Official Google Blog: The Debate over Net Neutrality

Google has some clear words on this Net Neutrality issue. I'm with them on this, but I'm not convinced yet on how big an issue this is--who knows what the future holds. If the PTB get what they want and use it the way some of us fear they will then it's really bad news:

Official Google Blog: The Debate over Net Neutrality

Boing Boing: DIY Impeachment

Found this via Boing Boing

Evidently, we can initiate the impeachment of W. Bush ourselves--without having to first convince enough of those weasels in Congress to roll that ball! You better believe I'm in:

Jodin Morey says:

Impeach Bush yourself! This is much more than just a petition.

There's a little known and rarely used clause of the in the rules for the House of Representatives which sets forth the various ways in which a president can be impeached. Only the House Judiciary Committee puts together the Articles of Impeachment, but before that happens, someone has to initiate the process.

That's where we come in. In addition to the State-by-State method, one of the ways to get impeachment going is for individual citizens like you and me to submit a memorial. ImpeachforPeace.org has created a new memorial based on one which was successful in impeaching a federal official in the past. You can find it on their website as a PDF.

You can initiate the impeachment process yourself by downloading the memorial, filling in the relevant information in the blanks (your name, state, etc.), and sending it in.

More information on the precedent for submitting an impeachment memorial, and the House Rules on this procedure, can also be found at the above address.

If you have any doubts that Bush has committed crimes warranting impeachment, read this page.

If you're concerned that impeachment might not be the best strategy at this point, read the bottom of this page.

Is washing one's hands overrated?

So, I've been disgusted with something ever since my company moved to an office with a large, shared restroom. We weren't here more than a couple of weeks when, while I sat in one of the private stalls "taking care of business," one of my colleagues comes in, urinates, flushes and walks right out without washing his hands!

Initially this freaks me out. I almost decide that I totally dislike a person when I discover something like this--it's such a basic thing that we all should do. Sometimes though, as I think about it, I realize that I don't know whether other acquaintances wash at the appropriate times or not. Ignorance, on my part, is. . .almost. . .bliss. Other times, I think about the actual consequences. I think of the point of actually washing my hands regularly--not just to clean up after my own mess, but to be wary of others' messes. So, in that light, it probably makes no difference what other people do with their hands. I should keep my hands clean and out of my eyes, mouth and other orifices unless I know very well that I've just washed.

It's still gross.

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Singing Horses

Found this on RocketBoom YEA:

Click each horse to lasso the round.

Hairy Crustaceans Batman!

Fur Coat lovers will have to go a long way to get their hands on this pelt:

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Package Tracking With Google Maps

Found this on Digg

See a plot of you package--door to door--and get regular updates, via RSS, of the shipping progress of you package.
Package Tracking With Google Maps