- Steve Heckler, the senior VP of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. says, Napster will lose. Guaranteed. Apparently they're going to firewall it off at my cable company, phone company, ISP and at my PC. There is simply too much at stake. I've gotta agree with him there. With any luck, this sort of attitude will take down Sony. Of course I believe there's a chance of positive reform in the U.S. Government, so I'm probably not the best person to listen to.
- Troops are back on Ulster streets of fear and Army back in Belfast. The UDA and UVF are feuding. Both are loyalist paramilitary groups. Sinn Féin is calling on the loyalists to get their act together and wise up.
- It's time for Minnesota State Fair 2000. I might even have a date for this one. It's a lot more fun to go to the fair when there's someone else to share the neat things with. Or the not-so-neat things (which is more common, in my experience). Anyway, I'm looking forward to it for the first time in about 20 years. And at the very worst, I'll have me a Pronto Pup. I couldn't find the definitive Pronto Pup link (might have to make one), but James Lileks waxes rhapsodic about 'em in The Last Day
- How the News Makes You Dumb. Daily news isn't the best way to keep informed, perhaps.
- Buyer found for APBNews.com. Hopefully they'll keep the quality up, since that's the main thing APBnews.com has going for it.
- icWord is a Mac utility to view, translate and convert Word documents. Cool. No need to buy a Microsoft product.
- iCab is at release 2.1a. And it fixes the problems that led me to start using Internet Explorer for a while. One more Microsoft product out of the way.
- Less than a month left to plan your RSA Patent Expiration party (Sept 20 is the date). Perhaps the RSA Party Planner can help.