I cannot believe how long it is taking to format this HDD. It has taken about an hour to format the 250 GByte HDD, and it is not even finished yet. I expect it to take probably another 15 minutes or so. Then the backup starts in ernest.

Some links – in 1956 Walt Disney provided a message to 2006… You can read the letter he wrote here.

But probably more important, and of more use is the fact that Google has released a new version of Google Earth. This new version is also available for LINUX, which is really amazing. Then again, since they have it for the Mac, writing a version for Linux is not that much harder. I will be using the winodws version… The new version looks amazing… With rendered buildings available in 3D also.