Good article on ethanol as an additive to Gasoline.

Have you noticed all the work being done on Eagle Road north of Fairview? Found out the other day that they (whoever they are) are putting in cameras that will determine a cars speed and then take a picture of that car if it is speeding. Then the lucky driver will get a speeding ticket in the mail.

Funny thing about this whole thing is this. NOBODY SPEEDS ON EAGLE ROAD. I drive it almost every day. Everyone goes about 5-10 mph below the speed limit.

System is supposed to be up and running by Nov 1, 2008.

Yesterday I went down to Boise Computer over on Overland road, not far from Edwards Theaters and picked up a new laptop. Its a nice computer and I got it at a decent price. The computer isn’t the subject, though. What I am wondering is, is it legal for me to use the wireless connection that I’m picking up here at my home? It is a belkin54g Wireless connection that is unsecured.

My argument is that if the connection isn’t protected then it may just be that the owner of the connection intends for it to be used publicly. I’m pretty sure that is what they call a ‘hotspot’. Now, on the other hand, I live in a completely residential area. The nearest business of any kind is the Jacksons about 5 blocks away. So, my counter argument is that the connection is more than likely coming from someones home and is not intended for public use.

I have a Cableone internet connection that still goes to my old computer and I’m considering getting a wireless hookup for my whole system. But, now i’m concerned that someone else might just do what I’m doing and I’m also concerned about security. Would they be able to access my computer as well? Hmmm. Something to think about.

Anyway, this whole blog entry was published using someone elses WiFi.

Got another book out of the way. Last night I finished “The Last Juror” by John Grisham. I gotta be honest with ya. This one was very good but it took some perseverance at times to get through it. And the ENDING… It wasn’t what I expected but it wasn’t too much of a twist that would make you say “oh my God, I didn’t see that one coming”.

I recommend it. I give it 4 BoiseBLoggers.

The snow is predicted to fall for the next 7 plus days. I can’t believe it. After the last few years we are finally getting back to a normal winter. This is a bit disappointing in another way, though. I was really looking forward to the global warming getting rid of winter. I guess I’ll have to move if I want that to happen.

On another note: I heard on the news yesterday about that poor woman who was 9 months pregnant and then killed in a head-on collision. I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t be moved by hearing that.

I’m browsing the web today. Going through my bookmarks to read some blogs I haven’t read lately. This one blog… which I can’t remember at the moment… has a Youtube video posted about an ebay scammer. Everyone knows that there are scammers on ebay. You just have to use a little common sense to get around them. Others, however, are openly deceptive and honest people fall prey.

The following video is about one of those scammers. Her name is Kelly Filkins. I tried to find out where she lives and what her husbands name is, but I couldn’t dig up that info. Of the two, the husband is the smarter. They both are dumb, but the wife (Kelly) is the dumber of the two. She actually shows up to court to defend her position. She didn’t just show up to court. She shows up to Judge Judy on NATIONAL TELEVISION to defend her position. The husband decided to stay home to watch the kids.

Here is the video:

I just finished reading “The Innocent Man” by John Grisham. I highly recommend it.

it is a true story of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz. Two people wrongly convicted and sent to death row.

Read it.

I’m gonna head over to the Broadway Bar tonight.

See ya there.

The co-op seems to be doing pretty good. Read it here.

In this post I mentioned what used to be the old town of Ustick. Now located on Ustick road between Five Mile and Cloverdale. I went by there the other day and took a picture.