Frannie Wellings: "Yesterday the US Department of State held a public briefing on WSIS. My notes are below."

Meanwhile, the Working Group on Internet Governance (aka "WGIG," but not to be confused with WGIG) is meeting again this week in Geneva.

Paul Wilson and Geoff Huston on "Competitive Addressing."

Hans Petter Holen, Address Council Chair: "Please find enclosed comments from the ASO Address Council to the ICANN Strategic plan."

www.icann.lu. Plan now.

I passed the Nevada bar exam. Viva Las Vegas! (the firm's newest office)

You don't realize how low the switching cost is for a search engine until a new one comes along. I really like Snap. The interface is brilliant.

Reuters Business: "VeriSign Inc. reported on Wednesday that quarterly profit more than doubled on strong demand for its software products, which manage Internet addresses and facilitate online transactions."

I watched the snippets of video referenced by BoingBoing. I think he's bluffing. But it sure sounds good.

On ZDNet: "Phil Windley has written up and photographed a recent talk given by Vint Cerf on challenges facing the Internet and computer science."