Friday, October 28, 2005

There have been some pretty catchy songs on the radio lately, including stuff by Aqualung and Ben Harper, as well as by people whose first names all start with the letter "J":

James Blunt
"You're Beautiful"

Jack Johnson
"Good People"

Joe Satriani
"Always With Me, Always With You"

It was recently discovered that Skype contains a major security flaw. Nice. We enjoyed some tasty grub at Zip's Drive-In a couple of nights ago. Very good, mmmmm.

Q: How old is email?
A: Email is 34 years old!   =)

Even though Google was slammed and sued for Google Print (scanning books and making them searchable), three other groups are doing the same thing: MSN Book Search, Open Library, and the Open Content Alliance (OCA, which includes other industry heavyweights like Yahoo and HP). While they're starting with old books, they haven't dismissed the possibility of scanning copyrighted works. Hmmmm.

Speaking of Google, they're definitely taking on the world, with the recent news about Google Base, Google Wallet, and Google Purchase. Google Base is a competitor to eBay and Craig's List, while Google Wallet and/or Google Purchase are competitors with PayPal. A little competition never hurt, right?

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