The World Around You

Barry White has passed on. As a fan, I offer my condolences and mourn with his family and friends.

Talk Left provides information on a new website intended to keep tabs on government officials.

Its creators hope it will become a Google of government, a massive Internet clearinghouse of information to help citizens track their leaders as effectively as their leaders track them.

GIA hopes to create an enormous but self-sustaining community where users do the work of keeping it running and credible. Its creators at Media Lab — a research center whose eclectic projects bridge technology, the arts and media — view the project not just as a way to pool the collective wisdom of government watchdogs but also as a tool to counter new government technologies that are consolidating information about citizens.

Check it out here!

Thank you to all who have linked to my site. In less than two weeks, I have climbed into the top 1000 at TTLB’s Blogosphere Ecosystem. Thank you and suggestions for improvement of this site are always welcome.

Dean Esmay has an appropriate tribute to the day as well.

Have a wonderful 4th! Take a moment to think about the founding of this great country and the people who fought to give us the freedoms we all enjoy.

Click here for a fun tribute to the day: 4TH OF JULY TREAT