Ft. Hood Massacre

I don't usually make political comments here. But I don't quite think of murder as "political."

The tragic shooting in Fort Hood Texas on the Army base by a Major Nidal Hassan, found Pres. Obama commenting that we "shouldn't jump to conclusions" about the murder. And in a eulogy comment, he found the behavior incomprehensible and inexplicable.

It seems to be obvious to the rest of us, that it is quite explicable. It's called terrorism. It's the same radical Islamic terrorism that has been plaguing countries around the globe. It gave us 9/11 and the Twin Tower attack, and others.

Nidal Hassan of Palestinian extraction is a follower of Islamist world jihad. It is a national tragedy and outrageous attack on our country.

We should be very awake and aware.

Windows 7 has arrived. And it actually has a very good flow to it. It is appealing to the eye and seems to be easy to use.

I don't know exactly what they did wrong with Vista, it was a disaster. It was huge and clunky and placed so many obstacles in front of you before you could get any work done. I had it, never liked it and deleted it.

I can't say the same about Windows XP. It worked well for numerous years, although as you used it more and more, it would start slowing down to a drag.

I've been using Linux for a while. I found Linux to be extremely pliable and flexible. I've used perhaps some of the more advanced features and distribution, and some of the more simple ones. What I enjoyed about Linux was that it worked out of the box. What I didn't enjoy about Linux was that oftentimes I have to go searching for programs to be able to access various multimedia functions, i.e. music and video would not play well.

So now it's time to give Windows 7 a chance. And that was also an opportunity to put a little text on this blog.