Summer seems to be a time when not much works gets done.夏天似乎是当时没有多少获得工程工作要做。 Case in point: This journal has not been updated for a while now.典型的例子：这个杂志一直没有更新了，而现在。
Several things happened recently that are worth commenting on: Barack Obama’s shift to the right is deplorable but not unexpected. His vote in favor of the Bush FISA law cost him my financial support.一些最近发生的事情值得评论：奥巴马转向右边是可悲的，但并不出人意料。 他投票支持布什的法律费用FISA他我的财政支持。 I can’t support a guy who thinks it’s ok for the government to listen in on my phone calls and e-mal conversations without any warrant or probable cause.我不能支持一个人谁认为这是确定政府在听我的电话和e -误交谈没有任何保证或可能的原因。 Anyway, I’m sure Obama will do ok even without my financial support.无论如何，我相信奥巴马将尽玉即使没有我的财政支持。 Obama’s support for more troops for Afghanistan is probably a mistake.奥巴马的支持更多的部队为阿富汗可能是一个错误。 Afghanistan does not need more US troops.阿富汗并不需要更多的美国部队。 It needs to be left alone.它需要单独留。 If anything, the people of Afghanistan need humanitarian aid, not more bombs dropped on wedding parties .如果有的话，阿富汗人民需要人道主义援助，而不是更多的炸弹投在婚礼 。
Recently I explored several web-based networking sites.最近，我探讨了基于Web的网络站点。 Simply to see what the state-of-the-art social and professional web-based networking is capable of.仅仅是为了看看国家最先进的社会和专业网络为基础的网络的能力。 There’s MySpace for the kids, Facebook for socially connecting adults and teens and LinkedIn for professional networking.还有的 MySpace的孩子， 脸谱为社会连接的成年人和青少年和LinkedIn的专业网络。 
View my profile 查看我的个人资料
I’m ambivalent as to how useful this networking stuff will be.我很矛盾如何有用的东西这个网络将。 Hardly anyone seems to use the LinkedIn profiles that some users seem to carefully construct.几乎没有人似乎使用LinkedIn的个人资料，一些用户似乎仔细建设。 it is often hype that prompts new users to sign-up and then forget about the sites.往往是宣传，提示新的用户注册，然后忘记场所。 But who knows.但是谁知道。 Can’t hurt to quickly put a profile together and post it…right?不能伤害尽快将个人资料，并张贴...对不对？
