Wiring Small Town China

Internet access is no longer concentrated in the major cities.
From Spectrum OnLine - >>If your picture of a gritty, coal-choked town of 140 000 souls in central China's Henan Province doesn't include high-speed Internet access, look again. More than 40 percent of the population of Yima, a town that is neither rich nor poor by Chinese standards, regularly goes online. Even outlying mud-wall villages have 8 megabit-per-second connections.<<     Feature Article

I can't log in to Bloglines today

I get a bad e-mail or password message and when I try to have my password sent to me I get the same thing. Yikes! Both accounts. And I was using it this morning. I signed out to go to the other account and couldn't get back in. Worse, I just logged in to one account with an old password.

iRiver iFP-795

MSRP: $129.99
• Plays MP3, WMA & OGG music files
• 512MB Internal Storage
• Up to 40 hours of battery life
• Plays up to 17 hours of music
• FM Tuner & Recorder
• Transfers music up to 3X faster
The iFP-799 holds a full gigabyte but it's $50.00 more.
This should work with the Plantronics .Audio90 headset/mic combo. I hope.

ALWAYS CONSULT WITH PHYSICIAN OR SHAMAN HEALER BEFORE USING ESSENTIAL OILS.

And... The Cautionary Note Of The Week Award goes to... Home Spa Organics.   Cue applause.   I'm wondering though if maybe you should consult with an Aromatherapist and a Feng Shui Master as well.   Can't be too careful you know.
Home Spa Organics :: Essential Oils :: Essential Oils A-F :: French Lavender, organic

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It took a couple of listens but I'm really starting to like Button My Lip from the most recent Elvis Costello CD, The Delivery Man. "Don't want to talk about some peppermint gum." How do write a stutter? puh puh puh puh peppermint gum

U2 in Boston

Last night's show was great. Pix and etc. to follow.
This link points to the writeup from the official U2 site.
U2.com | Official News

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Not really, I don't have a copy yet. But I will.

CD Baby: FOUR PIECE SUIT: Spirito
CD Baby: FOUR PIECE SUIT: Spirito

YOWSA YOWSA

Please don't tell me they're reality, they're as made up as an episode of Scooby Doo. With all the contest shows on tv I've been thinking lately that people should go back and watch "They Shoot Horses Don't They?". Gig Young won an Academy Award for his part as the promoter of a depression era marathon dance contest who used and abused the contestants while telling the audience what great kids they all were. If you know the movie it's not hard to recognize some of the same stuff going on today. Anyway, now I know they should because I just saw a promo for a show called Dancing With The Stars.

He said it fell out the back of an authorized distribution channel

and he just picked it up. Software companies complain quite rightly about a fortune in lost revenues but it's hard to see how they can do much about it.


>>One of every 3 software programs in use worldwide is pirated, a level virtually unchanged in recent years despite industry efforts to crack down on the problem.<<
Survey shows little progress in effort to halt pirated software / Industry losses reach $33 billion in 2004, business group says

More on Lavender

English Lavendar is Lavandula angustifolia. It is not a tall growing variety. Height is in the medium range. The site linked to has tips on care and pruning.
The Allure of Lavender