My oldest of three children graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College this afternoon. Yea! Now it’s off to Jamaica with our daughter … our graduation gift.  The other kids stay home!  Rum drinks and sunsets.  Don’t expect me to post for a while!
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As we start this Memorial Day weekend in the U.S.A., please stop to remember why you get a day off. Via my church’s Freedom Tree, I have had the honor to be a small part of Captain Danielson’s journey. This Vietnam MIA is finally coming home (KARE11 TV Video Report). I’ve attached a few images sent to me by Lt. Commander Brian Danielson (Ben Danielson’s son) which give the details of his father’s last journey. Click upon any thumbnail to view the expanded image. You will note that Captain Danielson has been promoted to Major as he comes home for his final rest.
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Okay, did I get sucked in?  Yesterday I blogged that Google was purchasing Feedburner.  Apparently there has not yet been any formal announcement. My source was The RSS Blog. If one Googles both Feedburner and Google, this seems to be a very rampant rumor.

I would have normally checked news media sources before making such a post, but I was in a hurry while posting from a hotel room while on a business trip. This taught me a lesson about the blogosphere. The story may still turn out to be true, but it is not yet fact.

Update on June 4: It’s true! Feedburner purchase confirmed.

I know many of you who read my blog, do not use RSS. It’s time to get with it and learn this technology.  With the explosion of information, one of your primary tools to weed out and access selective information is by intelligent use of RSS.

One confirmation that the open market agrees with my view is that Google just purchased Feedburner (a 100% RSS technology play firm) for $100 million. To learn more about RSS, watch this tutorial.

This blog uses Feedburner for its RSS feed.

Quite frankly, I’m not postive when this capability appeared in Google Book Search. I was checking some of my Google Book Search books which I have saved as favorites, and I am now able to scroll through the entire contents of each book.  If it stays around, this is a huge new feature. Here are some examples:

• Airliners of the 1960’s
• Canoeing with the Cree
• Hiking Minnesota
• Windows XP in a Nutshell

I need to spend more time with Google Book Search.  Here is an earlier screencast / tutorial I’ve created on the topic.
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Stephen Downes correctly noted in this post’s comment, that it’s only an expanded preview.  Drat!  Still, the expanded preview is nice, and one can normally search within a book to pull up specific pages.