Rantings of a Lunatic

You know the good thing about a blue-screen in the morning is that the only direction to go is onward and upward.

A great way to wake up in the morning

There is a pleasant surprise in my email this morning:
Package Progress
Location Date Local Time Description
AUSTIN,
TX, US 11/14/2008 6:08 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

And the expected delivery date for this is 11/19/08, and it should be at my door today…
Unfortunately I had planned on it not being here, and am heading out of town for the weekend. Oh well, it will all still be there next week, and from the look at the servers last night, its probably for the better.

So, after working late today, Kelly and I went to dinner, and as we got home, her new comp was on the doorstep. I thought it was odd, but, apparently shipping doesn’t require signatures anymore. The computer was there, so I guess leaving a box clearly labeled Dell on the side wasn’t that bad of an idea, I would never have left it there myself. Anyway, thats part one, I wasn’t expecting it until the 21st, and its Kelly’s birthday present, which would have been early then, but I guess I shouldn’t complain about quick service. Now its just a matter of waiting on the other two parts, which I preordered, so I should see them on my doorstep on the 19th. Thats next Wednesday, which means the servers should be a little calmed down by then. Tonight, our server which rarely has a queue was queued up to about a thousand users. In fact, every server I have toons on was queued up between 700 and 1800 users.

http://obamacto.org/.
I haven’t researched it, I just found it in one of my many RSS feeds. I love the principal of it at least. I need to check into it to see who wrote it, who is following it, and if it is actually affiliated with Obama in any way. Aside from that though, I think if it is real, it is the first step in truly democratizing our government. I understand that our government was written in a fashion that was right for its time, regarding representation. My question is, has that changed? Is two people from a state really enough to control the senate and put forth the wishes of the public? We are living in in an age where a large population of our society has access to the internet. Can we not tap into that availability and make the government utilize it to help shape and make these decisions? I understand there are parts of the nation that don’t have the internet penetration that we take for granted here, but does that mean that we shouldn’t have a government that is willing to step into the future and make its own processes open and transparent and accessible?

And for today its Michael Crichton. CNN Obit. I think that The Andromeda Strain is still one of my favorite books.