Monday, January 17, 2005

Red States: Beneficiaries of Tax Revenue? || kuro5hin.org

Red States: Beneficiaries of Tax Revenue? || kuro5hin.org: "Of the 31 states that GAIN wealth from the federal government, 25 (81%) voted for Bush. Of the remaining 17 states that LOSE wealth to the federal government, 12 (71%) voted for Kerry. "

Would you have guessed this? I wouldn't have.

Saturday, January 08, 2005

Skype - Free Internet telephony that just works

Skype - Free Internet telephony that just works

It may be neat, and certainly useful for making overseas calls cheaply, but I've failed utterly to get anyone I know to sign up and use this. My family isn't geeky enough. So who really uses this? Based on the people trying to call my wife, I'm guessing young, male students in Eastern Europe and Turkey.