Summer and Packets?

Went on a family trip over the weekend. My brother and his wife and 3 kids, and Sherri and myself and our 4 kids spent 3 days in the St. Louis area. We hit the St. Louis Zoo friday, my first time in a very long time. If you haven't been in a while it's time to go back.

Then on Saturday we went to the NASCAR SpeedPark, St. Louis, all I can say is WOOOO HOOOO GO-CARTS! This place was well worth the price of admission. The Adults and the Kids in our little group were EXHAUSTED by the end of the day. ( a little tip: DON'T GO on a SATURDAY during a HOLLIDAY WEEKEND :) There were things to do for kids of all ages. Plus it's all in side of St. Louis Mills.

Sunday we decided to drive back up north and visit one of our local amusement facilities. KNIGHT'S ACTION PARK in Springlield. Pretty cool place .. should have used more sun screen.

Recent news about Google Checkout has been creating quite the buzz. They are aiming square at PAYPAL with this one. I haven't signed up yet for Google Checkout but I probably will soon, at least to see if it's better. One thing to note is that Auction Giant EBAY is not allowing Google Checkout to be used by sellers on it's site. It's in their Safe Payments Policy. Should be interesting battle.

Here's where the packets in the title come in. With all the talk of Net Neutrality I've been thinking more and more about packets.. GEEK :^) why Yes I Am. Well with that I found a video I had seen awhile back that was about... You Guessed it Packets. The move is called Warriors of the Net. The Warrior's web site desribes it this way "The movie is 12 minutes long. It is about an IP packets journey through net past routers, firewalls and transatlantic cables." If you are even remotely curious check it out. You might just enjoy it.