Happy Birthday to Chris Johnson, responsible for many stories of the day and such around these parts (as well as occasionally working on one of those game dealies).

Sometimes you only find out about a person and/or their contributions after they are gone. This would describe my own ignorance of the work of Malcom McLean, the transportation pioneer who invented "containerization," who just died at the age of 87. Here's a bit from his obituary (passed along by theAntiELVIS) describing the achievements of who they describe as "one of the most influential people of the 20th Century":

He was the only person to have founded three companies that were later listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He also founded two other companies later listed on the Nasdaq stock market.

Fortune Magazine inducted him into its Business Hall of Fame in 1982, and American Heritage Magazine in 1995 named him one of the ten outstanding innovators of the past 40 years.

Last year, McLean was named Man of the Century by the International Maritime Hall of Fame.

Link of the Day: JillaJang - How to flush your BIOS! Thanks Ant.
Story of the Day: Quake for kitties (CNET). Thanks Keith Passmore.
Bonus Story: Another side of Saddam - the shy romantic novelist (Guardian Unlimited). Thanks Snapcase.