One GIGAbit Net Access? And Other Stuff.

Yup.

Wow... that would be sumthin' else and a real Netflix killer, among other things.  Why wait for a DVD to come in the mail if you can download a full length HD movie in only five minutes?  Answer:  you wouldn't.  There's an article here  if ya don't want to watch the vid.

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A tweet from Mr. Lileks:

Lileks: I'm taking up a collection to hire a hit man to deal with the Douche Family in that Toyota "Swagger Wagon" Sienna ad. Anyone in? 

Oh Hell yes I'm in!  Have you seen that stupid ad?  No?  Take a look...





Doesn't Toyota have enough problems?  What the Hell are they thinking?  Stupid, stupid, stupid...

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Today's hockey piece comes from Ethan Sherwood Strauss, writing at Salon.  The article reinforces my thoughts about the grudge match that will be the gold medal game in this tournament.  Here's an excerpt:

He'll (Ovechkin) skate for Russia for the first time in the Vancouver Olympics Tuesday night at midnight EST against Latvia.  (ed: and has one goal, as we write.  The Rooshians are looking awesome against a pretty good Latvian team.)

Three decades after the "Miracle on Ice," U.S. and Russian sports fans are living vicariously through the same athlete. We're serendipitously united in a way not seen since Rocky Balboa ended the Cold War. Not all is cheery, though. There's an ominous force up north and it's looking for trouble. Behind the Maple Curtain, Canadians are gnashing their teeth at every Ovechkin plaudit.

It may come as a surprise to puck virgins, but the Canada-Russia hockey feud rivals the Cold War in acrimony. In fact, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent joined NATO specifically to protect against a hockey-motivated Soviet attack (or to join other Western nations interested in building a nuclear holocaust bulwark; history is subjective). 

Heh.  You should read the whole thing, even if you're not a hockey fan and especially if you ARE (a fan).  The piece is simply superlative writing.  Funny, too.