Matrix XP

I'm so envious. I wish I had time to sit around and make movies. That would be a seriously fantastic summer.

Goal

It's official. After 19 months and 223 posts, I have finally achieved my original goal for this blog. I recieved 100 visitors this week (without submitting any articles to Digg, Newsvine, etc). This is but a milestone in my sojourn into the blogosphere. I hope to hit new zeniths of awesomeness with this and Random-Tech.

Daily Show on "The Brink"

I've been significantly underwhelmed by the media coverage of the Israel vs Lebanon "Brink." Apparently, I'm not alone.

State of the Blog Address... Again

Greetings,

A few posts ago I said I was planning on coming up with a new design and such for this blog. I pretty much lied. That original thought has since evolved into a concept for an entirely new blog. I'll still maintain this one, but the other will be my priority.

This blog will be reserved for personal updates, things that amuse me, and the occasional rant. The other, http://random-tech.com will be focused on original content related to technology, politics, and education.

-Chad

Pets

Forgive the source, but my mother just told me a sad statistic from Oprah:

"Americans spend $38.4 Billion on their pets each year."

I looked it up on Wikipedia, and that makes American pets the 62nd richest (by GDP). Link

Need Input

The world needs more messages like this. This is the ultimate in descriptive instructions.



(Via The Daily WTF)

Typing & Personal Update

Happy Independence Day

I came across a typing test today here. My best was 105 WPM with an average of several tests around 90 WPM. I apparently spend too much time typing on here.

I wonder how much faster I would be if I used more than two fingers on my right hand. For some reason, my left hand is much more dominant when typing. Perhaps forcing the use of the left hand was part of the original design of the keyboard -- to slow people down so the keys wouldn't jam on the typewriter.

Oh, the book is coming along quite nicely. I fully expect to have it finished by the end of summer. I'm in a bit of a lull right now, what with Lynn, Scott, and my nieces visiting, but I hope to get back to writing soon.

My computer class starts tomorrow; this should be quite an interesting adventure. Check out the website for it at: http://intuitive-computers.com