On our way from the theater yesterday nite, Vicki asked me what my thoughts were on the percentage of politicians kids who actually do drugs. The question made a lot of sense as we had just seen Traffic.

I told her the percentage was most likely very high, for two specific reasons. First, the kids have the means (money, etc.) to buy the drugs. Second, they are often forced to project an image of perfection, which must undoubtedly make things like taking drugs look quite rebellious and exciting.

My exposure to drugs has been pretty minimal over the years, granted mostly by choice. There's a lot of talk about peer-pressure, it makes me wonder how I would fair as a kid, today. I've always been head-strong, even as a kid, but would that have been enough?

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Microsoft hacker fired. Seems like a nice guy.

Linux 2.4 is here. The 2.4 kernel contains several improvements. For desktop use, the most notable improvement is support for the multitude of printers, digital cameras, scanners, keyboards, mice, network cards, modems, Zip drives and other devices that plug into the universal serial bus port.

Mac developers see life in OS 9. Some software makers are questioning Apple's decision to put all its eggs in Mac OS X's basket. I think it's pretty obvious that Apple intends to and will support both OS 9 and OS X for a while to come.

Oscar pro picks flix, We haven't seen Traffic, yet, but probably will tomorrow. I'd have to hope for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but I doubt many Academy members will actually have seen it. After all we had to locate a theater that played it and even wait a few hours because our show was sold out.

Apple Open Source License updated. Also see the Free Software Foundation response.

MacOSX and XFree86 run side by side. XonX has announced interoperability between Xfree86 and MacOSX. Relatedly, Xfree86 now supports the Darwin platform and XFree86 binaries are available.

Windows: McAfee VirusScan Definition update.

Macintosh: CD Finder 3.0.1. Bug fix release.

BugTraq: Mac OS 9 Multiple Users Control Panel Password Vulnerability.

Mac OS 9.1 details available, due Tuesday. A new nanokernel, new process manager, FireWire 2.7, a new version of OpenGL, a Mac OS-X compatible startup disk control panel, and access to iTools via Apple's navigation services…

Yahoo! to convert to fee-based services. Is Yahoo's move to fees risky business? Will the Web follow Yahoo's charge?

Sun's million dollar enterprise servers.

Greenspan cuts interest rate by half a point. The downfall is starting.

Gore moves ahead in Florida recount.

India enlists teen hackers as cyber cops. We prefer to prosecute them. ;)

Spammers Jailed for 2 Years. There is such a thing as justice after all.

Hands on MYOB AccountEdge. The project I'm currently working on involves AccountEdge.

File Buddy 6.0.2 is out. Hardly seems worth the upgrade price.

New Macs in the pipeline? Apple will unveil a G4 PowerBook and faster G4 towers--sans dual processors--at Macworld Expo next Tuesday.

Nearly one in ten men forget sex and play with high-tech toys instead.

SuSE Linux goes handheld. I'm only hearing good things about SuSE. I've yet to try their PowerPC version of Linux, but I fully intend to.

Thinking Different. CNET's Mac Hardware 2001.

Senator Hillary steals the show on the Hill . You go, Girl!

20 JavaScript Window Manipulation Tips.

I was too busy working on a new project to update my weblog yesterday. A day without news is not a bad way to start the new millennium with. ;)

Euro continues rise. Talk about virtual money.

Dave Winer has an interesting story on meeting Bill Gates at Comdex back in 1987.

Salon's Crystal Ball. Salon makes its predictions for 2001.

AT&T plans big cable TV rate hike. This will be affecting us. Rates keep on increasing but the service is not getting any better. Welcome to "because we can" corporate America.

Macintosh: Audion 2.1. Hopefully it'll fix the crashes I've been experiencing.

FileMaker to discontinue HomePage. Anybody actually surprised by this? They haven't updated HomePage in years.

Linux 2.4 kernel almost ready In a note sent to testers on New Year's Eve, Torvalds acknowledged that he was unable to make good on his commitment to deliver a final release of 2.4 by December.

Losers of the Year.

Intel inside the portable gadget market. With an ugly 128MB MP3 Pocket Concert Audio player priced at $299.99? Intel is no doubt on top of the world, at least they firmly believe so. Watch them fall slowly.

Microsoft and Gates face $5bn class action suit. Evil Empire vs. worthless suit.

Since there was nothing interesting at the movies, we decided to rent a few DVDs and videos yesterday. So far we've watched 28 Days, which was better than we both expected, and The Storm Riders, which had a weak story line but featured an interesting blend of martial arts and cool special effects.

Adam Curry's prediction for 2001. I'm predicting Adam will let his hair grow back in 2001. ;-P

Official preliminary report of Air France Concorde Crash. "During the take-off run the front right tyre of the left main landing gear was destroyed between V1 and VR, very probably because it ran over a piece of metal. The destruction of the tyre caused damage, either directly or indirectly, to the aircraft structure and systems, leading to the crash less than one minute and thirty seconds after the destruction of the tyre."

I scored 345 on Archie McPhee's Nerd test.

President will be Citizen Clinton. As weird as it sounds, I'm actually interested in what he'll be doing next. I bet ya I won't care when Bush is ousted in 2004.

Chauvinist moms, deranged marriages, lesbian sperm donors, and more. Salon's pick of the best Mothers Who Think stories of 2000. I miss my mom, I like having her around for the holidays. ;-)

Think you're strange? Check out these oddball tidbits.

No computing news today. We've had enough of them during the whole year.

Song of the week: I Need You by LeAnn Rimes. Even though our favorite radio station plays it every hour or so, I still like the song.

Have a great last day of the year. See you next millennium.

Y-2000-wuz-OK. Adam Curry is collecting stories for a year-end look at 2000.

Clintons Buy $2.85 Million Washington House. Are they going to be able to swing the 30% down payment?

New Manila macro: includeHttp.

Artists, entertainers who gave their last bow in 2000. Thankfully nobody died after May 31, 2000, or so it would seem.

Salon: Here's a top 10 list that's 17 movies long! I like these kind of year-end Top 10 movie listing, I always remember them when looking for something to rent at the video store.

Boom-Boom vs. Boom-Boom. Give it up, Boris.