American Red Cross - Credit Card Contribution:
Hurricane 2005 Relief and other Related Events:
Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm that is still making its way across the Mid-Atlantic States. American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina’s destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands victims left homeless with critical necessities. By making a financial gift to Hurricane 2005 Relief, the Red Cross can provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.
Help Them Out.
Verizon gets aggressive on mobile broadband | CNET News.com
Verizon Wireless is turning up the heat on the nascent wireless broadband market as it expands into new cities and slashes prices 25 percent.
On Monday, the wireless provider, owned by Verizon Communications and Vodafone, announced that it is lowering prices on its wireless broadband service to $60 from the previous price of $80 a month. It also announced that it has expanded the service–which is based on a technology called EV-DO, or Evolution-Data Optimized–into seven new markets, bringing the total number of markets served to 60.
The new price is only available to customers who also subscribe to a Verizon Wireless voice plan, and it requires customers to sign a two-year contract.
This timing is perfect. I am going to ask to get a phone with EV-DO from work. The price cut works in my favor. Lets see if I can pull it off.
Einstein Hollow Face Illusion
This is cool. You have to check out the video of this illusion. If I get a office and some spare cash this is going in it. You have to see it to believe it.
It isn’t the consumer killing the movie theaters, it is a slow suicide. How can they expect us to pay $10 per ticket $12 for popcorn and soda to sit in a theater and watch 20 minutes of commercials then 20 minutes of movie commercials (called previews) and not think we are going to get feed up with it.
That tea party in Boston during the 1700’s wasn’t because people hated tea they hated the providers and the price. Same thing with Hollywood. We enjoy the flicks, we just hate getting ripped off. If there was a ship in a harbor full of tickets and popcorn I tell you the Rivers would run yellow with greasy butter substitute.
Thats all I have to say about that.
Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
These pages demonstrate visual phenomena, called »optical illusions« or »visual illusions«. The latter is more appropriate, because most effects have their basis in the visual pathway, not in the optics of the eye. I selected these based on relative novelty and interactivity, and will expand the explanations when I find the time, to the degree that these phenomena are really understood. Any nice and thoughtful comment welcome.
OK it is Friday and this is not TEch or IT related but I just wasted ten minutes there so I thought you might like it. Have a great weekend.
How To Look Like A UNIX Guru
Great little cheat sheat for Unix/Linux.
Hackers Attack Via Chinese Web Sites.
Web sites in China are being used heavily to target computer networks in the Defense Department and other U.S. agencies, successfully breaching hundreds of unclassified networks, according to several U.S. officials.
Classified systems have not been compromised, the officials added. But U.S. authorities remain concerned because, as one official said, even seemingly innocuous information, when pulled together from various sources, can yield useful intelligence to an adversary.
This is a country that we give so much to, aid, favored trade status, our jobs…How long are we going to let the Government do what is in the interest of other countries and big business while it ignores the needs of its own people and pretends things like this are not happening.
China is the biggest thief in the world. We should make them get in line with the world not reward them for stealing and spying and don’t even get me started on human rights and slave labor.
Japanese House-Sitter Robot Hits Stores - Yahoo! News
TOKYO - Worried about leaving your house empty while you go on
vacation? Japan has the answer: a house-sitter robot armed with a
digital camera, infrared sensors and a videophone.
The price is $2600. I think I could wire my whole house with web cams and sensors and an alarm system for that much money. But then I would not get to put up the BEWARE of Robot sign 
Google Talk
They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for Free anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you:
* Choice: Get in touch how and when you want to%u2013over email, IM or a call
* Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as if they were in the same room
* Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a click away
Google Talk has been released
Wrigley Video Productions - Adobe Premiere Tutorials
The objective of WVP is to provide practical information in the friendliest form possible to the Adobe user community. WVP specializes in Adobe Premiere Tutorials and associated video applications.
This is a great with great free tutorials on editing video. Covers Adobe Premier pretty well. Great Active forum where your questions can be answered and video shown off. The Site is HERE