Best Superbowl I've ever seen, no doubt.

New York Times: Dead Candidates Walking "What do politicians do in the final hours of a race they have no chance of winning?"

New York Times: Television's New Voyeurism Pictures Real-Life Intimacy. I've been resisting watching the new game shows, but I'm not sure I could pass up the chance to watch "Big Brother".

Tony Kornheiser: A Fitting Stage for My Geek Tragedy, or why St. Louis will win by 10.

Yesterday was the storm; today was the aftermath. While the office was officially closed, that didn't save me from having to dig my car out of its parking space and drive downtown at slow speed over sketchy streets. But hell, when your office is in a hallway, being the only one at work isn't a completely bad thing.

Washington Post: Hatch Bows Out, Backs Bush. The only surprise is that it took him this long to drop out of the race.

Winter Wonderland, or frigid nightmare — you make the call! Whatever you want to call it, it's been snowing here in DC since the early morning hours, and where I live, there is about 10 inches on the ground. It's well below freezing, and the wind has been strong all day — almost blizzard conditions, according to a local meteorologist. Needless to say, the city collapsed under the weight of the storm, and I got the day off. I took a walk around 2pm, and arrived back home an hour later tired, cold, and amazingly energized. Even my little cookie-cutter bit of suburbia looks quite nice all white and snowy.

New York Times: Iowans Deliver Victory to Bush and Gore. Definitions of victory differ: the DNC spin.

John Dvorak: The Truth about Transmeta. It may be all about low-power laptop CPUs, but I still think Torvalds adds a coolness factor that is not irrelevant to the company's success.

Washington Post: Grass-Roots Tradition Comes Around Again.

Des Moines Register: Big Leads for Gore, Bush. Tomorrow is the Iowa Presidential Caucus. If you live in Iowa, be sure to attend and vote.

San Jose Mercury News: Inside Intel's Andy Grove. A nice interview with Andy Grove by Dan Gillmor.

It's snowing today in Louisville, Kentucky. Makes for a pretty picture, but also makes for a bit of worry as I wonder if my 4:40pm flight back to DC is going to make it off the ground.

Tomorrow I'm probably going to be playing around and upgrading my network gateway box, so this site might be down for a while. Sorry, but it's the price of progress…

Wired: DVD Hackers Take a Hit in NY. This is just silly — no question this should be legal.

Slate: Ballot Box to Bush: Release the Codes! Presumably, it is not through his fundraising practices that George W. Bush will try to prove his integrity to the American people.

Happy Birthday to me! 35 and feeling fine.

CNN: Thousands march against Confederate flag in South Carolina. Just take it down. Now.

An update of suites.mrLogger is now available. It fixes a really stupid typo, and perhaps finally nails the persistent crashing bug that's been driving me nuts.

New York Times: Deadly New Year Is Tied to Will to See 2000.

Brian Aldiss: They Still Go Bump In The Night. Is our belief in aliens simply the latest manifestation of our need to believe in the "other"?

Washington Post: GOP Weighs Options for New Nomination Process. These aren't my guys, but the ideas are interesting. One thing is for sure: something needs to be done to reform the primary system.

Salon: Et tu, J.C.? A profile of GOP Rep. J.C. Watts, focusing on his possible retirement from politics.

ZDNet: How To Steal 2,500 Credit Cards. Pretty scary stuff.

San Jose Mercury News: In the wake of the Microsoft leadership shuffle, profiles on Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Salon: Prime-time Propaganda. The government reviews TV scripts for the proper anti-drug message, and the networks get to resell PSA ad time at commercial rates. I'm not sure which is scarier: that the government asked for this, or that the networks said "yes".

Washington Post: In Iowa, Bradley's Style Leaves Some Cold. "In his insurgent bid for the party's nomination, Bradley has captivated many Democrats with his lofty rhetoric and an unconventional approach to politics that includes emphasizing only a few big issues and zealously guarding his privacy. Here in Iowa, however, Bradley's quirky, even endearing, characteristics have begun to look more like liabilities to some voters."

New York Times: Philip Morris Says It Has a Safer Paper. Yeah, yeah. It's had it for at least 12 years, and hasn't done squat with it. No points for big tobacco here.

David Broder: Gore's Breakout. "Vice President Al Gore has turned the corner in his quest for the Democratic nomination. He remains in a tough fight with former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley, but the past week has seen Gore seize the initiative and the advantage over his somewhat flustered opponent."

Yes, I know, it's been a while since I last did an update. The only things I can can point to in my defense are an abnormally hectic workweek and a case of the flu that just won't end.

The Bradley campaign has a couple of new ads out: "Leadership" and "Education". The Gore campaign is also burning up the air waves, with a new ad about health care called "Solvent".

Washington Post: Debates Air More Than Candidates' Viewpoints. A cute little piece on the the seemingly endless series of Democratic and Republican presidential debates.

Happy New Year (Decade/Century/Millennium) everyone!

This site is up, and so is the DNC. So far so good.