So we went whitewater rafting on Thursday with the guys and gals from work. Got a chance to hang out as well as have some fun in the water and pretend we were fish. Check out the pictures, and it was definitely a lot of fun. We were all exhausted after the entire trip but it was definitely worth it. If people in Charlotte haven't heard of this place, they have the largest manmade whitewater rafting center in the world with replicas of rapids from different regions in the world. A lot of fun and good times. They also had kayaking and rock climbing there also.

So, within a day of the game being released, we can see from the stats that there have been over 1 Million unique players playing Halo 3 online. This is pretty intense, especially since the game just got released.

So far so good, and I am enjoying the game. Really tired, but what you going to do. The hype and rush is still going on and will be for a while .

Halo 3 is freaking awesome. Loving the game. But lets check out what's going on in the world and see how many players are playing Halo 3.

At 7:00 PM on the 24th...

At 12:15 AM on the 25th (Halo just got released on the east coast)

At 12:45 AM EDT (20,000 players just got home from the launch)

At 1:12 AM (And now 30,000 players made it home)

At 1:16 AM (Magically 10,000 players appeared from nowhere)

At 1:30 AM (Almost at 100,000 players online)

At 1:38 AM (We reached 100,000 players)

That's enough of updates from me tonight. Tomorrow hopefully we got a lot more people logging in and playing. And plus the West coast doesn't get Halo 3 for another 1 and a half.

Tonight was history in the making for both the Gaming and the Entertainment industry.

With over 1.5 Million Pre-orders in place for tonight's launch of Halo 3, it has become the fastest pre-selling game in history.

Wired Magazine has called Halo, "a cultural touchstone, a Star Wars for the thumb stick generation."

By the end of the week fans in 37 countries around the world, will have their hands on this game, with a midnight launch in the US, with nearly 10,000 stores doing midnight launches.

Finally, after almost 3 years in development, Halo 3 will be released to the public. With the fact that the video game industry is booming more than ever, Halo 3's release is setting the bar for all future games from this point on due to what it is able to achieve with the storyline, graphics, user interface, multiplayer gaming as well as a whole list of other things.

With launch events all over the country, with people standing in line 30 hours before the actual launch up at the New York City Best Buy, this is going to be some launch event. Stay tuned for posts and stats as they are released. Right now enjoy the Halo 3 links, as well as the Believe Battle Field.

So Office 2007 was officially released earlier this year. After having used it for almost a year now (I was using it when it was in Beta), I can tell you that it is one of the greatest Office products ever. It definitely allows me to work a lot faster because of how the menus and user interface have been redesigned. If you don't believe me try it for free here.

So looking at Office Ultimate 2007, which usually retails at stores for about $679.99, is now available for a few months at 60 bucks. With Office Ultimate, you get Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher (good for flyers and marketing material), and then one of my favorite OneNote (which is a note taking program and really useful for people who have laptops).

All you need is a .edu email address and actively enrolled in at least 0.5 course credits, and details are listed here. Check out the following link for more information. I definitely recommend this to people who are interested in buying Office, as it is an amazing deal.

As part of Microsoft's Windows Live Services, recently released is the Windows Live Suite, which can be downloaded by visiting this page. The Windows Live Suite is a whole list of Free Services that are available to our users, which include a Desktop Mail Application (Allows you to link up and download mail from multiple email accounts), Windows Live Messenger (which works with Yahoo Messenger), Photo Gallery (which allows you to better organize and share photos and videos), Live Writer (Blogging application), as well as the Live Toolbar.

This also leads into our other Windows Live Services as can be seen on the page. As it says, Windows Live is all about having a better online experience, by bringing your online world together .