Users cling to old Microsoft operating systems (thanks Mike Martinez) is one of those weird coincidence articles, as it comes on the day I am finally going to bite the bullet and install WinXP on my gaming system, which has been steadfastly running Win98 since, well, 1998. I've always been happy with '98 as my gaming OS, and appreciate its lower overhead and continued ability to boot into DOS mode, but it's come to a point where that system needs an OS reinstall, and it just doesn't seem to make sense to do another '98 reinstall, especially with hardware and software support dwindling further every day.

Play Time:	Trash those meeting notes. Thanks Sharon.
Links of the Day:	Pentrix. Froogle. Thanks Enahs.
Stories of the Day:	James Brown appointed to funk up US Government. Microsoft to cut swastikas from software. OPEC wants aid if world shifts to renewable energies.
Science!:	Report: Earth's magnetic field fading. Fossil bridges gap in mammal evolution. Comparing Genomes Shows Split Between Chimps and People (registration required).
Images of the Day:	Badger/Mushroom. Thanks Ant.
Auction of the Day:	Wesley Crusher Action Figure, Autographed. Thanks Cyther.
	Thanks Mike Martinez.