today i'm grateful for my computer. a few weeks ago google announced that they needed beta testers for their new chrome os notebooks that they were working on-- a laptop that just has an internet browser. there aren't any programs installed on it, no office suite, no solitaire--it's just the internet. chris and i both applied for the beta testing pilot program and a little over a week later a box showed up from the ups man. with no warning i learned that i had been chosen for the pilot program. i have a free laptop that i get to use and when something goes wrong i report the problem with a simple click of my mouse and i have fulfilled my agreement to them. i love that i can use it for all of my browsing needs, including blogging.