24 Last night's episode of 24 rocked. The producers of Lost need to study 24's winning formula. Namely, a good episode every week and no reruns.

Walk the Line Walk the Line - Recommended. Joaquin Phoenix gives a fine performance.

Anti Wal-Mart Film Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price - Propaganda at its best. Interesting, but completely one-sided. The big surprise? Big corporations are greedy! Really? The sequences of U.S. Wal-Mart employees whining about low wages and poor benefits remind me of one thing: the freedom that these workers have to seek employment elsewhere. The film did, however, raise legitimate concerns about illegal overtime, environmental hazards and parking lot safety. The film is recommended, but for what it is: propaganda. Full disclosure: I shop at Wal-Mart several times each week.

Microsoft Office User Interface Have you seen the UI for Office 2007 (MS Office 12 Pre-Release)? I don't like it one bit. Here is what I want from an application upgrade: more stability, more features and better options. I don't want the programmers to MOVE all of the familiar options and controls to DIFFERENT location within the GUI. Here is how Microsoft puts it: "The traditional menus and toolbars have been replaced by a set of Command Tabs." In other words, for all of us who have been using MS Office for almost a decade - we have to learn the GUI all over again. Great. (Related blog here.)

Black Forest River Suites in Helen Georgia Read Brian's negative experience with the Black Forest River Suites in Helen, Georgia. Note to the owners: I will remove this post if you refund his money. Contact me here.

Microsoft Delays Vista Until 2007 BetaNews: "Microsoft revealed Tuesday afternoon what many had expected for months -- consumer availability of Windows Vista has been delayed until 2007. While businesses would be able to get their hands on the finished product in November, consumers would not find the operating system on new machines until January. The delay also throws a wrench into the holiday marketing plans of many PC manufacturers this season."

Duck! I can't even make this stuff up!

Will your PC keep pace with Vista? CNet: "Microsoft is building into the new operating system a tool that will rate a PC based on how well it is running and on how much it can take advantage of Vista's capabilities. The "Windows Performance Rating," which can be seen in the latest test version of the operating system, evaluates components such as the processor, the memory, the hard drive and graphics cards to come up with an overall score."

Juggler Best juggling I've seen in ages. The guy's name is Chris Bliss.

Ryan vs. Dorkman Sadly, this is actually better than some of the footage in the new Star Wars films.

DigitalFive.org DigitalFive.org - An impressive technology blog. There are a number of good posts concerning Windows Vista.

Desktop Earth 2.0 Desktop Earth 2.0 - "Desktop Earth is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you're logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as it would be seen from space at that precise moment."

$159 PC? Your next PC will cost $159? If you only need to surf and send email, maybe.

The Pig Out Inn Local Restaurant Recommendation: The Pig Out Inn, 6547 Old Canton Road, Ridgeland MS 39157, 601-957-6467. The St. Louis-style ribs are excellent! Here is a map. They also have a Natchez location.

Windows Live Beta Windows Live Beta - I gotta admit I'm not exactly sold on Web 2.0 in general. I'll watch this development closely.

UMPC Microsoft introduces the Ultra-Mobile PC. Read more about them here.

'Season Pass' from iTunes Apple is now offering a 'Season Pass' for TV shows via iTunes. 16 episodes would cost $10 (some shows). I haven't confirmed all of the pricing, but this seems like a profitable idea.

Borders Rewards Evidently, you'll need to join the Borders Rewards program to take advantage of their really good coupons. Membership is free, and you can get your rewards card from their nearest location.

OpenOffice 2.0.2 OpenOffice 2.0.2 has been released.

Stinky! Pig Manure Swamps German Village - Man, this must be bad. I've been to large auction barns where pigs were being sold. It is not a pleasant odor. This could only be worse. (Thanks, Krispy)

New X-Men 3 Trailer A new X-Men 3 trailer is now available. At last, a movie to look forward to.

Borders Coupon Borders Coupon: 15 Percent Off One Item.

2 Gb/s World's Fastest Internet - A British company is rolling out an Internet service with speeds up to 2 Gb/s.

Scot Finnie's Newsletter Go here for the lastest issue of Scot Finnie's excellent technology newsletter.

Dear Everyone... ...If you're walking around or driving around with a bluetooth wireless headset for your phone, YES, you look like a Borg. NO, there is no excuse for this.

Olivia Wells Broome

I've uploaded some new photos of Olivia.

Firefly Series for $20 Go here to purchase the complete Firefly series on DVD for $20 from Amazon. If you liked Serenity, you'll love the Firefly series.

Teamspeak and Ventrilo Rental If you're looking for a Teamspeak or a Ventrilo server to rent, please head on over to An-Corp/Servers. You'll get the 2nd month for free if you mention my name.

Vista Versions: Not Confusing? Vista Versions Not so Confusing after All - To upgrade Vista, you simply visit your Control Panel and click the Anytime Upgrade option. Very nice.