So, everyone south of the equator can see a comet.  We can’t see it up here in the ole Northern Hemisphere without the aid of the good ole InterTubes. Wow, counting this one there are three “oles” in this post. Sorry.

So it has been a while since I fired up Ubuntu on my home computer so I thought I would fire it up and see what it was like to put a post on my site using this OS. Other than the mysterious sluggishness my site is experiencing, it is exactly what I expected. Nothing different.

Gone are the days when you chose an OS and were handcuffed to only the programs that worked with it. Now with the Internet and Web Apps, we are less and less prisoners of the OS. It won’t be long before the only people who even care about the OS are the remaining zealots who base their whole world view by the start up sound that their computer makes.

I don’t really care. I am very excited about the prospect of being able to sit down at any computer that has a connection to the Internet and having all my apps available. No surprises. Nice.

We are close. I used to have to open Dreamweaver everytime I wanted to update my site. That meant that changes were few and far between. No longer. Now I log onto my site with no thought about the computer or the OS and the interface is always the same. And, it is easy. That means that I can put new content on my site with ease and regularity.

I might not have anything to say, but at least I can have a dynamic and growing site on a daily basis and I can make that happen from anywhere.

Add to that all the online apps that are available for word processing, email, spreadsheets, and more, the day I can say goodbye to Microsoft is quickly approaching.

Facebook
I am a little late to the party, but I spent some time this week getting my facebook page updated. I am sure if you do a search for Murray Williams Fayetteville, you can find me. Hmm, I wonder exactly how many Murray Williams there are in Facebook. Maybe I will go and find out.

I must be sharing space with a blog that has been Dugg or Slashdotted because it is taking forever to get into my blog to upload content. I don’t know what the problem is. Right now it takes 2 or 3 minutes from the moment I log in to when I can put in a blog entry. If you know what the problem could be, let me know. In the mean time I hope that webbleyou gets it sorted out.

More on XM and Sirius Tying the Knot
In a previous post, I talked about the fact that some people are claiming that Internet radio is one of the reasons for satellite radio not taking off. I find that ludicrous. I listen to satellite radio exclusively in the truck. The last time I checked I can’t get the Internet in my truck driving down the road. That would be cool, but it isn’t happening. I think a more viable cause for the slow uptake of satellite is mp3 players like iPods. I bet there are more people listening to iPods in their cars than Internet radio.

So you might be asking why am I bringing this back up again. I listened to the latest edition of the Engadget podcast and they made the Internet radio argument…I just don’t buy it.