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Downloaded Microsoft Money 2004 and tested it out. Much worse than Yodlee as far as online link to all my accounts are concerned. Yodlee is free so there's no way I am going to pay a dime for Microsoft Money after the downloaded version expires in 60 days.

Frequency Privileges

80m: 3675-3725 kHz: CW only
40m: 7100-7150 kHz: CW only
15m: 21.1-21.2 MHz: CW only
10m: 28.1-28.3 MHz: CW, RTTY and data, 28.3-28.5 MHz: CW and SSB phone.

My comcast pipe today is 1826Kbps downlink and 226Kbps uplink. No static IP either. Maybe I should switch to SBC DSL even though the downlink pipe will be thinner, I at least can run my own server?

Got an email from a friend whom I have known since at least fifth grade in Vietnam. What a pleasant suprise! His son is already two and his business is expanding. I am so glad for him.

www.hotspots-locations.com
www.wififreespot.com

16 I call to God;
GOD will help me.
17 At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh
deep sighs--he hears, he rescues.
18 My life is well and whole, secure
in the middle of danger
Even while thousands
are lined up against me.

Psalm 55:16-18 MSG

BachLien and ThongNhat's wedding went well today.

2God sticks his head out of heaven.
He looks around.
He's looking for someone not stupid--
one man, even, God--expectant,
just one God--ready woman.


3He comes up empty. A string
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow the one.

Psalm 53:2-3 MSG

Almost a week with my braces on. The orthodontist said I have to wear it for 18 months, which amounts to 72 weeks. I guess I have 71 weeks to go.

The 6.5 degree quake hit central California so my friends in LA and SF should be OK.

According to pcpitstop.com, my Comcast pipe on a very good day peak out at: 281Kbps uplink and 2528Kbps downlink.

Stopped by Richardson public library and got the book "Now you're talking! All you need to get your first ham radio license" by Larry D. Wolfgang WR1B, Jim Kearman KR1S and Joel P. Kleinman N1BKE after Randall Dunning told me about it.

Though I have been warned, I didn't think it would be that bad but I couldn't be anymore wrong. The braces really pull your teeth and now the whole jaw is aching, couldn't chew at all. Spaghetti is so good.

Computational Geometry by Mark de Berg, Marc van Kreveld and Mark Overmars: http://www.cs.uu.nl/geobook

Ordered the Samsung ML-2151 today. Should arrive in 7 to 10 days. Even after sale tax and shipping, it is still cheaper at samsclub.com than all the others on Pricewatch, Pricescan, Circuitcity, Bestbuy, Frys ....

I didn't watch and hit my head against the mailbox at church today, lacerated my scalp over 3 inches and had to be stapled to close the wound. I agreed to get it done without the local anesthesia. It hurted really bad only when the doctor staple it in. Let's pray and hope there will be no infection.

WordNet released version 2.0. So far I haven't really seen the added benefits.

The soldiers of the 4th infantry division captured Saddam Hussein today, great news for the stability of the new free Irag.

My limit order got executed and I sold my shares of Tyco (TYC) this week when it hit $25. Don't know what to buy now. The stocks will only go up tomorrow, after the good news in Iraq today.

GOD made my life complete
when I placed all the pieces before him.
When I got my act together,
he gave me a fresh start.

Psalm 18:20 MSG

American football was made popular by teams representing colleges and universities. These teams dominated the game for most of the first 100 years of football in the United States. Even today, despite greatly increased interest in professional football, intercollegiate contests—played by some 640 team—are attended by more than 35 million spectators each year. Many college stadiums hold more than 50,000 spectators; one stadium, at the University of Michigan, holds more than 100,000. Many of the major universities are now grouped in conferences, such as the Big Ten (northern midwest), the Big Eight (midwest), the Pacific Ten (western states), the Southeastern Conference, and the Ivy League (northeast). The birth date of football in the United States is generally regarded by football historians as November 6, 1869, when teams from Rutgers and Princeton universities met in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for the first intercollegiate football game. In the early games, each team used 25 players at a time. By 1873 the number was reduced to 20 players, in 1876 to 15 players, and in 1880 to 11 players, where it has remained. In the 1900s, college football became one of the country's most popular sports spectacles. Ranked among the greatest United States sports heroes of the 20th century are such student athletes as Jim Thorpe of Carlisle Institute; George Gipp of the University of Notre Dame; Red Grange of the University of Illinois; Tom Harmon of the University of Michigan; Doak Walker of Southern Methodist University; Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard, the “Touchdown Twins” of Army (the U.S. Military Academy); Joe Namath of the University of Alabama; and O. J. Simpson of the University of Southern California.

The first professional football game in the United States took place in 1895 in the town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between a team representing Latrobe and a team from Jeannette, Pennsylvania. In the following ten years many professional teams were formed, including the Duquesnes of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Olympics of McKeesport, Pennsylvania; the Bulldogs of Canton, Ohio; and the team of Massillon, Ohio. Among noted college players who took up the professional game during its early years were Willie Heston (formerly at the University of Michigan), Jim Thorpe (Carlisle Institute), Knute Rockne (University of Notre Dame), and Fritz Pollard (Brown University). The professional game attracted only limited public support during its first 30 years. The first league of professional football teams was the American Professional Football Association, formed in 1920. The admission fee was $100 per team. The teams pledged not to use any student player who still had collegiate eligibility left, as the good will of the colleges was believed to be essential to survival. The teams also agreed not to tamper with each other's players. Jim Thorpe, a player-coach for one of the teams, became president of the league during its first year. The American Professional Football Association gave way in 1922 to the National Football League (NFL). Red Grange, the famous halfback from the University of Illinois, provided a tremendous stimulus for the league when he joined the Chicago Bears in 1925 and toured the United States that year and the next. His exciting play drew large crowds. Thereafter, professional football attracted larger numbers of first-rate college players, and the increased patronage made the league economically viable. Strategically, the early NFL game was hardly distinguishable from college football at that time. There was no attempt to break away from collegiate playbooks or rule books. For 13 years the NFL followed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Rules Committee recommendations. In the league's early years, players considered the low-paying NFL a part-time job and held other jobs during the day. Thus, while college coaches could drill their players daily for hours, professional football coaches arranged practices in the evenings, sometimes only three or four times a week.

Orphans get parents,
the homeless get homes.
The reign of terror is over,
the rule of the gang lords is ended.

Psalm 10:18 MSG