Hit him where it hurts

Bill O'Reilly's being dropped by UPS after a particularly offensive stalking incident for which he refuses to apologize.

$1.86

Current price from Amazon bulk resellers for a new copy of Jerome R. Corsi's The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality.

Don't use IE6 to surf the Web

The BBC has publicized an exploit that relies on users being disinclined to update their web browsing software. The software in question was Microsoft IE6.

IE7 (Windows Internet Explorer version 7, aka Microsoft Internet Explorer) is better and more secure. Go here to get it. (The next revision, IE8, is in 'release candidate' status, meaning you can download and play with a beta copy, but it isn't in its final form yet.)

Better yet, stick with Firefox 3 for all but the most Microsoft-specific website content.

Uncut & uncensored - Jon Stewart interviews Jim Cramer

I declare the following to be a worthwhile use of your time. From Daily Kos.

• Daily Show 2009-03-12 Uncut - Part 1 of 3
• Daily Show 2009-03-12 Uncut - Part 2 of 3
• Daily Show 2009-03-12 Uncut - Part 3 of 3

Fun with Microsoft

I googled an error coming from SQL Server 2000. It led me to a Microsoft knowledge base article.

The KB article had a link to a hotfix. You request it and they'll email it to you. So I put in my Hotmail (aka Windows Live) address. I don't use it much, mainly for Microsoft stuff, for instance Technet where I have an account.

Microsoft made me type the email address twice, and also enter a six-character captcha phrase to make sure I'm not a robot trying to hack their servers.

Then I went to my Hotmail account and waited.

After a few minutes a still, small voice in my head said, "Check your spam folder."

You know the rest. Microsoft's email service blocks legitimate mail from Microsoft.

Sigh.

Skype goes public with high-def audio

Skype's new codec is called SILK, they're releasing it royalty-free to the marketplace (including their competitors), and Computerworld tells us all about it here.