The audience here is quite international, so I take pleasure in offering the occasional irreverent (and sometimes even informative) reference to goings on here in the US, so I was a bit surprised when it was a couple of "local" readers who mistakenly tried to correct my reference to Andrew Johnson yesterday, thinking I meant Andrew Jackson. Here's Yahoo's Andrew Johnson directory in case there are others unclear on this (President Johnson's impeachment was quite a fascinating episode in American politics). My favorite of the corrections came from a student who complained that his college (which will go unnamed) did not give the holiday off... hopefully there was a mandatory US History class .

Link of the Day: Shields UP! Thanks Hal. This is Steve Gibson's (the original SpinRite guy, not sCary) Internet Connection Security Analysis site. I've actually been sent this before, but being paranoid about Internet security, feared clicking a URL with a .dll in it. But rather than fear it, I recommend everyone visit this site and see how secure their home machine or network really is.
Bonus Link: CIA Homepage for Kids. Thanks North*Pole. Continuing the security theme...this one is apparently for real!