July 20, 2000: [β’] Protests have broken out in Japan over the G8 Conference, which protesters says will keep the poorest nations poor and ruin world peace. [β’] Greenland’s ice cap is shrinking and ocean levels are rising. Not good. [β’] The Emmy Nominations have been announced. [β’] Don’t take her monkey! [β’] Chinese authorities arrested protesters on the anniversary of the Falun Gong arrests. [β’] Mental Note: If they can play ball then they can stay. [β’] The US House has passed a marriage tax repeal to grant tax breaks to married couples. [β’] An ex-National Guard has been arrested for breaking into a Wisconsin National Guard Base. [β’] Protesters want to move a W.W.II monument from in between the Washington and Lincoln Monuments since they believe no man made object should stand between. Bunch of whiners. [β’] Unhappy? Divorced? Got the Net? Then there is a web site for you! [β’] The MPAA, RIAA, and NMPA are suing Scour.com. We knew it was coming. [β’] Visa USA, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems have joined together to create the largest private financial network. [β’] How the “dot-nots” compete. [β’] Can light moving faster than the speed of light make a faster computer. [β’] Duh Study of the Day: 90% of web sites are poorly designed. Hey, that’s why we rule. We just look so damn good π [β’] Meet the new G4. It is incredible. [β’] Or if you like colors: the new iMacs are pretty cool too. [β’] Colon cancer often is misdiagnosed 1/3 of the time. [β’] Now 97% of group B streptococcal infections can be detected in 45 minutes in pregnant women. [β’] A drug used to control overdoses and lung disease may prevent kidney damage. [β’] Jon Johansen (the creator of DeCSS) is coming to NYC to testify. [β’] The FTC says to maintain privacy on the web or die! [β’] Sony is going to stream music (Can you say MP3.com?). [β’] Lucent will be spinning off an IPO, Softcom and Interactive Video Technologies are merging, and MSN Messenger 3 is out (it supports Net2Phone, Internet paging, and you don’t have to sign up for a Hotmail account). [β’] The new Internet Explorer beta is being tested and it can handle cookies. Nice stuff. [β’] A man was reporting reckless drivers to the police and then one of them hit him while still on the phone. [β’] Jason and Mark Vogt have been accused of more sexual abuse charges. [β’] Muggings, burgalries, and golf clubs… oh my. [β’] A scooter company has won $500,000 from the Spice Girls. [β’] Brace yourself: 3rd Base is back (oh my God). [β’] Pearl Jam has been blamed for the Rockslide Festival deaths. Sure, it’s always the bands fault not the actual people pushing and acting like assholes. [β’] SeemsLikeSalvation News is reporting Marilyn Manson’s Holy Wood release as October via confirmation by John 5 and that the new A Perfect Circle single will be Hollow (it will include a live cut of Hollow and the remix of Judith by Danny Lohner). [β’] Did Apple pull the new ATI Radeon card from the new G4 cube because they leaked information before Macworld? Looks like it. [β’] A Russian newscaster has found a new way to attract viewers– strip naked while reading the news. [β’] Today’s Rapper in Deep Shit: Eminem won’t be able to plea bargain. [β’] New Rhyme & Reason Tour dates have been added. [β’] Just what can USB 2.0 do? [β’] A review of Abit’s overclocking motherboard. [β’] Tweak your Windows 2000 memory settings. [β’] Put all your audio inputs, joystick inputs, and more in the front of your PC! [β’] Specifications for Ford’s new F150 SVT Lightning are out. [β’] The new Toyota Corolla has been announced and it looks very nice. [β’] It looks like the PT Cruiser will be the VW Beetle of 2000. [β’] GM has increased its ownership in Suzuki and Honda is selling engines to GM. [β’] Michael Moore discusses why Ralph Nader may be your man for President. [β’] Azazel I love you! [β’] It looks like I’ll be moving soon to my mother-in-law’s. Honestly, I’m not to happy about that. I haven’t been getting along with her for a while. It’s not that she is a bad person, but I just don’t agree with 99.9% of what she believes and 50% of what she does. I just don’t like that part of her. I really think she hurts Azazel more then she helps her, but she doesn’t want to believe that because that’s her mom. So I have to respect my wife’s wishes. Honestly, I’m not too happy about any of this, but our future child needs a place to live and my mom just doesn’t have the room, but my mother-in-law does. Ultimately what would make me happy is a place of our own, but that is off a bit (1 or 2 years). Everyone tells me I should bite the bullet and do what’s best for my child. But I ask you is the best exposing our child to what I worst abhor in a person? I don’t know… I just don’t know anymore.