Wednesday, August 24, 2005
New Wives=New Hope for Sri Lankan Men
I am almost speechless about this one. Is the Washington Post advocating marriage as a way of making men happy? Are we to learn that deep down men need women to take care of them? I came away thinking that women keep men together, provide a calming and civilizing influence (the men stop drinking). Is that what the Post wants me to understand...that men need women and women are happy when they provide what men lack (at least in Sri Lanka)? If so the MSM is more conservative than I thought. At least when it comes to other "third world" type countries.
Google Talk
Google Talk is live today! 
Yesterday when I saw the announcement I went to the site (even though it wasn't live at the time) and bookmarked it in del.icio.us. Sure enough, now that the site's live, it's the top hit on del.icio.us/popular, and as you can see on the screenshot, I am the first credited bookmark of the site!
Google Talk is a Jabber server, which is an open-source chat server that they have apparently adapted for their own purposes. This means you can connect to the server using any Jabber-compatible client (like Gaim, etc.). Of course, the Google Talk client has more features than you would get with another client, like integration with your Gmail account.
Yesterday when I saw the announcement I went to the site (even though it wasn't live at the time) and bookmarked it in del.icio.us. Sure enough, now that the site's live, it's the top hit on del.icio.us/popular, and as you can see on the screenshot, I am the first credited bookmark of the site!Google Talk is a Jabber server, which is an open-source chat server that they have apparently adapted for their own purposes. This means you can connect to the server using any Jabber-compatible client (like Gaim, etc.). Of course, the Google Talk client has more features than you would get with another client, like integration with your Gmail account.