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Just in case you weren't already convinced of Google's awesomeness, here comes Google Voice.

Google Voice is basically an answering service.  You call one number, and it tries all your other numbers.  If it can't reach you, it takes a message.  Of course, this is Google, so they've added a bunch of other crazy features:

I'm still working on the photos from the Memorial Day CW reenactment at Roaring Camp.  I generally don't like to tip my hand, but you should see this photo.

The rest will be coming soon.

(Edited so you can actually see the photo.)

First the good news: Finished the bar exam.

Now the better news: I'm going to be a stay-at-home-dad.

And now the bad news: Actually, there is no bad news.  It's all good.

This is going to be a long post.

Recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.  It's the center of our galaxy.

See all the info here.

One of my all-time favorite pasttimes as a kid: Oregon Trail.  It was actually produced by the Government of Minnesota.  My friends and I played it over and over.

So imagine my excitement when I found it online.  All you need are the "disks" and an Apple IIe emulator.  Here they are (look near the bottom of the page).

Funny how quickly all the old skills came back.  My first try, I had trouble crossing rivers and everyone drowned.  By my second attempt, I

Cool song.  Even better movie.  So how do you add to something already so great?  Like this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM&eurl=http://www.flixxy.com/peace-through-music.htm&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

It's a collaboration of street performers from California, New Orleans, New Mexico, Europe, Russia, and Africa.  They only heard each other through the headphones.  Put it all together, and it's magic.

A nice change of pace from my frenetic studying and tech-related procrastination.  Credit to Rick for this one.

We now have the first photograph of a planet from another solar system:

Between that and snow on Mars, it's been an exciting year for astronomy.

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