Now you can hear those same speeches.

Taft - Rights and Progress of the Negro By today’s standards, this recording by Taft, “Rights and Progress of the Negro,” is patronizing and condescending. But in 1908 this speech was considered progressive, supporting civil rights for all.

Bryan - Guaranty of Bank Deposits This recording deals with a financial problem that had plagued the country in 1907 — one not so dissimilar to the financial crisis facing the United States today. “The Government demands protection on its own deposits,” says Bryan. “Why should not private individuals have equal protection?”

I thought about linking directly to the audio, but the slideshow of political posters and cards adds greatly to the significance of the speeches. So go here to check it out.

A football player and a (what are the guys in stripes called?)... an official were on the field together. The football player was digging a hole and the official asked him why.

"Because you said the ball was dead!"

This morning on the Today Show, they had The New Guy, and he used a New Tool; Microsoft Surface.

Surface came out last year I think, and it's pretty neato, but crazy expensive, and it didn't really take off. On the Today Show, he had the desktop flat in front of him, and it was reflected on a big screen behind him for us to see. They didn't try to hide his version though, and they often had a camera pointing down at his, so that when he drew on it, we saw his hand. It was very much a "hey, look at Surface!" time.

I just think it's interesting that they jumped from a whiteboard to Surface in one leap.

This morning before she came I took Ema to the store to buy bacon for breakfast. As we walked in, the greeter said "Would you like some pop?". I asked what she meant, and she pointed to a shopping cart full of Meijer cola with "FREE" stickers all over them. I asked why they were free, and she said it was the last of their grand opening gifts.

I let Ema grab two, one for her and one for Sophi. As we were walking through the store, she said "Wow, Grandma's coming, free pop; what could happen to make today better? Maybe candy falling from the ceiling?"

Wouldn't that make any day better?

Today I tried to play an mpg video and it didn't work, it said I didn't have a valid Xvideo driver. I quickly found that the vesa driver just didn't work for that, so I grabbed the nVidia drivers myself. I had two problems; it turned off Emulate3Buttons, and my fonts were all HUGE.

Turning on Emulate3Buttons was easy in xorg.conf. My Unreal friend showed me a site with instructions to fix the fonts.

The point of my post though, is that it's so much FASTER. Apps start faster, widgets are snappier, everything just seems like it's on speed. So I recommend it.

Mine in descending order of actual possibility are

• Cabinet Maker
• Blacksmith
• Musician

I'm not considering switching soon or anything, but if the time ever comes to do so, those are the things on my short list.

What's on your list?