i spent a muy tranquilo saturday afternoon chatting with some amigos in argentina from my coffin 1br san francisco apartment today. One of my skype convert ex-pat buddies down there blurts, as he's skype messenging his wife in china, "i can't believe this call is free!" several times throughout our conversation. This is the joy we early adopters receive from our friends as we help make the world a better place to live.

Honestly when you sit back, explore google earth, and contemplate the big picture technologies allowing skype to work it'll make you scratch your head. It's baffling to think that from 1 wireless router in an early 1900s 3 flat in palermo argentina our flawless conversations are converted to electronic bits that jump to uruguay and then run under the ocean to miami...then from miami the data branches it's way to me in my free wireless in san francisco.

Hmmm, i can't help but think that once the masses catch on to these types of services it can't be good holdin at&t sibling stock. I would't pay for vonage either. Thanks Global Crossing. And also, thanks USA for wiring and connecting our earth. Clearly many of the fabulous ideas and technologies making up this global network are thanks to the fabulous minds from throughout the world collaborating and competing in the USA. Along with many wonderful humanitarian projects like the 100 dollar laptop spawned from american capitalist dollars & braniacs @ mit, many other humans in the world will benefit from the incredible communal power of the internet to evolve the course of earth's future.