More family values bullshit. Hypocrisy and cretinism are the two most common family values. 

Lee on the Republican tax policy: "So why didn't they do it? Because they're idiots, and so short-sighted they don't deserve to be in power. I mean, I'm some jackoff guy sitting in his apartment writing a blog, and I can see how this is going to play out. Why are professional politicians so stupid and blind?" 

Valleywag has an interesting description of Dave Winer, Steve Gillmor and Marc Canter: "All like your crazy uncle the grown-ups found embarassing but the kids loved cause it made Thanksgiving all the more enjoyable." Talking of Gillmor, has anyone thought of making him a Greasemonkey script that removes the hypertext functionality from his web browser? 

Brent Simmons has some good documentation of the Newsgator system. 

macZOT! are promoting a piece of software called Media Catalog. I just tried it, and it pretty much sucks on Intel Mac. Have a look at the CDFinder comparison chart. I've tried and purchased CDFinder, and it kicks arse.  

Ars FatBits has some pictures up of the black MacBook and discuss the glossy screen - well, shall we call it a "con" or is that a bit too much? 

My friend Todd has just launched a site called Subscribe or Die. We're in the process of ironing out the bugs with the RSS feed. I think I've got it cracked, but we'll see. If you subscribe to the Feedburner feed, you may see a few repeated items today as we fix the problems. Enjoy!