In response to overly positive iPhone reviews compared to the iPod Touch.

Steve Jobs says the iPhone is the best iPod ever, but he's lying. Jobs wants to push the iPhone because he gets a cut from at&t, understandable. I, however, don't want to do business with at&t-- and that is reason #1 to opt for the iPod Touch.

The Touch has the same awesome interface as the iPhone and twice the memory for the price. The draws are there, and so are the drawbacks. It doesn't replace a phone, it doesn't have internal speakers, and you can't use internet anywhere that doesn't connect to a wifi network... I like my current phone (first time in my life I can say that), I think playing sounds from you personal media device in public is rude, and I almost never need the internet unless I am around wifi (besides the at&t data network is so slow I couldn't bear using it anyway).

If you need a new phone and are already with at&t, get the iPhone if you are in the market for one. But, remember the phone is only as good as the network. I'm happy with my iPod Touch.

Free Poker!

For those of you that didn't know, on-line gaming (gambling) was made illegal in the US not long ago when the law was slipped into some off-topic legislation by Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and his counterpart Rick Boucher (D-VA). By the way, don't vote for them. I have since quit playing on-line even though some poker rooms still accept US money. I'm posting now because of a new development.

The European Union wants upwards of 100 billion dollars compensation for violating international trade acts by the illegalization of on-line gaming. Makes sense for them since most on-line poker rooms are in Europe or otherwise abroad. I say good for them.

What the US should do to make it right is to free us from this prohibition and let Las Vegas open up on-line poker rooms of their own. Hell, tax it it you have to. When you European Union gives you lemons, make lemonade.

That is all.