<i>Initially, I thought it'd be a good idea for Kristina to create a weekly blog entry, to be posted each Friday. Kristina, however, has already written two entries, too good to be held onto. And, I think to myself: "Why hold her back?"

How long do CD-Rs last? Not long, says IBM's Kurt Gerecke. Two years on average&mdash;five, if you keep it in a cool dark place. <I>Phew</I> that's where I keep mine . . . wait a minute, I just remembered I don't.

"More common than you'd think," says <I>National Geographic</I>. Makes sense&mdash;they can run 60mph over broken ground and, if Huckleberry is anything to judge by, a cat in full jetpack mode pays scant heed to obstructions&mdash;even walls.

<I>Digital Music For the Future</I> says so, asking, "is the record industry ready to face the music?" Interesting essay&mdash;and one that says , "the record industry is stuck in a time warp, always several years behind. That would mean 2006 is the new 1999. The Internet boom and music sales have reached their climax, anything is possible, and the digital entertainment world was ready for something to pop."

Precisely at noon, Brother Todd called to remind me. Elvis came from my cell phone, ringing singing ringing: "You were always on my mind..."

Neither, a new article at <I>EE Times</I> suggests: There might be an engineering gene&mdash;and the University of Minnesota has the MRIs to prove it.