DIRTY SELF-PORTRAIT

I invite you to a dirty self-portrait, as well as many other new perceptions and observations at my online photography gallery … IMAGYST: Playa Experience 2009

Gallery at: http://www.pbase.com/imagyst/burning

I invite you to view America though the eyes and exceptional talent of my dear friend David Blake, as he and his wife Carmen document their journey from Phoenix, up the Pacific Coast, then across the nation on U.S. Rte 50, then along the Eastern seaboard from Maryland to Maine and then down to the Smokey Mountains and South Carolina as they explore this Great Country and the people that make it possible..

ENJOY at: http://www.pbase.com/twolanetommy/coasttocoast2009

U.S. RELAXES GRIP ON INTERNET

The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run. It has signed a four-page "affirmation of commitments" with the net regulator Icann, giving the body autonomy for the first time. Previous agreements gave the US close oversight of Icann - drawing criticism from other countries and groups. The new agreement comes into effect on 1 October, exactly 40 years since the first two computers were connected on the prototype of the net.
Full Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8283310.stm