I live in North Georgia and use Charter cable for my fast internet. Lately they have been implementing some "new features" that have totally screwed up the connection. The internet will work fine for maybe three hours out of a day for the last two weeks. Before that it would still cut out at random times. The worst part is, I use a VOIP phone line, so when the internet is down, so is my phone. My cell doesn't get service in the valley I live in, so it's really starting to get on my nerves. Charter has been a great connection up until now. What's up??

One small step for the Senate Judiciary Committee, one giant leap towards a totally censored form of freedom.

Tuesday a man walked into a Canadian college and opened fire with an automatic weapon, killing one and wounding many others. Canadian Police dealt with him swiftly and efficiently shooting and killing the man before he was able to continue the "rampage".

Koffi Annan doesn't think the removal of African Union peacekeepers from Darfur is so good. No kidding. If the UN takes over the peacekeeping operation in the country, African Union troops would not be welcome. I don't know much about the AU, but the UN has a hard time doing anything right, so I say it would be horrible Kofi. Keep your people out of it until we can see the AU can no longer do the job.

Bill Selles of Dpad.gotfrag.com has some very intelligent insight on why consoles sontinue to outperform PC sales in gaming circles. I agree with every word.

The Crocodile Hunter is dead, how did he die you say? Whas he viciously torn apart by a 12 foot long reptile? Was he eaten by an Alligator, poisoned by a deadly snake? No, he got stung by a stingray, apparently in the heart, which caused him to go into Cardiac Arrest. Definitely didn't see that coming.

Seriously though, heartfelt condolences go out to the Irwin family. He will be missed by many people.

Sadly, I was not able to make it sown to DragonCon this weekend. I really wanted to, but it didn't work out. Photos of this year's events have not been posted yet, I'll put something up when they are.

The last few days have really emphasized to me the rapid pace of the age we are in. Larry Hyrb calls it the "Era of Hyper Communication," I couldn't put it better. The speed with which the world travels is increasing exponentially each year. The next ten years hold incredible things for the world of technology, I have no doubt. Hold on to your hats.

DragonCon is in Atlanta this weekend! I'm going to try and get downtown to see some of the conference on Saturday, I'll take lots of photos if I get there.

Today I found out that one of my favorite podcasts, the Dreamstation.cc Videogame Show, has disbanded and is under new management. The host, Chris Paladino and I have dialogued a bit during the past few weeks, and he is a great guy. He received an opportunity at Microsoft that was too good to turn down I'm sure. It's really a shame they had to end the show, but hopefully they are all moving on to bigger and better things. Chris, now that you're famous, remember us one day.

New material on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, previously unkown photos of building number 7 which collapsed, even though it was shielded by two other buildings that were smaller but didn't collapse.

I got a myspace, I've definitely got to say I like Blogger better, but check it out. (side link)

Of the two personal web page "genres" that exist, I prefer the stand up blog to the myspace or xanga type page. A Blog is a place that people put their personal opinions about things that exist in their lives and are somewhat important to them. A myspace seems to be more of a place to put content that other people created, when you post that content, you are stating that you like it, but it isn't created by you. I've just gotten a myspace, and I am having fun conversing with friends and viewing their profiles, so I'm in no way opposed to the style of content, but I enjoy reading peoples thoughts and opinions far more. It seems more personal.

I will get back from my absolutely fantastic vacation on Sunday, so I should soon be keeping the blog up to date regularly again.

I love good sound, and this is a very promising idea that could revolutionize the audio world.

Those Mac users out there have to take a bow, for the unshakable Apple computer has been hacked through wireless cards!

Microsoft is copying the Ipod, (more power to them, they're taking over the universe anyway), and Saddam Hussein is going on another food strike and refusing to go to his court hearings. Why is that important? Let him keill himself, if he refuses to have a fair trial, just give him an unfair one.

I've just finished watching the season of Firefly, the TV show. I don't watch much television, but this is the best stuff I've ever seen. Hands down, rated for content that is compelling, exciting, surprising, and an incredible story, this is the best thing I've ever seen on TV. It's genius, the story can almost compare with the Lord of The Rings trilogy, which are the best fictional stories of all time. Firefly is a close second. Truly the big hats at Fox Entertainment are totally and unquestionably mentally unstable. To cancel a work of art like Firefly, you would have to be out of touch with what makes a great story. A truly compelling saga, that keeps you up at night, and makes you think of yourself in the character's situation. I really can't say enough about this show. I'm going to post permanent links to the closest thing to an official website that I can find.

Today my family and I are traveling to St. Louis to celebrate the 4th of July. I don't like that title as much as Independence Day, and as we think about independence, let's remember two major countries that we are involved in right now, Iraq and Afghanistan. These countries have experienced a change in governments during the past five years, but they are not independent. I truly hope they become so within the next year. I also wish every US soldier over there will come home safe, and soon. Support an independent Iraq and Afghanistan, not two more countries supported and controlled by the United States.

Excellent, airport quick chargers for your every electronic accessory.

You've got to be kidding, Japan wants to pump CO2 into the ground instead of releasing it into the air. In the ground, the chemical will not be filtered or used by plants to create more oxygen, instead, it will await an earthquake or some other major geological transformation, to explode into the atmosohere all at once. I've heard that it's rather hard to breathe Carbon Dioxide. If it all vented into the air at once, it would cover a huge area with unlivable conditions, am I right?