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...not much to say that hasn't already been said...

In a free society, you can't safeguard against every terrorist attack by a determined aggressor. The alternatives, totalitarianism and loss of freedom, are worse. We'll never know how many attacks are thwarted or know the effectivenees of anti-terrorist strategies - real security strategies, not made up wars or cosmetic/safetly blanket screening security. The long-term solution is not a military one but diplomatic and economic, but that does not mean there is no military component to it...

Found two very useful Mac applications yesterday that I wanted to pass along:

JHymn strips the DRM from iTunes Store files (without needing an iPod to unencrypt the files). I was annoyed that 2 song's I'd purchased and put on my iPod wouldn't play at work, where I use a Linux desktop. All the MP3's played but not these files, which prevented me from buying more songs. Thanks to JHymn, I spent \$15 on songs last night.

iPhotoToGallery is a great little plugin for iPhoto that lets you export pictures from iPhoto directly to a Gallery album. The functionality is integrate nicely into the Export option and can resize photos before uploading them. Its a great example of a handy, specialized application that automates away the tedium that used to prevent me from uploading files more readily and promptly (ie close to an event like my Mom's 4th of July Birthday Bash).