Phish Tickets Available

Phish fans stormed the Internet Friday morning as tickets for the band's first tour in nearly five years went on sale.

Tickets for the first leg of the Vermont-based jam band's summer tour, including venues in Long Island, Massachusetts and New Jersey, were made available through the online ticketing site Live Nation. Though most shows were not reported officially sold out as of 1 p.m. Friday, the Live Nation site displayed intermittent error messages, causing many shut-out fans to vent their frustration on online message boards.

The tour, which kicks off June 4 at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island, is a much-anticipated return for the band's loyal fans, who have often drawn comparison to the Grateful Dead's die-hard followers. Like Deadheads before them, "Phish heads" follow the band from show to show and trade concert bootlegs of the band's famously long live sets.

Phish kicks off their 2009 tour with a three-night stretch in March at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, the venue where their live album "Hampton Comes Alive" was recorded.

A limited amount of tickets for each show are also available starting at midnight on the day of the show, according to the Live Nation site.

Rajendrasinh Mawana - Fannie Mae Virus

URBANA, Md. (AP) - The Justice Department says it foiled a plot by a fired Fannie Mae contract worker in Maryland to destroy all the data on the mortgage giant's 4,000 computer servers nationwide.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says 35-year-old Rajendrasinh Makwana, of Glen Allen, Va., is scheduled for arraignment Friday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on one count of computer intrusion.

U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein says Makwana was fired Oct. 24.

Rosenstein says that on that day, Makwana programmed a computer with a malicious code that was set to spread throughout the Fannie Mae network and destroy all data this Saturday.
Makwana's federal public defender did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Washington-based Fannie Mae is the largest U.S. mortgage finance company.


Personally, I'm just wondering why Rajendrasinh Mawana wasn't escorted out of the building immediately. Most IT companies I know walk you right out of the building for this very reason.

Jason Varitek News

Varitek has a really huge problem. Boras really messed this one up. I can't see a team giving up a draft pick to sign the guy. If a team did that, that GM should be fired immediately. .

Lets say, Boston pulls off a trade for Montero or Salty then they no longer need Varitek. What happens then? Is it possible for a team to sign Varitek after a certain date and still not give up a draft pick?

The Boston Globe is reporting that the Mariners are considering him "to improve the Seattle pitching staff." That could be a riot.

NRG Global - Sysload

Just wondering which was the simplest, easy to install monitoring tool around. SNMP, MOM, Nagios, Red Point, HP Openview, BMC Patrol, BigBrother, BigSister, MRTG, BMC, EHealth, NetIQ?

Have you tried Sysload? www.nrgglobal.com It is said to be one of the most useful with minimal clutter. Has anyone tried the demo?

Wii Fit Guide - A Tutorial for Cheats and Weight Loss

There's a new Wii Fit guide available for download. This tutorial walks through every game and tells how to unlock each game, tips for success on each game and exercise, how to avoid injury, and more.

It reveals all the secret jogging trails.

It does contain all the cheats, like how to earn 'time' coins in the Fit Bank super quickly and how to beat some of the harder balance games.

But the Wii Fit Tutorial also comes with something that I'm surprised isn't included with the Wii Fit itself: a workout routine. It tells you exactly which exercises to do, how long to do them, in what order, and on what days. It gives you a well-rounded routine which covers all muscle groups, and by following it you can avoid the soreness that happens when you overwork a single muscle group.

NYKO Wand - Wii Remote Replacement

NYKO is the first to create a Wii-compatible wand to replace the Wii Remote.

The NYKO Wand is fully compatible with Wii, and can do everything the Wiimote can. They are also configurable...something the Wii-mote is missing.

Wand
Wireless Motion Sensing One-Handed Controller for Wii™ With Trans-Port™ Technology

Experience new levels and immersion and innovation with Nyko’s Wand for Nintendo® Wii™. The Wand allows for complete control of all compatible Wii software and menus and features full motion control support, vibration feedback, and built-in speaker. With the Wand in your hand, you’ll have total control of all your Wii software as well as a rubberized B-Trigger, larger 1 and 2 buttons and an improved and re-worked d-pad for more comfortable and accurate classic and horizontal game play. Expand your control possibilities with Nyko’s Trans-Port Technologies, exclusively developed for the Wand. Trans-Port Technology allows specially designed attachments to pass through key buttons to the attachment, allowing for more responsive attachments that can easily integrate with your Wand controller for a variety of games.

	Trans-Port Technology Relocate key buttons through specially designed accessories and attachments for better more immersive control		Custom Design Enlarged and highly responsive buttons allow for more accurate and comfortable game play while a rubber grip insures a better hold of the remote
	Wireless Bluetooth technology allows for wireless play up to 20 feet away from the console		Fully Compatible Full motion control and pointer functionality provide full support for all Wii software and menus

	Full compatibility with all Wii Software
	Trans-Port Technology allows for use of custom shells and accessories
	Accelerometer for full motion control game play
	CMOS camera for pointer/cursor functionality
	Play wirelessly up to 20 feet away from the console
	Enlarged buttons and re-designed d-pad allow for convenient horizontal play
	Powerful speaker provides instant audio feedback
	Full rumble support
	Unique aesthetic design
	Rubberized battery cover for optimal grip

One of the coolest things, in my opinion, is the fact that the NYKO Wand is rubberized. Why Nintendo decided to make the controls so slippery for a game that's designed to make you sweat.