for the Tesla Motors electric sports car. I'm not getting any money for doing this, but I believe very strongly in this thing. It's incredibly fast, beautiful and has excellent range for a high-performance electric car. If I had $85,000 to spend, I'd get one in a heartbeat.