Cool blog on emotion & decision making

Nice blog from co-founder of Verisign.

illegal NSA activity

NSA caught redhanded breaking the law by placing permanent tracking cookies on visitor's computers.

Illegal and wasteful spying

Spying on quakers? Even if Bush and company can dupe America that spying on quakers is legal, is this how tax money should be spent?

Johnny Damon NYY

Pretty Boy but boy can he hit. I guess the haircut and facial hair rule at the NYY lends credence to the idea that our interest in sports is a biological need for association with a tribe (home team) that conquers other tribes (away team). Instead of mohawks, face paint, and tatoos, we have the preppy NYY.

New Palm T5

The palm T5 is pretty cool-- works as flash drive as well as organizer and mp3 player. Ipod could always do this so palm is catching up

King

Today, I declared my dog best dog of the year.

In other news, King Bush finally admitted to his dictatorship .

Book of the day: George Orwell's 1984

Arizona water

I was surprised to see AZ so high on the list. Higher than NY!

"The top 10 states, listed in order of the most contaminants in their drinking water, were: California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Illinois, according to EWG, which listed the biggest sources as agriculture, industry and urban and sprawl developments." Environmental Working Group report

Arizona Senators

McCain (202) 224-2235

Kyle (202) 224-4521

PS3 game

This is an amazing demo of a game for the PS3. According to Sony, it's not a pre-rendered movie but actual gameplay. Amazing! PS3 demo video click video tab

guitar story

I'm looking for guitar lessons online. No luck so far, although the web is great for tab. If you know of a good guitar lesson page, let me know

I've been playing for years, read music and tab, good at rock, blues, and classical. Interested in jazz and folk

Thanks

favorite podcast

Here's my favorite podcast: TikiBarTV
Although you should really watch from episode 1 (to appreciate the format), check out the pirate episode (Interlude) and the French episodes (London Fogcutter and Volcano).