It was a beautiful night for a ballgame last night. Just as we were starting to eat, there was a brief shower, and then we got a rainbow over the stadium. Mild temps once the rain had passed, and not much wind. Lots of errors, but it came out right in the end, with the Saints winning in spite of themselves.
- Microsoft wants use of free software curbed, saying it's a threat to security and intellectual property. And the microsoft bottom line. [some guy]
- Nowhere to Hide: Ads Arrive on TiVo (popups coming and going). The ads on the TiVo are just annoying. They're trying to get me to watch an ad for Best Buy with promises of a Sheryl Crow video that I don't want to watch anyhow. At least it's not too hard to ignore. [doc]
- gatt.org reports that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is being disbanded and replaced by an organization with a charter based on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Looks like the work of hackers to me. [Jim]

- Comcast sued over recording customer Web browsing. [google news]
- Six arrested over 'Nigerian e-mail' fraud, but there's a new scam already: Forget the Nigerian spam scam: Now it's the Afghan-war-scam!. [cam]