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For fine quotes that only the master of theatre could write: “There’s no room for faith, truth, nor honesty in this bosom of thine. It is all filled up with guts and midriff.” (Taken from: Henry IV, part I)

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I have never purchased a house on my own before. This has been an adventure that has consumed the majority of my time for the past two months. I’ve been trying to get my work done, freelancing projects finished, and everything else that goes along with it… and now the various electricians I’ve asked for estimates are not sending the requested information. I close on the house on Wednesday or Thursday. I have to have those estimates.

To say it’s been a frustrating experience is an understatement. I’ll post more later.

I went to a network meeting this past Tuesday and met a really neat lady. She is in town for some training at the local national park. After a few months, she will return to Alaska. We have a lot in common–interests in history, MUDding, and meeting people online. She is a talented writer and photographer.

I’m hoping I can monopolize some of her time before she goes back to Alaska.

If you have been following the latest news releases, you have probably heard about some ISPs (like AT&T and a tiered Internet. In this tiered system, Verizon would charge companies, like Google and Yahoo, for access to more bandwidth. Let’s say that Yahoo paid for the higher bandwidth access and Google did not. Users with Verizon as an ISP would discover that searches and page loads on Yahoo would be faster than on Google.

According to a CNet article published on April 5, “A Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday defeated a proposal that would have levied extensive regulations on broadband providers and forcibly prevented them from offering higher-speed video services to partners or affiliates.”

Does this mean that the promise of the Internet and the WWW as a place to freely exchange ideas and share knowledge is over? Or just that it will be commercialized and exploited like everything else?

Yesterday the IRS sent me a note stating that my 2004 taxes were incorrect and that I owe a pretty chunck of change. Great way to lose some sleep. Today, I brought my 2004 taxes to work, called my CPA, and faxed them the IRS paperwork. My CPA is really good. I know this mistake (whether the IRS’s or something I did not provide my CPA) will be cleared up eventually…

Of course the date that everything has to be paid to the IRS is less than a week after I close on my new house.

Apple released a program called “Boot Camp” today in beta. The program allows Intel-based Macs to have a dual boot OS X and Win XP system. (see http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/)

My next computer is going to be a Mac =)