Election ‘08!

Wow. What an amazing night! I must say I feel proud to live in such a historic time–to see the election of the first African-American President of the United States of America. It’s significance runs deep; one woman I heard interviewed made a great statement about it: “Tomorrow morning, African-Americans can tell their children that [...]

It keeps getting smaller…

The world, that is. With these satellite internet providers that keep popping up, you can stay connected, regardless of where you’re at. Middle of the ocean? Middle of the high desert? Underwater? On the south pole? A satellite internet provider will keep you in touch so you can stream data back and forth from the [...]

Free the Net?!

Well, I’m couch-surfing around San Francisco and the city has done what I’ve always assumed would happen in some city–free wi-fi, citywide. Since San Francisco is only 49 square miles (yes, that’s only 7 miles across and 7 miles top-to-bottom!!!) they’ve deployed a program called Free the Net which provides free Wi-Fi in basically all [...]