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I recently blogged about Meebo: the web IM program. Well, it turns out there not the only Web Messenger program out there. I came across KoolIM today. Of course anything that says Kool I had to take a look at. I think that all started with things like Kool-Aid. I don’t like their interface that much. There are too many ads on the page and the IM login isn’t completely apparent. It is pretty neat that you can login to all the different messengers at the same time. I did have a little problem getting MSN messenger to work. It didn’t login correctly. Also, the logout confused me. It just said it was logged out. No links to another page or anything. That seems odd that the first page is so ad focused and the sign out it so blank.

I still think it’s great technology. I’m not sure what the revenue model for the site is, but I could see it being an expensive application with very little revenue generation. Plus, I’m not sure what company would buy it out since almost all of the major IM software companies have their own individual ones.

This post sponsored by Kool IM

I don’t know about other people, but I think that survivor has lost its flare. There really isn’t that many things that interest me in the show now. It really seems like it is something that we’ve seen before. It’s just nothing new. The new locations aren’t that different. The people still have pretty much the same complaints. It’s lost its luster. There are too many other good reality tv shows out there to really waste time on Survivor. Of course, it is lucky that there aren’t really any other shows on during that time that are better. Except for Are you smarter than a fifth grader. That one could be decent.

So as most of you already know we have been looking at buying a house here in Las Vegas. The market is low but still really high. In fact you pretty much need to be a dual income family in order to buy a house here. So I decided we just need to move to some where where we could actually afford a house. Of course we need to move some where that is just as warm as here. So that pretty much limits us. I was thinking Texas or Arizona might be nice. I was looking at Scottsdale Arizona Real Estate and their market is also low right now. You can buy a luxury home on a golf course right now for an extremely reasonable price. And even if you don’t want to move there ful time they have vacation homes and condos. I am thinking it is about time we start looking at the Market all over the USA to find us a good deal.

This post sponsored by Scottsdale Fine Properties.

My brother in law is getting married in a week and a half. And so we are all going to Utah for the wedding. We weren’t planning on leaving until mid week next week but my brother in law (who is taking the kids and I) called the other day and told me we would be leaving earlier than planned. We could leave as early as tomorrow. So I sit here in limbo waiting to hear what is going on. I am a little stressed over not knowing when we are actually going to leave since I still have to pack but don’t know how much to pack until I know how long we are going to be there. It wouldn’t be so bad if I just had to pack for myself but I have two kids to pack for too. And they are hard ones. You have to bring so much crap for the kids when you go out of town. It is crazy. This is why I think it is easier to go on vacation without kids.