So, MK and I just paid $73 for a copy of our marriage license that never arrived back in 2001, and two copies of Laura’s birth certficate. So nearly $25 for a piece of colored paper. But hey, here’s one better:

The People’s Republic of China is gonna let me go hang out in Beijing for a week… woot! This is actually my first visa, so it’s kinda neat. It’s just a sticker they (the Chinese Embassy) stick on your passport… and only costs $95 (well, for MS, as they’re sending me). $50 for the PRC for the sticker, and $45 for the agency to go to the embassy, stand in line, and get it stamped.

gah…

Just saw that my almost-old-employer, InfoSpace, signed with us (Microsoft) to use MSN as part of their search offering. So looks like MetaCrawler, my old project and thesis, is back to having the best of all worlds!

Sadly, I can’t seem to find the preferences anymore to select which engines to use… thus you could cull away the dreadful About, FindWhat (sorry Pete), and Overture ad links. But hey, for those on the cutting edge, this is something to (re)check out as you’ll get the best of three worlds!

Wow… Google is just raking in the money… pretty impressive. Part of the reason yours truly is working for The Man on a competing offering…

But hey, kudos to the fine folks at Google for work well done. Guess this means you’re all well on your way to having the company goals met and having all bonuses doubled for the fourth year in a row!