The Debian X Strike Force guys rock. They take a lot of crap, and they take it in stride. (I should learn from them…) First they did the famous “How about…” banner for their webpage (since sanitized to remove the quote for those easi..well, offendable, anyway) …now an hilarious post WRT a screwup in the recent xlibs update:

“Somehow I managed to take a hit off the crack pipe when prepping the XKB data updates in 4.3.0.dfsg.1-2.

A patch file to fix this is attached.

(Yes, I’ve tested this fix.)

Here’s how to use it.

1) Save the attachment someplace like /tmp.

2) Become root.

3) cd / && patch -p0 < /tmp/unfuck_numlock.diff

Sorry for the fuckup.”

That made me laugh out loud!

Go, Accordian Guy! This blogpost kicks ass. Thanks, BoingBoing.

One of the most cogent essays I’ve seen about the policies of the Bush administration, and it’s from a freakin’ game developer. Life is strange, ain’t it? Great job, Greg.

Digital Media Project(Berkman Center): “The goal of this multi-year study is not to advance a single agenda but instead to help educate stakeholders — government officials, the media, artists, businesspeople, and the public at large — about the choices and values that can guide law and technology to maximize the potential of digital media for the years ahead.”

Fluxblog: An MP3 blog. Interesting…blogs in this subgenre post a song, and write about it. (Link from Berkman…thanks!)

David Rumsey Map Collection

USB adaptors & DIY antenna: Thanks to Boing Boing for the link!

Oddball comic book of the day

Tao of the Machine: (weblog of author of Wax, a wrapper for the wxPython widget toolkit)

There’s a lot of it actually, but I bumped into this the other day: The Personal Petabyte, Enterprise Exabyte. Good stuff.

Prison abuse means it’s time for Rumsfeld to do honorable thing: I don’t ALWAYS agree with George Will, but he’s a sharp guy. Worth reading.