TACOMA

Just in case you missed it, I am in Tacoma, WA for the rest of the week. I'm here for work, not pleasure, and the weather has been accommodating of this goal by setting record highs for the area.

Today it was 101º. I'm told "normal" is around 60º, maybe 70º.

I'll be running around Fort Lewis for the next two days, and will have periodic internet access. I'll try to post some pictures up, probably of the gorgeous Mt. Rainier, but I can't make any promises on this.
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In other news, I have Google voice.

It's awesome, but I haven't set it up yet on account of having not picked out a new number. What do you think? Should I stick with a (248), or should I do something radical like (363)WMEDDY1?

Your thoughts matter to me!

Google Chrome

Google is making a free, open-source web browser forged of vampire and werewolf resistant silver, imbued with the blood of St. John and pieces of the True Cross and debugged by Jesus himself.

Not really, but they get pretty lofty when they talk about it. Enough to get me excited (it does not take much to get me excited).

The important thing about their announcement is that they have decided to do it via Comic Book. And not just any comic book, but one made by Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Zot!)! I love McCloud!

Take a gander.

Knol

Google's answer to Wikipedia?

knol.google.com has a collection of articles it calls Knols -- further defined as a "unit of knowledge" -- which is searchable. So, it IS exactly Wikipedia, except that you see who the authors are, they present credentials.

Interesting idea, but I don't think it will make a dent in the Wikipedia crowd. However, you probably could site this in your College essays and not get a stern talking-to from the prof.