Apple and the French...

There's a bunch of crypto-cyber-libertarians out there celebrating what appears to be a blow against the much hated DRM bogeyman, as France is seriously considering (or has actually passed) a law saying Apple has to make sure songs sold in France via iTunes can be played on any mp3 player, not just on iPods.

Pardon me while I roll my eyes.

Don't misunderstand. I am no fan of DRM, but on the other hand, the provision is not being considered because it's the Right Thing To Do™, but because French mp3 manufacturers are getting cut out of the action by the choices being made - willingly, as it is my understanding that buying stuff from iTunes is not mandatory - by their countrymen.

Cheers...

Mood swing...

I was in a particularly good mood this morning, as I drove to the ham breakfast. Huntür was supposed to come visit us this afternoon and we're on tap for dinner out with Mike and Karen T.

Too bad we hadn't checked with Huntür first. Apparently, she'd made arrangements to visit a playmate this afternoon, and since I seem to recall that playmates trump grandparents most of the time, well... she's not coming here.

Which is okay, as that allows me to start in on an assignment received moments ago, but due Monday.

In other news... there is no other news, except that my new work site is limping along with one "article" and a link to a Stikipad wiki. Hopefully, I can come up to speed in Textpattern fairly quickly and turn the site into something a little more spiffy.

Cheers...