The Register has an interesting take on Microsoft’s product activation scheme.
CNet’s Gamecenter site is going to the big colo center in the sky in about a week. I knew they cut off everyone in the Gamecenter Affiliates program, but I didn’t know that they were on the chopping block as well. The utter devastation of the gaming site universe has really come as a shock. What’s particularly interesting is that many gaming sites are victims of their own popularity. The sites are so popular that the people who run them can’t afford the hosting costs, and yet there’s seemingly no way to turn all that traffic into money.
Anyone notice that Bush has decided that the military budget for his first year in office will be basically the same as Clinton’s, despite the fact that he criticized their military spending repeatedly throughout the campaign? I guess the realities of office are quite a tonic for campaign trail overzealousness. I find this to be reminiscent of Clinton’s flip-flop on the issue of Haitian immigrants when he first entered office.
The LA Times has a hilarious satirical column by Al Franken and Norm Ornstein about Dubya’s penchant for nicknames.