Quick hits

* Good to see this happening. Our government will probably tackle such issues once we're done arguing about abortion and gay marriage.
* Not to be outdone, others try to make pragmatic decisions as well. Our government will definitely follow suit once we achieve Middle East peace and take down the Pirate Bay.
* As a shining example of being a renaissance man of many talents, our own Dirk wins a prestigious athletic event.
* Thiago gets bonus points for working in a cool Beatles reference in a cool event announcement.
* Microsoft continues to figure what to copy in Open Source. Unfortunately, they copied the way people talked to new users in message forums in 1998.