Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!

I think I finally figured out the whole reason why people never suspected Clark Kent was Superman: I took off my glasses and put them on my desk this morning. One of my co-workers stopped on by and asked me if I wore glasses. (Now, to put this in perspective …

• Red Hat Rejects Microsoft Patent Deal Overtures

• I smell trouble brewing for open source companies. I really wish Novell had told Microsoft to bugger off in their patent indemnity overtures.

• Are New DRM Technologies Setting Vista Up for Failure?

• Aren't consumers in lock-step with Microsoft, no matter what the penalty …

Some random thoughts:

• Can someone explain to me the purpose of tinny ringtone samples? Is it to annoy the rest of the world with your surprisingly bad taste in music? It was bad enough when people had poor MIDI renditions of popular songs, but now we have renditions of songs …

Welcome to this world, Kayleigh Alexis Dalman!

• Length:about 15" long (hasn't been measured yet)
• Weight: 2 pounds, 7 ounces

Not bad for being about 2 months early. Hopefully she'll be heading home from the hospital early as well.

Congratulations, Alan and Lisa!