Another busy (but very fruitful) day on my end. The show was fun; some of the reads were choppy, but the guests were great and the segments went smoothly. I wanted to attend a loft complex meeting tonight; they're switching ISPs on us. Verizon is our “new” provider. Oy. Instead of arguing with a clueless sales rep, I was sitting in front of my computer, banging out next month's CPU article. This time I'm talking about how I turned a Word document into seven other eBook formats. It's quite breathtaking, I assure you. The big news of the day is confirming that Amazon is going to be co-promoting Gnomedex on their site. In fact, their Computer Book newsletter is going out with a direct link this coming Monday (allegedly). If you haven't pre-registered, I'd suggest doing so ASAP. We'll have to cap attendance if it gets too high for the venue. Good news for us; bad news for you if you're a “last minute” type of person.

I really hope to see more Iowans there this year, although I realize that's a tall order. Oh, yeah. They're very apathetic. And very few Iowans want to see other Iowans succeed. It's true. Especially if you're a young Iowan – you'll never get anywhere. Unless, of course, you're a sports superstar or you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Not that I'm bitter or anything, just that I was rather disheartened with last year's lackluster local turnout. For shame, Iowa. For shame. Your chief export is people. I wonder why? Well, this August, you'll have to put up with me again. And I just got off the phone with Pud. Ya know, the dude from F—ed Company? Yeah, he'll be one of our speakers. His topic? How to be a successful dot-com. True.