I really like how Apple has taken to the dark side, supporting DRM as seen by their crippling of DTrace and the QuickTime update that disables video editing apps. I guess this gives me more reason to avoid switching to OS X and replacing my aging laptop with a MacBook.

It's been reported in the OpenBSD Journal that "itojun" Jun-ichiro Itoh Hagino, one of the developers who contributed significantly to implementing IPv6 in BSD, recently passed away. Although I did not know him personally, I can honestly say he will be missed and his loss will be felt in the BSD and IPv6 user communities. :(

A 75 year old woman has a 40Gbps broadband connection. I envy her. Greatly.

Although, the idea of an anyone who is not computer/network security minded having a connection with that much bandwidth scares me. Who needs a bot net when all you need to do is pwn granny with the 40Gbps link?

It really annoys me when people talk about money without taking into account things like inflation and socio-political circumstances.

I don't consider myself to be überl33t or anything. However, it somewhat saddens me to see that phrases like RTFM slowly being phased out of Linux culture. I guess it's the strongest indication that it really is going mainstream.

Twenty-nine (29) entities that favor facist intellectual property laws have now formed a single lobby group. This is not a good thing for consumers; only for the corporations. Any legislation they back will serve only to strip consumers of rights and cripple competition. I am now very afraid.

I found a Firefox plug-in that provides an eBay Toolbar, thumbnails even for products whose sellers didn't pay for it and some other goodies. My bet is that within one month they'll be sued.

A few days ago it was 80F. Now, it's snowing. In Texas. In April. Scary, huh?
What would Al Gore say?

Pet peeve: People actually pronouncing i.e. as "I-E."

Sometimes it's hard to tell if someone is joking; you just have to hope that the person is joking. (link)