New York Times: Forced to Divest, Bush Aides Lose Money in a Bear Market. Now, should we start talking about privitizing Social Security again? Didn't think so.

Domain names are, by definition, unique. I wonder — are net-savvy parents giving their kids bizarre names to increase the chances of them getting their "nominal" domains?

Well, after five years or so, SC's paper of record, The State, finally has a usuable website.

BuzzFlash — the "unDrudge Report".

The New Republic has an article on the rather eerie parallels between Florida 1999 and USA 2001. I'll give you a hint: it's not just that both were run by a guy named Bush.

Working for AOL is incredibly weird, especially if you are responsible for enforcing their Terms of Service. Or so says this story in the Village Voice.

I got carded today!

The Washington Post has a good story about the huge number of "movement conservatives" finding a home in the Bush administration. For those of you who don't follow the various tribalisms of the right wing, there ain't no "compassionate" in movement conservatism.

New York Times: Bush's Rivalry With McCain Still Smolders. Too bad…

This Modern World takes on The O'Reilly Factor.

Gore atty. Ron Klain has an interesting reading of the Supreme Court decision, Bush v. Gore. Maybe there is a silver lining.

Dan Gillmor: Microsoft Asks.Net Customers to Trust It With Personal Data. "…the idea of trusting Microsoft with my most personal information is, well, nutty."

ZDNet News: D.C. drowning in e-mail.

Is it just me, or is the idea of using manned aircraft to deliver broadband just a little nutty?

Win McCormack: Deconstructing the Election. Foucault explains Florida, much to Lynne Cheney's chagrin. The best article I've seen to date.

The Washington Post has a good story on the history and role of so-called "soft money" in the political process.

Another good Post story: Clouds Over 1600 Pennsylvania. Bush the President isn't acting like Bush the candidate said Bush the President would act. If you didn't see this coming…

Oh, this is just great. Please, this can't surprise anyone, can it?

Happy Birthday Julie!

Here's where I'm playing golf this weekend!

autoWebEdit

Been a while since I posted a Frontier notice, but in case anyone cares, I spent part of this evening and a good chunk of my workday doing a total rewrite of my autoWebEdit suite, which checks out and checks in website pages as their windows are opened and closed. Initial testing looks good, and after a couple of more changes and a week or so of burn-in, I should be ready to release this publicly. If you want a sneak preview, let me know.

In the New York Times, Neal Gabler wonders about the future of narrative TV. Have we run out of stories?

Well, of course, someone had to do it. So get ready for: Mr. T vs AYBABTU.

Something I missed the first time around: a quick blurb about Jonathan Ive, the designer of Apple's G4 Cube.