My new website is up

I've got a new website up and running, you can find a link to it on the right side of the page, LIKE IT or NOT!

I'll still be keeping up my Blog, but my posts here may now direct you to my website for more in-depth coverage on a subject. Reviews of books, movies, games, hardware and just plain thoughts on what's going on in the world.

Obama ends question of torture

A great resource for netbook users

If you use a netbook, or are thinking of getting one, here's a great forum with news and resources for you...

Netbook Forum

I've been using my Acer Aspire One netbook for about a month and a half now, and love it. I've been remiss in getting a review of it up on the internet, but plan to rectify that soon...watch this space for an upcoming video review of one of the handiest gadgets I've seen come down the turnpike in a long time.

Why only for poor children in "other" countries?

You're looking at an image of the XO-2. The second generation of the "one laptop per child" project. You know, where the poorest children of other countries are supposed to be able to get an affordable laptop so that they can learn and keep up with the rest of the world. The new version is a dual screen, touch-screen laptop that will be touted as an e-book reader that can hold up to 500 e-books. But which will also be able to be used as a computer with a virtual keyboard. My question is, why does this have to be targeted as something for children of "other" countries. Why not the children of this country?

Something like this would have been fantastic when my son was in school. He had to carry about 30 pounds of books back and forth to school every day. With something like this, at the beginning of each school year, he could have just downloaded all the books he needed for that year, and had one small, lightweight thing to carry from class to class. He could have taken notes on it, accessed encyclopedias...etc. Everyone knows that the public school systems in this country suck. Think about how much money, resources and time something like this could save our country if all our school-age children had access to something like this!

Ricardo Montalban dies at 88

A great actor who will be missed sorely! I don't know if I'll remember him better as Kahn from Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn, or from all those wonderful adventures I lived vicariously on Fantasy Island!

December to remember...

A Sad Ending...

Well, the Colts' season has come to an ending, and it was as climactic as it was disappointing. The San Diego Chargers defeated the Colts in an overtime 'squeaker'. Nearly all the Colts games this season came down to the finish line, and were decided by mere points. Last nights' season ender was no different, actually going past the finish line before coming to an ending. The final score was 23 - 17. I will say that the game was a fantastic one. It was a nail-biter all the way, with several lead changes. Both teams played extremely well, unfortunately the Chargers played just a hair better, or they were luckier. ;)

Cartoon version of me

I started messing around the other night with a photo of myself and came up with this...I think it looks quite a bit like me. My wife said I looked sad, and my son said I looked demented!