News Today: USB, John King

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 finalized, released
Wow - blast from the past. I worked with the USB Implementers Forum when 2.0 was launched. Ah, Developers Conferences.... Cool News!

Great Skit From Last Night's Daily Show - Watch Out For John King!

Today's News: Meh, Daisies

Just a couple of worthwhile articles I stumbled across today.

Six Ways Pushing Daisies Made Your Inner Nerd Cry Tears of Geeky Joy
Love this sweet little show about raising the dead and making pies

Exciting New Word? Meh.
The Simpsons made this happen? Really?

News I Found Interesting Today

I do a lot of reading with my work. Newspapers, magazines, online news feeds, you name it. I thought I would start sharing with you the stories, articles or news clips that I found particularly interesting (or shocking, or depressing, or thought provoking - you get the idea).

'Second Life' Ends Couples First Marriage
A wife in London catches her husband cheating in Second Life and gets divorce. Both are now engaged to their cyber-partners. Will make you laugh at society or cry for its demise.

Obama To Deliver Weekly Address Via YouTube
Obama will continue to engage with the online community by taping his weekly address and posting it on his Change.gov site via YouTube. Radio broadcasts will continue as well.

Intel's Wireless Power Technology Demonstrated
Interesting article on new technology that may be the future of charging electronics wirelessly.

Can A Soccer Star Block Google Searches
Argentine movie stars and soccer stars are legally restraining Google and Yahoo! from displaying search results for their names. Is this the beginning of the end for googling your name or a bad attempt at suppressing free speech?

Gizmodo's 20 Essential iPhone Apps
Oh my goodness - I can't wait to try some of these out. I haven't been much into the apps up to now but some of these are must-haves

Not Much Going On

Not much is going on these past few weeks. Work has kept me as busy as I want to be. It's kind of a nose-to-the-grindstone kind of month, I guess. I did get to have my bestest friend Celeste over for dinner this week - always a good time.

The cat sleeps during the day and plays at night - sooo, that's fun.

Wish there was more to share but, I guess, no-drama is good drama.