No one has yet stepped forward to adopt the cat. Please?

Recording Companies suck... Pressplay goes live - Pressplay, one of the record company's Napster-replacements have gone live. It costs a lot if you want to actually burn any songs onto CD. But it beats some versions that you can only listen to on your computer... In fact, some versions will corrupt all your downloads if you stop being a paying subscriber. And still another that limits the number you can have downloaded at any time... Universal releases copy-protected disc - Don't even think of trying to copy tracks off the album for the movie The Fast and the Furious... that's right, you can only listen to it on CD players and Windows computers. (They've put the songs on the disc twice... once in the standard CD format and once in a special format only recognized by a special player also found on the disc. Apparently doesn't work with all versions of Windows.

Speaking of Windows, WinXP sales trail Win98. Why is this news? The economy isn't as great, and most people's current computers are really really powerful. Many don't feel the need for a faster computer. On the other hand, Dell will be getting an order from us right after Christmas. Woo hoo speed.

Hey, guess what? SprintPCS sucks in San Diego. (Ok, disclaimer, I bought stock in Verizon yesterday.) Speaking of Verizon, the wireless division just bought another company to bolster their national coverage footprint.

Speaking of sucking, and of stocks I own, Microsoft (which doesn't suck) is thinking of joining AOL's (which does suck) Liberty alliance. When all is said and done, this is great. It can only mean more convenience and a more useful product for consumers.

Still on the topic of stocks I own, Comcast gets AT&T's cable and broadband system, sort of... a new company will be formed, AT&T Comcast Broadband or something like that. I think this is a great move, enough to give me the confidence to buy a little bit of AT&T and Comcast yesterday.

Let's talk Wireless... here's a great article explaining the basics of wireless. Is that a nipple? Or a beauty mark? Or perhaps a close-up on her nose? You'll soon be able to get porn on your Palm (ha!) or cell phone courtesy of Playboy. How bad off do you have to be to find this appealing and worth the money? And speaking of Playboy, NBC is going to have a Playmate Fear Factor two-parter. The first part will air during the half-time show of the superbowl and the second half will air right after the superbowl, opposite Malcolm in the Middle. Bastards!

And speaking of NBC, here's an interesting article on their policies for accepting hard liquor ads. Pretty sound, if you ask me. But I find it funny that it's actually news, since local stations have been allowed for some time to accept the very same advertisers. And Ad Critic is dead. How sad.

Remember the original crude computer animation from the old days? You had little blocks to work with and a single color. Well, those days are here again. Only you're working with an office building. That's right, if you're cool enough, you can create designs that show up on a building. Computer controlled lighting in each office turn the lights on and off to show the pictures. How cool is that?

And from my friend Kevin, here's a bit of weirdness... this place has been archiving the internet for years. Type in a URL and it will show you what it looked like years ago.

This just in... "We're racist and we're not in favor of making airline travel safer!" — The Airline Industry.

Speaking of flying, how about flying cars? Basically, this guy is proposing a rapid transit system that takes you where you want to go, while you sit in your car. The best of both worlds. Fast, safe, convenient, environmentally friendly. In Europe, they've got a similar system for parking, allows them to park a lot more cars in a smaller area by putting them on moving platforms... and they're thinking of putting bigger batteries in cars... would make things a little more dangerous for mechanics, but would improve fuel economy and help the environment.

And a few last random ones...
Chip implants, anyone?... Housing starts up... Spinning toy tops, now available... only $50!!!