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Plone looks pretty neat. I used Zope for an NCSU project once. Plone is Zope with some extra features. They even have an OS X installer!

I’ve been learning CSS for my work page. Check out this trick (via the w3c):

div.items p {display: none} div.items p:target {display: block}

… item 1…

… item 2…

…item 3…

item 1 item 2 item 3 clear

Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over. Which is awesome.

WHAAAAAT???
“To make wiretapping possible, Internet phone companies have to buy equipment and software as well as hire technicians, or contract with VeriSign or one of its competitors. The costs could run into the millions of dollars, depending on the size of the Internet phone company and the number of government requests.”
Verisign runs .com: it can set up MITM attacks. Verisign signs signatures: it can spoof signatures.
WHAAAAAAT???

George W Bush sings “Sunday, Bloody Sunday,” via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.

Department of Labor’s history of labor day:
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Active Duty Military attending the RNC, via kuro5hin. Their Attendance Is Dangerous.

In the spirit of Rob’s iTunes Blog, I feel compelled to document my inaugural iTunes purchase.

• Modest Mouse: Sad Sappy Sucker
• Björk: Medúlla
• Stone Temple Pilots: Shangri-LA DEE DA
• Stereolab: Margerine Eclipse

What can I say… I like to buy albums. The next step is to branch out and find new artists.

A while ago I actually bought G Love and Special Sauce’s self-titled album from iTunes, but that’s just because I’d lost my hard copy. So that shouldn’t count as my first purchase.

Awesome graphic of how many times different words are used by each party in their convention, via Pandagon.

10 biggest surprises of the RNC, from the Christian Science Monitor.