links for 2006-09-29

can't wait. "The architecture of ecto3 is superior to the older versions. It not only makes it so much easier to add new features, the plugin support will give more power to users."

Susie China "Thursday, September 28 2006 by Seth Anderson"

No kidding. I try to deposit a tip to Doug Adams every year, he deserves it. "When looking for a quick way to batch change the name of songs in iTunes, Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes proves to be an invaluable resource."

"Sandy Berger and Richard Clarke explicitly warn the incoming Bush Administration that they must give the threat of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden the highest priority."

"I am sure a lot of you remember the great "GIF fiasco": more than a decade ago, Unisys decided to make money out of the most used image file format on the Internet: the GIF format"

"I don't typically link directly to hard-core pornographic images, but an asethetic analysis of a raunchy scenario using phi? Hilarious! There needs to be a new word, a combination of silly and filthy, to describe such silthiness."

"A sixteen-year-old former page to the House of Representatives shared with Hill staff emails sent to him from Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), in which the lawmaker asks inappropriate questions of him."

New Ron Artest album. Hmmm.

auntie frank borrows my photo (no problem) "a perfect thing ... an image burned in my brain as i move forward .... something to remember every single moment here"

"notion that the Democrats are suddenly going to grow a spine. It’s not gonna happen. Do you really think they’ll view as a mandate their change from a slight minority party to a slight majority party the way the GOP has arrogantly asserted with their

screw em

Fuck the Senate "Democrats should have filibustered this bill. I said so last night and I say so now, writing this as they're about to vote"

"When you come to Sundance, it’s with the hope of seeing a film like “The Devil and Daniel Johnston,” a near-brilliant portrait of a tortured, artistic genius. Unknown by too many, beloved by too few, Daniel Johnston is a true American original: an