- VeriSign calls ICANN bluff in world’s biggest game of poker, with the stakes being ownership of the InterNet, or at least the DNS portion of it. I think it’s about time for someone to find a way to route around the damage that is VeriSign.
- One Producer of U.S. Beef Wants to Test All Its Cattle for BSE , but the USDA won’t let them, since the tests haven’t been approved yet in the US (though they’re being used in Europe and Japan), and other beef producers are upset because they don’t want to test all their cattle. [jwz]
- Pixelito is a fully functional remote controlled helicopter that weighs just 6.9 grams and is smaller than a hamster. It uses infrared control rather than radio, and the receiver is about the size of a thumbnail. [slashdot]
- Metro Transit riders urged to plan ahead because a strike looks likely, but the union has said they won’t strike on Tuesday so folks can take the bus to their caucuses. [press-patch]
- Maker’s Mark bourbon backs a punch at 50 and is still one of my favorite bourbons. The big difference from other bourbons? It uses soft red winter-wheat instead of the rye that most use, which leads to a mellower flavor. Happy 50th! [fark!]
- Frank Ney has been Banned From Flying and will be reporting on his attempts to get his name off the no-fly list so he can actually travel around the country. [endwar]
It’s March. It came in like a lamb this year. Last night I got to listen to the rain fall on my house for the first time since I bought it. More new sounds to get used to around here. The rain melted away almost all of the snow from my yard, except where I’d piled it up while shovelling the sidewalks. It’s a different-looking yard now, and while I’ve been thinking a little about spring, if we don’t get snow in the next day or two (and the weather forecast suggests we won’t), I’m probably going to get itchy to get started on some of the outdoor projects I have on my list. It’s not that I don’t still have things to do indoors, but my enthusiasm for them has waned, and maybe some decent weather outside will be the thing I need to start knocking items off the to-do list again. If nothing else, I need to go buy thinks like shovels and rakes and other implements of destruction. Hell, I’ve gotta find a lawnmower, too. Not immediately, but the bare lawn gives me the feeling I should start thinking about it soon.