New PC, leak news, races and speeders, hair art

I received my new PC (pretty quickly, though I had some trouble with UPS), and have been busily going through the frustration of getting it all set up the way I like it and getting my files and accounts moved over (actually, it has been going pretty smoothly). One frustration I hadn't been thinking about: the new PC has no parallel or serial ports, so I can't use my printer or scanner with it (so, that's something new I need to replace. The printer I have is really old, and the scanner was a very cheap one to begin with).

I got Windows XP Media Center Edition with this PC, and I have to say it is pretty slick. You can easily navigate it with the remote, and the interface is very intuitive.

In other news:

• Bush and Cheney reportedly authorized the Plame leak. So when Bush swore to find and punish those responsible, was that the equivalent of OJ searching for the real killers?
• "Malcom" jumps from acting to racing. Part of the aging child actor placement program.
• Oh, the sale is over! But you could have had a driveable replica landspeeder!
• Amazing paintings on human hair. It would cost a fortune to have all of your hairs done, though.