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Today marked visit #6 to the doctor’s office — 22 weeks into pregnancy.
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For those who don’t know…. this is one of the reasons I love this place:

From Slashdot:

Panera Bread Is The Largest Provider Of Free WiFi:
ayb11 writes “According to this article, the Panera Bread chain of Bakery/Cafes (think Starbucks that bakes their own bread) is the largest provider of free WiFi in the US. Their web site says, ” There are currently 573 Wi-Fi enabled Panera Bread bakery-cafes, from California to Virginia. More are added every day.” (Even my retired dad takes his barely-used laptop over there so he can get free refills on coffee.) Their full list of hotspots is here.”

I’m sure I’ll be hearing from some people on this Slashdot story:

Study Finds Windows More Secure Than Linux:
cfelde writes “A Windows Web server is more secure than a similarly set-up Linux server, according to a study presented yesterday by two Florida researchers.” In addition to the Seattle Times article, there is also coverage on VNUnet. From the article: “The researchers, appearing at the RSA Conference of computer-security professionals, discussed the findings in an event, ‘Security Showdown: Windows vs. Linux.’ One of them, a Linux fan, runs an open-source server at home; the other is a Microsoft enthusiast. They wanted to cut through the near-religious arguments about which system is better from a security standpoint.”

Now the pullquote they didn’t show you was this:

Ford said the idea was to represent what an average system administrator may do, as opposed to a “wizard” who could take extra steps to provide plenty of security on a Linux setup, for instance.

In my book, the “average” system administrator should definitely be taking any extra steps to ensure security on a box. If they don’t, they shouldn’t be administering systems.

As I’m sure you can all imagine, I can’t be more excited about this one.
From BoingBoing:

Mel Brooks’ “Spaceballs” to become TV series:
Xeni Jardin:

Spaceballs, Mel Brooks’ zany 1987 “Star Wars” spoof, will be remade into an animated television series. I’m not sure if this is a good thing, or a bad thing. Trivia note: the tagline for Spaceballs the movie? May the schwartz be with you.

Link to comingsoon.net’s rehashing of this subscribers-only Variety report. Link to press release.

Today marked visit #5 to the doctor’s office — 20 weeks into pregnancy.

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