Ogg Vorbis, an open source alternative to Mp3 reaches version 1.0 (via news.com).

At Steve’s request, I darkened up the text quite a bit in the zeldman theme. Improves legibility quite a bit. I have an sjarvis theme in the work, BTW. And I plan to do a dangerousmeta! one too. So far they’re all just color scheme changes, but all the positioning is handled with CSS-P, so [...]

Serious Geek Fun I recently updated Cygwin on one of my machines. Cygwin is, essentially, a Linux emulator that you can run on top of Windows. The latest version inclues Xfree86, which means you can run X Windows apps (either local ones that are part of the Cygwin distribution, or remote ones on Linux boxes). [...]

One of the things that sux about Windows 98 (don’t get me started) is that you’re stuck with the really clunky command.com shell rather than the much cooler (and more linux-like) cmd.exe shell that’s standard on NT/2000. Well, no longer. Win95cmd.exe is the same cmd.exe shell recompiled so it will run on 95 (and 98). [...]

Two nice, small-budget flicks from last night: Tape & Sidewalks of New York. Also recently watched Easy Rider (I’d never seen it). Debate (not that it really rises to that level) has been pretty rampant in my home town (as in the country at large) over the whole pledge of allegience church/state issue. I’d like [...]