July 20, 2000: [•] Protests have broken out in Japan over the G8 Conference, which protesters says will keep the poorest nations poor and ruin world peace. [•] Greenland’s ice cap is shrinking and ocean levels are rising. Not good. [•] The Emmy Nominations have been announced. [•] Don’t take her monkey! [•] Chinese authorities arrested protesters on the anniversary of the Falun Gong arrests. [•] Mental Note: If they can play ball then they can stay. [•] The US House has passed a marriage tax repeal to grant tax breaks to married couples. [•] An ex-National Guard has been arrested for breaking into a Wisconsin National Guard Base. [•] 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. [•] Unhappy? Divorced? Got the Net? Then there is a web site for you! [•] The MPAA, RIAA, and NMPA are suing Scour.com. We knew it was coming. [•] Visa USA, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems have joined together to create the largest private financial network. [•] How the “dot-nots” compete. [•] Can light moving faster than the speed of light make a faster computer. [•] Duh Study of the Day: 90% of web sites are poorly designed. Hey, that’s why we rule. We just look so damn good 🙂 [•] Meet the new G4. It is incredible. [•] Or if you like colors: the new iMacs are pretty cool too. [•] Colon cancer often is misdiagnosed 1/3 of the time. [•] Now 97% of group B streptococcal infections can be detected in 45 minutes in pregnant women. [•] A drug used to control overdoses and lung disease may prevent kidney damage. [•] Jon Johansen (the creator of DeCSS) is coming to NYC to testify. [•] The FTC says to maintain privacy on the web or die! [•] Sony is going to stream music (Can you say MP3.com?). [•] 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). [•] The new Internet Explorer beta is being tested and it can handle cookies. Nice stuff. [•] A man was reporting reckless drivers to the police and then one of them hit him while still on the phone. [•] Jason and Mark Vogt have been accused of more sexual abuse charges. [•] Muggings, burgalries, and golf clubs… oh my. [•] A scooter company has won $500,000 from the Spice Girls. [•] Brace yourself: 3rd Base is back (oh my God). [•] 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. [•] 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). [•] Did Apple pull the new ATI Radeon card from the new G4 cube because they leaked information before Macworld? Looks like it. [•] A Russian newscaster has found a new way to attract viewers– strip naked while reading the news. [•] Today’s Rapper in Deep Shit: Eminem won’t be able to plea bargain. [•] New Rhyme & Reason Tour dates have been added. [•] Just what can USB 2.0 do? [•] A review of Abit’s overclocking motherboard. [•] Tweak your Windows 2000 memory settings. [•] Put all your audio inputs, joystick inputs, and more in the front of your PC! [•] Specifications for Ford’s new F150 SVT Lightning are out. [•] The new Toyota Corolla has been announced and it looks very nice. [•] It looks like the PT Cruiser will be the VW Beetle of 2000. [•] GM has increased its ownership in Suzuki and Honda is selling engines to GM. [•] Michael Moore discusses why Ralph Nader may be your man for President. [•] Azazel I love you! [•] 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.