I saw an interesting article over at cnn.com that somebody out in Colorado is throwing a funeral for IE6.  And it's about time.  I took this occasion to switch off IE6 scripting for this site as well.  If you're trying to view this site in IE6, don't take it personally, but please go away and come back with an updated browser!

In all fairness, I should elaborate on why this is being said and why I am taking the time to deal with it here.  MS browsers are notoriously standards non-compliant.  Furthermore, they are a security nightmare and fundamentally allow anybody with a web site to become an administrator on your pc.  A good indication of the health of your browser is to head over to acidtest.org and view acid3.  Most desktop browsers do fairly well while most mobile browsers get tripped up pretty quickly.  For instance, the browser on my Blackberry returns FAIL/FAIL and never makes it to any numerical score.  The browser on my iPod touch scores 100/100.  This means that when I'm trying to look something up on the internet, if I'm in range of wifi, I ignore my BB and use my iPod Touch because I have high confidence in being able to actually get the data I'm going after.

An Imam has come out with a 600 page Fatwa saying suicide bombers are destined for hell.  Those who wish to use Islam as an excuse for violence and hate have never really had anything to hide behind, but Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri spelled it out for them in his Fatwa.  I'm reminded of that joke email that was going around after Sept 11 about the real "virgins" that await suicide bombers.  More at CNN.com...

I stumbled across an interesting story over at NPR.  20 years ago, at the urging of Karl Sagan, Voyager's camera was tasked with snapping a photo of earth. More at npr.org.

The only way the Lions go to the Super Bowl is if they work the concessions so this year we rooted for the New Orleans Saints.  And they won!  Go Saints!  

Today was our second annual Super Bowl Chili Cook Off at church and I won one of the prizes this year for "most original".   I offered two flavors: "Who Dat?" which was spicy but tolerable and "Why Me?" which was 3 times hotter.   I wonder if I'll ever get to root for the Lions?  Yeah right...

After all the trash that's been talked in only two days since the iPad was unveiled, I found a nice hands on review that confirms my good impression of the device.   It's over at roughlydrafted...

Be sure to read along as she recites this palindrome.

A friend passed this youtube video along to me today by email and it is definitely worth sharing...

What's that?  You ask if there is a catch? 

If you're not willing to pay for an iTablet, have no fear! You can watch Star Wars episode one in a telnet window...

                                                                       
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In terminal, enter the following: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl On windoze, who knows if the terminal emulation will allow you to actually see the ascii animations. But isn't this cheaper than buying a tablet?

Congratulations to our son, Chris for being selected as the newest member of U of M's a capella group amazin' blue.

Please visit whitehouse.gov for links to ways to support Haiti including donating to the red cross or simply texting "haiti" to 90999 to make a $10 donation using your cell phone.