VoIP Watch - Found a blog about VoIP that I should probably monitor from time to time. Some good links there.

And another one - Found out that Jeff Pulver has a blog. We have people that go to VON, a VoIP industry trade show that his group runs.

PGP Public Key Servers - While I have always used this page for a list of public key servers, I also found this page from David Ross which has a nice table listing various public key servers.

Rants Against Orkut - Interesting to see this criticism of orkut and links to many others. This piece at Headshift I found more thought-provoking than others with some interesting points about "social networking" sites in general. Other links I found interesting include: Many2Many, Conversations with Dina (toward the bottom), Marc Canter on being banned from Orkut, Marc Canter on 'gaming the system', anti-mega on the "fatal flaw of formalised social networking", "How Many Social Nets Are Too Many?". I am sure there will be even more posted in the days ahead as "Social Networking Sites" (SNS) seems to now be the topic of the day on the Internet... at least in the "Blogosphere".

I did enjoy the humor in this posting for a personal social assistant to manage all the person's social networking site subscriptions.

Blogs for Dean - Interesting piece by simonstl about technology and the Dean campaign.

Curling - dcoombs: Very cool that you are playing in the same speil as Guy Hemmings! Should be at least fun if you wind up playing him! He certainly makes the game entertaining.

Americana - Superbowl - We had to watch the Superbowl, of course. Not just because it is the quintessential "American" thing to do, but also because the New England Patriots were playing, and, well, yes, we'll admit to the ties to back where we grew up and lived.

All my life I was a "seasonal" football fan, in that I generally tuned in around the end of the season when the playoffs started. I used to be a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan (in the Terry Bradshaw heydey), but haven't really been a fan for years. Of course, living up here north of the U.S. border, we haven't really payed much attention at all to football given that there is so little interest.

Ah, but what a game yesterday! Even a hard-core anti-football person would have to put aside the fact that these guys are paid obscene amounts of money and just enjoy that second half. What a nailbiter to come down to the final kick in the final 5 seconds of the game. Truly an worthy championship game, and a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

Canadiana - Skating on the Canal - With a beautifully clear sky, strong sun and temperatures that were actually around -5 C, we had a wonderful afternoon skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway. Had a "Beavertail" for the first time since we moved up here 3 years ago (and enjoyed it)... and just had a fantastic time out with some neighbors.

Who Will Pay Off Bush's $1 Trillion Deficit? - Powerful stuff!

Ranting Aussies - Was surprised/amused to find a former colleague at Live Journal. He's a great guy and his LJ user name is just so completely appropriate.

A Lot Of The World Left To See - So of course I had to create my map using this site to create your own visited country map. A lot of places in the world still to go!