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I ran across a large set of quotes(http://www.onlinediscountmart.com/quotable-quotes.html). They are nicely grouped into a lot of categories like Birthday Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Love Quotes, and just about every quote I think possible.

Here’s an example of one of the birthday quotes:

“I’m sixty years of age. That’s 16 Celsius.” George Carlin

I like the birthday ones because they were so funny.

Here’s an example of a post about mothers.

“God could not be everywhere, and so He made mothers.” -Jewish Proverb

That is an oldy, but a goody. Quotes have an interesting affect on you when you read them. I prescribe one quote a day to keep the psychiatrist away.

Someone was able to find out the Skype protocol. Check it out:

The VoIPWiki Blog reports a Chinese firm reverse engineered Skype’s communications protocol. It allows Skype-to-compatible softphone calls.This is credible; I’ve talked with a member of the team that built a Skype-compatible softphone. They hope to go public by month end. We’re eager to discover if they will publish the protocols, offer Skype-compatible consumer software, offer Skype-compatible engineering products to other developers, sell their firm to a bigger company, or simply offer consulting services.

I wonder what this means for security on skype. I couldn’t care less when I’m just talking with friends or even for most busines calls, but I would be careful what personal information I said on it. If someone wants to listen to me chatting with someone else about anything but social security numbers, date of birth and mothers maiden name then they are welcome to listen.

This newbie website(http://electronics.newbie.org) on computers and electronics is greatly needed. Take for example the Digital Cameras and Photography section. This information is needed so that people stop asking me. I think when people ask I’ll just direct them to this website.

I also liked that they reviewed a bunch of different digital cameras like:
Canon PowerShot A80 4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
Canon PowerShot S410 4MP Digital Elph with 3x Optical Zoom
Canon PowerShot A300 3.2MP Digital Camera
Fujifilm A210 3.2 MP Digital Camera w/3x Optical Zoom

This is great info since technology changes so fast I don’t think anyone can keep up on all the different technologies.

I guess Bill Gates recently said that he felt Windows Vista had an 80% chance of shipping by January 2007. Wil Shipley at Call Me Fishmeal took Bill Gates up on his prediction and bet Bill $10,000 that it wouldn’t ship. It is a pretty funny read. I think he has some good points despite his completely bitter tone.