Slashdot found that MS IE6 SP1 will be the last standalone version that Microsoft makes available.

Joel on Software writes that he is making Mozilla Firebird his default browser

After downloading virtually every Mozilla release over the last three years, this is the first browser I'm actually going to make my default web browser. All the little problems are fixed. It loads fast. It's not ugly and clunky. My beloved Alt+D/Ctrl+Enter work perfectly. NT challenge/response authentication is supported. And there are new features, too: tabbed browsing, which is better than it sounds. Incremental search, which is brilliant and I already can't live without. Text size adjustments that always work. A download manager. Excellent cookie management. Oh, and no more whack-a-mole, the reason I've been trying to switch for so long in the first place.

Interesting article on the Washington Times about the popularity of sports message boards in which Sachin Shah mentions how we ended up being roomates at the beginning of this year.\

"Basically, a lot of us over the years have gotten to know each other on BigSoccer," Shah said. "I know of at least two couples who have gotten together because of BigSoccer. I've been on a date with somebody I met on there. I've made lots of friends."\ Shah isn't kidding: When he moved back to the D.C. area from Lynchburg, Va., early this year, he posted a housing-wanted note on the United board.\ "In 20 minutes, I had a place lined up, rooming with a guy I had met at a World Cup party last year," Shah said. "He had heard about the party on BigSoccer."

Kudos to this site for finding a market niche and exploiting it. I can't say that I think its a sign of a healthy relationship when a guy resorts to using this service.

"I think that this is probably one of the best ideas I've seen out there to help keep the romance going in a relationship. He gets credit for thinking of her, she gets a tengible reminder that he cares. Thank you!

So its a serivce for the kind of guy that decides taking the time to show he cares isn't his core competency or fits his schedule and decides to outsource it.