Commentary: Another worm, more patches “Gartner recommends that businesses hit by both Code Red and Nimda immediately investigate alternatives to IIS, including moving Web applications to Web server software from other vendors such as iPlanet and Apache.”

Anguish for Vast Toll of Children Left Behind I’ve cried a couple of times since this whole awful situation came about, but this article really struck me where it counts. These kids will never be the same because of this, and there was nothing that they could do about it. Losing a parent is the single most life altering event that a child could possibly experience. It matters not whether they have adequate care from loving people, the kids will always be missing something. How uncompassionate are the people who would do such a thing, rob children of their parents? My anger does not fade, in fact it is enhanced with each day that goes by, with each heartbreaking story that I hear. I will not forget.

Apple - Mac OS X 10.1 “AppleScript also uses the Internet standard SOAP and XML protocols to enable communication across your network so you can send AppleScript events from one Mac OS X system to another.”

Windows Me has to be the worst operating system ever released. After weeks of rebooting my computer several times a day just trying to do basic work, I finally managed to damage some component of the start up/logon process. Now, I cannot log onto the machine as myself. During the same several week long time frame, I have also been using my Powerbook G4 every day. It has crashed twice. Of course, I can’t get database work done right now, which is what needs to get done. So I’m angry that Microsoft’s product, which I paid for like an idiot, is of substandard quality. The answer, of course, is to spend more money upgrading to Windows XP, throwing good money after bad. I wish we could demand that they improve the products we already have purchased so that they are usable before we buy a new version. I’m also angry that Microsoft’s Database Client Tools only work on their operating system platform. If it weren’t for that one simple app, I would be using the Mac full time. It’s a spin cycle of lock in.

Mixmaster Mike’s new dj compilation, spin psycle is the type of high quality stufff we have come to expect from him. For those unfamiliar with Mixmaster Mike, he has djed for the Beastie Boys for the last four years.

Fighting Terrorism on a Global Front By Kofi A. Annan “Of this solidarity, let no one be in doubt.”

From Brent, ways to spend money to help the economy.

Powell battles Pentagon over terrorism strategy This just underlines for me, again, how complex an issue this situation is when looked at as a whole and taking into account the world’s economy.

Prepare for Casualties, Bush Says, While Asking Support of Nation “We are in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.” WORD.

Wow, this article is a really good critique of six different tacts our country could take in the face of the current situation. (Via a jaundiced eye)

For the first time this week, I can actually see this site. Wierd.

A Postmodern Analysis of Beastie Boys' “Shadrach”

Another Reason the Compaq-HP Merger Is a Bad Idea. The more I think about it, the less I like the idea of this merger.

cflib.org, the Cold Fusion common function library project.

One thing that I have noticed, with the lack of my site, is just how much I use the link box to navigate through my daily surf. I miss it so much, in fact, that I have now built a local copy on my Titanium.

I haven’t been able to get to this site since Monday, and I assumed that it was down. Others, however, can see this site without issue, so I will attempt to update it blindly until such a time as I can see it again. I assume that this is somehow Nimda related, and that is what my hosting provider has told me is crippling my access to the site.

eBay: Auction for America

missing pieces over at {fray} has some amazing first hand accounts by New Yorkers posted.

Sharon puts Arab support for US at risk. WHAT is the deal with this? Israel has been acting in a manner which I do not think our government finds helpful this week. If they aren’t going to be outright helpful, by taking part in talks, they should, right now, be chilling out and letting us pursue this situation. Do we have so little influence with them?

Filling the Void. I like the idea of this, and I’d even advocate it as a permanent replacement. I’m going to start posting on non-WTC related topics again to day. Not that I have forgotten, not that it’s crept away from the front of my consciousness, but that it’s getting unhealthy in my head. As it should be, it’s virtually all I have thought about and dreamed about for the last week. I find myself at the end of this week resolved. First resolved to help in any way I can to heal the damage done to our country, to New York and to Washington, to the families and friends that lost people, and to our financial straits. Second resolved to work towards a solution to the problem of terrorism on this planet. We can clearly no longer treat our involvement with the rest of the nations and peoples on this planet as a trivial matter that will not have a direct effect on us each personally. Nor should we turn the other cheek in this matter, but use a combination of all the means at our disposal including diplomacy, financial, technology, and, where necessary, devastating violence, to put an end to this threat to the planet.