Katie and I will be participating in "Kicking Hunger" an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the longest kickball game ever next weekend on June 20-21st. The current world record is 24 hours and 15 minutes. 30 hours is our goal. Even better, it's for charity. All donations go to benefit the Oregon food bank. Here's the part where I ask for your help. We're trying to raise $10,000 so every little bit helps.

The Oregon Food Bank is a nonprofit, charitable organization. It is the hub of the Oregon Food Bank Network, a statewide network of 20 regional food banks and 915 agencies and programs serving Oregon and Clark County, Wash. OFB recovers food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources. It then delivers that food to 20 regional food banks covering OFB’s service area. Regional food banks distribute this food and additional resources from local donations to nonprofit programs serving low-income people in their communities. An estimated 200,000 people ate meals from an emergency food box in an average month last year. Of those, 36 percent were children. This number is only increasing as need is now up 15 percent statewide. Because need is at an all time high, community support is now more important than ever.

How to donate online:

1. Go to http://www.longestkickball.com
2. On the bottom of the page, click "Donate".
3. enter the donation amount, and in the special instructions to the seller, enter "Tyler Booth" - this is important, as this is how we track the individual donation goals.
4. You will be given the option of paying by credit card, or by using your Paypal account.

Donate by check:
1. Write a check to "Kicking Hunger" for any amount.

2. Write "Donation via Tyler Booth" on the memo

3. Mail it to:

Kicking Hunger
6731 SE Cora St
Portland, OR 97206

Your donation is tax deductible as "Kicking Hunger" is a registered non-profit (Tax ID: 26-4515522).

Thank you for your support.

Yes, this has fallen to the way-side, pushed to bottom of the pile due to countless things deemed more important.

Things that have happened since we last spoke:

Got an iPhone
Got a MacBook
Sold the MacBook Pro
Bought an Apple Time Machine
.....This was not intended to be a fanboy post....
Discovered twitter

Thats about all I have energy for now. Until next time...

I think I missed an important step in the coffee making process this morning. Must remind myself that there is a reason they recommend 8 hours of sleep a night.

Ars Technica posted an interesting story regarding the release of 802.11n Draft 2.0. No we're not going to see 200-300mbit access points tomorrow, but this does ensure compatibility with devices released today with the final spec of 802.11n which is a huge step. Even better, the IEEE is certifying devices against the draft spec TODAY.

The IEEE standards body has released a draft for 802.16m which specifies 1GBit over the air WiMAX and 100MBit in "high mobility" mode. It is also apparently backwards compatible with 802.16e. We won't see any hardware with this draft specification for at least a year or two, but it looks promising.

The high datarates are achieved by utilizing MIMO technology, the same wizardry responsible for the higher throughput in 802.11n.

More information on things to come over at Daily Tech.

You can also find a draft of the specification on the IEEE Website.