Looking forward to a nice relaxing 8 hour poker game tonight starting around 10:00pm. Time for a quick nap.

No work tomorrow, only 90 minutes till my 3 day weekend starts, woo hoo!

Everyone should watch this and learn…

Video Demonstration of CPR for Adults.

http://twitpic.com/90nfw – Just saw this story on Google news. Talk about a bad place to cut off the title of a news story!

Colorware unveils its limited edition Stealth MacBook Pro http://tinyurl.com/mrln7a (Santa, can I have one for Christmas?)

Finally moving my robertbasil.com domain to Google Apps. No more forwarding all robertbasil.com email to robert.basil@gmail.com

Crying, Mark and Karmen Callaway and their daughter Anna Katheryn clutched the family’s three soldier sons before the trio shipped off to serve in Afghanistan.

Karmen wasn’t thinking about how rare it is for three brothers to go off to war together. She was thinking about Ryan, 25, Jared, 23, and 20-year-old Seth all returning home unharmed.

via Family copes as three brothers fight in Afghanistan.

From Robert:

Now onto the story:

A panel of New York National Guard officers has recommended that an Iraq war veteran who acknowledged his homosexuality must leave the service, his supporters said Tuesday.

First Lt. Dan Choi disclosed in March that he is gay, challenging the 1994 “dont ask, dont tell” law that requires the military to discharge troops who disclose their sexual orientation. Tuesdays ruling, made after a daylong hearing, is a step toward stripping Choi of his officers commission and ending his career.

via National Guard: Gay Iraq veteran must leave service.

Robots and other devices linked to social networking sites aren’t exactly anything new, but few have been in the form of tiny robot penguins, and even fewer have been tiny robot penguins with hats. That bit of mold-breaking comes courtesy of upstart Arimaz of Switzerland, which is now busy showing off its MyDeskFriend “Facebook companion” that’s set for release this September. As you can see in the video after the break, the bot is able to mosey about your desk without falling off and react to your voice like any good robot, but its real secret is that it can connect to Facebook and read your messages, or even be controlled (some may say tormented) by your real Facebook friends. Look for it to run $99 when it’s released.

via MyDeskFriend robot penguin will link to Facebook, be a true friend.

Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where Federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know, as a citizen, what the Government is really doing with your money.

via Welcome to USAspending.gov.