Our friend Jack, proprietor of hyperLunk.com, is running an Oscar pool with a giant-sized bag of Twizzlers as the prize. I’ve already sent in my picks. You should too. Life’s too busy for a play-by-play, but I wanted you to know that I’m making slow progress through Don Quixote. It’s actually a fast read and [...]

My troubles with Adobe DRM continue. This PDF had worked fine up until today, when I was unable to open it. I’m about to start siding entirely with the “Information wants to be free” crowd. My dad used to say “Locks keep the honest people out; a thief will get in.” I think that clearly [...]

Little-known-fact about me: I love boxing. I grew up watching Ali box and I was fascinated with him. That fascination has only grown as I’ve come to learn more about him. The excellent 3QuarksDaily has an appreciation with video links. “The Greatest” tuns 65 today.

I’ve been enjoying Matt’s blog posts (

Drupal 5 is out the door. Drupal powers my community site, bassplaying.com. It’s a great CMS for most anything. I was thinking of upgrading to 4.7. Maybe I’ll take the additional step and get rolling with 5.0. It’ll really depend upon how many of the modules have been updated for the new version. I use [...]