In an administrative note, I've been noodling with the style sheets here to make sure everything looks equally good in both Mac IE and Mozilla. I had some things that weren't making Moz happy. In any case, fixing Moz meant breaking things for Netscape 4.x. Not sure I'm going to bother re-fixing it at this point, but feel free to email in bug reports if something's rendering funny.
Days like yesterday and today are one of my least favorite parts of winter in Minnesota. The weather's been unseasonably warm (mid-40s yesterday), there's no snow, and we had enough rain and humidity that even if there aren't clouds higher in the sky, you can't tell through the fog. Waking up gets tougher because there's no real light coming through my windows. Getting out for a walk isn't so pleasant because it might rain or snow or both (and almost certainly at the point when I'm farthest from home). If I wanted this kind of weather, I'd be living in Vancouver or London or something, not in Minnesota. We're supposed to have snow and brilliantly crisp blue skies, not fog and rain. Especially not less than a week before Christmas.
- Copy protection logjam shows signs of breaking, for the worse. SmartRight is neither smart nor right. [some guy]
- ElcomSoft Not Guilty in DMCA Case! Good news.
Today's jury verdict sends a strong message to federal prosecutors who believe that tool makers should be thrown in jail just because a copyright owner doesn't like the tools they build.
- Get Creative is a flash presentation explaining why we need Creative Commons in a clear way. Cool beans. [boing boing]
- Remote net probe reveals sloppy software upkeep. Seems that 30% of internet hosts polled still haven't fixed the OpenSSL bug that got me rooted last June. [cryptogram]
- City Hall's stained glass getting a delicate restoration. It'll be nice to see it when it's done. [strib]
- Frewer Eyes More Headroom? There may be a new Max Headroom series coming. Guess we'll eventually see how it turns out. [boing boing]