Random Thoughts 1/23/07

• It would be hard for me to muster any additional apathy for this year's Academy Awards… But Borat, Al Gore, and the movie Happy Feet all got nominated. You've got to be kidding.
• The State of the Union? Gas prices and unemployment are down. Stocks and 401k's are up. Obviously we need Hilary's "chat" on a new direction of our country. Maybe she can get things back on track! Actually I wish the President would say something like this rant.
• I'm thrilled with the Colts making the Super Bowl. It just seems right that Peyton Manning should go to (and hopefully win) the Super Bowl during his career.
  
• History provides some perspective. The losses in Iraq have amounted to about 50 military deaths per month. That's less than 1% of of 9,500 soldiers we lost each month during World War 2. That means we had three times more deaths in one month in World War 2 than we had in almost four years of Iraq. Even worse, 13,000 soldiers were killed each month during the Civil War and World War 1 saw upwards of 20,000 deaths per month in combat.
• Do you want to see what computer interfaces will be like in the future? First look at the iPhone with its multi-touch screen. Then watch this video showing what multi-touch can be in the future.