0 to 1,000 MPH in 60 Seconds

Happy 4th of July to all you Americans, and to the rest of the world, Happy Tuesday. Two amazing events took place today. I got to watch the Space Shuttle take off today. That thing was going 1,000 Miles Per Hour within 60 seconds, but what was truly impressive was that it was going 10,000 miles per hour in 6 and a half minutes!!!! I'm pretty sure that thing orbits at 17,000 MPH, man thats fast. Anyway, it was thrilling to watch the launch (on TV) and wonderful to see America return to space once again. Godspeed Discovery and please return safe.

Then i watched the Italy VS. Germany Worldcup semi-final. I must admit, i was kind of hoping that Germany would win. They played such a great match, and they are the underdog host country, it would have been amazing to see them in the final. It was not to be though as Italy scored two goals within minutes of each other late in the second overtime. Even though the match went scoreless for the first 118 minutes, i personally found it a very exciting game to watch. Both teams are so skilled and both played like it was the final. Congratulations to Italy on beating a very good German team and advancing to the Final. I spent lots of time in Italy last year and watching them win brought back very fond memories of my trip. I cant wait to watch the France/Portugal game on Wednesday. I'm torn. I have a bit of Portugese blood in me, but then France did beat Brazil, so, i guess i'm really just hoping to watch a great match.

I've not been blogging much lately, but i'm gonna get back on the grind with it this week. Hopefully i'll have some more good tech stuff real soon.

Happy Birthday America!

-Ken Lewis