A principal at a California school has banned tag. Excuse me? Tag? I’m sorry. I don’t buy the whole self esteem argument. I wasn’t the fastest or strongest kid, but I used to LOVE playing tag (and dodgeball). I mean. I can’t imagine not being able to play things like TV Tag during recess. I wonder what classic kid’s game will be next.

British Airways flies high with broadband.  Mile high surfing  [The Register] [jenett.radio]

This would definitely influence the airline I used. That flight to the UK is a long one and if you could be online for that time it would rock.

I have today off. These off fridays really have been helping me keep sane lately. Plus I end up getting a lot done. Hopefully today I’ll have some lomo pictures developed that I can use for the web site (Since I haven’t posted anything in ages).

I haven’t been to a USENIX conference in years. Luckily these days sites like s l a m are blogging it. Now, I can at least get a hint of what cool things are going on.

The Shifted Librarian has an interesting post of an article about the Harry Potter DVD being released without Macrovision.

“Warner Home Video has chosen not to copy-protect the home versions of its blockbuster movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in major markets, including the US and UK. This means people can go out and buy a DVD or VHS, connect the analogue output of their player to a recorder – either analogue or digital – and make free copies for friends.

Usually, hot new movies are protected by Macrovision, which tinkers with the analogue picture signal so that it can be viewed on a TV set but not copied.[New Scientist]

There’s another reason this is good news. Macrovision also effects the video quality of movies. It’s one of the reasons a lot of people don’t like it. Here’s hoping that LOTR is released without it too.

Quentin Crisp. “If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.” [Quotes of the Day]

I’m up way too ealry so that I can head over to my friend Jeff’s place to watch some soccer. It should be an interesting game. I haven’t watched much soccer at all, so it will also be a bit of a learning experience.

So I guess blog is officially becoming a word:

Dane Carlson notes that “blog” is being added to the Oxford English Dictionary. [Scripting News]

I’m not quite sure what I think of this.

Well, I think it is official. The rain is what is causing my cable to go wacky. It was just fine while the weather was hot earlier this week and as soon as we have a day with rain the interference starts up again. At least I’ll be able to let the cable company know there’s some kind of connection, since most of the time I call them when there is a problem and by the time they come out it is gone.

The last cable guy who was here was also quite helpful in letting me know the best way to call in and get the help I need. First step, ask for a supervisor, the front line phone techs suck.

I had my bi-weekly massage tonight and it was so relaxing. One thing I’ve noticed is that it really does take a small bit of effort to make myself relax. But this definitely does help with that.