Our company Christmas party is tonight after work at the Coeur d’Alene Resort. I usually have a good time there, even though parties aren’t really my thing. We have a gift exchange, lots of good food and even a little entertainment. I’m always up for a free meal, and the CEO and CTO do a good job on this. 
I spent last night putting together a medley of Christmas songs that I will bring to work. It’s not a G-rated list, though. More like PG-13. It stars Dr. Demento and the Bob Rivers Group. Should be fun to listen to while I program.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- The Malware Problem (and a solution)
- Yet More Malware Found on Gnome-Look
- Malicious Screensaver: Malware on Gnome-Look.org
- Thunderbird is Go!
- Mono and C# 4.0
- Ubuntu-ready Dell desktop looks like a nettop
- Ubuntu Lucid To Get Windows Aero Style Look Thanks To Enhanced GTK+
- Uget My best Download Manager
- Make Your Own Holiday Cards with GIMP
“It’s Mine, and You Have to Pay (and Pay and Pay) For It”
- The patent system: End it, don’t mend it
- Pirate Party MEP Proposes ‘Internet Bill of Rights’
- Cap My iPhone? Try This Instead, AT&T
- Music industry website debut turns into a mosh pit
- With a Little Help: Can You Hear Me Now?
- Secret copyright treaty meeting coming to New Zealand; activists get ready
- Bow-Wow-Wow-Yippie-Yo-Yippie-Yea Is Infringing, And Fair Use Won’t Save It
- Record Label Sues Google and Microsoft for Linking to Infringing Music–Blues Destiny v. Google
- 4 Ways One Big Database Would Help Music Fans, Industry
Local and Other News
- Scareware slingers flaunt fake MS endorsement
- Vigilantes R US: Private enterprise takes over
- Verizon’s Droid Update Improves Some Features
- Google CEO says privacy doesn’t matter. Google blacklists CNet for violating CEO’s privacy.
- Statement Introducing the Free Competition in Currency Act
- 5 TSA Workers Put on Leave Following Screening Manual Leak
- Big Cable: Net neutrality violates ISP 1st Amendment rights
- Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform Bill
- Barnes & Noble Nook
- Mozilla exec urges Firefox users ditch Google for Bing