I feel like I should say something more substantive ...

But this is it: Gmail just keeps getting better and better.
I've now centralized all my e-mail (for three accounts), my AIM contacts and all of my text messages into one window.
This is multitasking in overdrive, man. And I'm loving every second of it.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a text (and an AIM) to answer.
I'd say I wish it included Twitter, but well ...
1. I'm caring less and less about Twitter.
2. Having that on there ... dude, that would just be too much.

Internets: Following your digital breadcrumbs ...

Network topologies, user search trends and personally identifiable information (PIIs) are just a few things researchers at the University of Texas claim "de-anonymize" the Internet.

Check Ars Technica to get all the scary details. Time to think twice about what you enter into Google ...

Here's hoping all that data stays quietly cloistered away forever. Although, as the 2006 AOL search term scandal showed us, the results of such an outing could be hilarious.

Internets: Lip syncing kid goes mainstream

Looks like YouTube senstation Keenan the Lip Syncing kid is on the fast track to fame. For weeks, this teenager (yes, he apparently is a teenager) sang his way into all our hearts with stirring renditions of tunes like "What Hurts the Most" and "Homecoming."
Apparently these videos were enough to land him a spot on WGN 9 broadcast in Chicago. Uh ... neat?
I really don't know what to make of this kid. Sure, the videos are hilarious, but I literally get physically uncomfortable after watching them for more than 20 seconds. Let's face it, the kid's one hell of a showman, but he's also creepy in a very, cave-dwelling urchin kind of way ...
At any rate, the WGN video is fantastic and cuts away just before I start getting scared.
ADDED BONUS: The guy at the weather desk clearly has no idea what the hell's going on.
Check the video below below, it's sure to put a smile on your face!

Internetz: Since Twitter's all the rage now ...

Why not stalk your favorite director/actor/idol of choice?

Check the list here.

Personally I'll be following Bret Spiner and *GASP* George Takei! How did I not think to add him sooner?

Thanks to Pop Candy for the link ...

OMG: Hope for net neutrality?

I'm still of the opinion the major media networks are going to band together and clamp down some order on what's currently the Wild Wild Interwest, but I must admit President Barack Obama's announcement of Julius Genachowski as nominee for FCC chief is heartening. If nothing else, this move should (hopefully) delay the merger/pay-for-play access power grab that ISPs and major media outlets have been threatening for years.

Photo credit: www.iconocast.com

MUSIC: I'll sue ya

Yeah, so I know this is approaching geriatric level in internet years, but I heard this Weird Al song on the radio for the first time in a long time today and felt compelled to post the video yet again.

Don't like it? You guessed it ... I'll sue ya.

INTERNETS: "Logging off" IRL needn't be so traumatic ...

When you can send e-mails from beyond the grave!

"Posthumous e-mail services are an example of what has been described as the 'transcendence industries,' enterprises that ... allow you to leave vital posthumous instructions for family and friends concerning such things as funeral arrangements, financial records, estate details, and insurance plans.

[These services] also address the intricate netiquette of virtual relationships, since, as Wrafter points out, “many people now have more friends online than off.” This service considers the posthumous needs of the techno-savvy, habitués of MySpace, LiveJournal, Flickr and other community-based sites, as well as online gamers who can spend years building up an in-game personality and maintaining virtual relationships. “People know you, engage with you, expect your presence. Suddenly you are gone. It’s inexplicable,” says Wrafter."

Interesting. Maybe by the time we are all old bags our wills will all be done electronically, that's a tad creepy.

I'll tell you what I would like to see, however -- old grandmas writing gold-digging daughter-and-laws out of the will and posting the videos on YouTube.

Now that would be entertaining.

Internets: Catch Up on Battlestar Galactica