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Just upgraded cURL on the servers to 7.13.0. [here]
Let me know if you see any weirdness in the WebPerformance data.

1) Tom. Please. No pics of you in shorts!

2) Ummm….suit too big? I know a good tailor!

Would post a day in the life of me, if it wasn’t so boring…maybe when I am in Seattle next week.

One Microsoftie’s first encounter with this term. [here]
The author describes his reaction to the word as

the same metal-on-chalkboard feeling as neologisms like “guesstimate” and “advertorial”.

He links to a length article which actually explains the term…yuck. [here]

Read a Trademaerk Attorney’s opinion. [here]

Scoble and I have had our differences of opinion before, but I agree with him on this one. [here]
SmartTags == AutoLink == B-A-D

HeirSon turned 6 yesterday…yikes!

Gutter guys coming…it’s -15C and they want to sell us gutters?

Other than that, should be quiet…

eWeek
I still think that, despite the protestations to the contrary, this is an intrusive attempt by Google to embed itself more firmly into your life.
Sound Familiar?

The andrewsaluk.com is now a live server hawking online casino gaming. Oh, and it appears that the domain has been relocated to China; was previously in South Korea.
Looks like these morons are slamming a lot of sites. Thankfullt b2evolution has very effective anti-spam tools.
Someone else is posting on this. [here]
Oh look! Someone has come up with a nice .htaccess hack to nuke these bozos! [here]

Steve Rubel.
Darren Barefoot
Jeremy Wright
Travis Smith
Susannah Gardner
Tim Bray.
And, of course, THE SCOBELIZER
All at Northern Voice.
Damn. I have to work…say hi to everyone.

Looks like eBay is still seeing extreme fallout from their fee hike decision. [here and here]
Now the SFGate/SF Chronicle story does remind us about eBay Seller whining over the years, but this is still a business whose entire existence depends on keeping their sellers and the sellers’ buyers happy. eBay is an intermediary; and intermediaries can and have been replaced before.
I am not saying that eBay will fall soon. However, imagine if Google decided that it could provide an auction clearing/payment system at a much lower cost? Or Microsoft? Or someone else?
eBay has the benefit of a near monopoly position. This makes the battleship slow to turn around when nimbler competitors appear.