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Nice op-ed from the NY Times about faith in the Episcopal church.  Gets a little sarcastic at the end but still a nice message.  It's nice to hear something from the Religious Left.

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You know I'm pretty green.  I don't mean in terms of being inexperienced and not getting what's going on, although that may also be true.  I meant in terms of being environmentally friendly.  My family diverts about 90% of our trash, and that includes the disposable diapers.  (We even tried using compostable diapers.)  So imagine my joy when I discovered this amazing new product.  Just feast your eyes:

I forgot to add that the ads also bring enhanced functionality.  That's what Yahoo said when they crammed ads into my email, and in their case the argument was that the increased revenue would allow them to spend more money on developing cool features.  And yet, somehow, Gmail is still functionally better than Yahoo mail, and with far less obtrusive ads.

I just got a statement from my credit card that they're changing my terms.  Why?  Because the Democrats passed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act.  Some highlights:

Just when you thought you had a handle on Web 2.0, along comes the Cloud.  Cloud computing sounds new but it's really old.  Remember way back in the day when you went to the public library and they had those black-and-green computers to look up stuff in the book catalog?  Well, cloud computing is basically just a return to that.  Stuff isn't handled on your computer, it's handled elsewhere, and sent to you over the web.  Do you use Gmail?  Congratulations--that's cloud computing.

I've now been running Ubuntu on two computers for 24 hours.  Here are my thoughts.

A few months ago I posted a link to Frank Schaeffer, who gives an excellent glimpse into the minds of the evangelical religious right.  It helped me realize that there is no common ground for liberals and conservatives, unless you're willing to base your arguments in the bible.  (I am, but sadly most Democrats are not.)