Reports from a few days ago say the weather was supposed to break today, but more recent updates say otherwise. I surrender, I had managed to go this long with out air conditioning in my attic office, but right now it's sweltering in here (and as I write this the sun has not yet even risen), and I think my glasses are actually steaming up (it's actually hotter in here right now than it is outside). Either I'm dragging an AC up here today, or I'm finding a way to move my office downstairs, but this is out of control (pant pant). But then again, there's the folks going to QuakeCon (gasp from horrified crowd), as a bit of poking around shows me that my thought that Texas had visited the rest of the US was a bit faulty... as bad as it is here today, there's a severe weather alert in the Dallas area, where the humidity will combine with 99 degree (F) temperatures to "produce afternoon heat indices of 105 to 110 degrees again today." Of course the only outdoor activity at QuakeCon is the smoking area, but you still have to be outside sometimes.

Link of the Day: Kenny Translator. Blue's News: "Mmmpmfpmf fmpmfpmpp mmfmmmpffpppmmmmfmmpp fmpmfpmmmfmp'fmm mpfmfffmp fmpppf pfmppffmmfmp." Thanks Akira.
Story of the Day: Stephen.Heaslip Arrested for Selling Crack. Thanks John Windsurfer. Hey!
Follow-up: Net activists launch campaign to jam 'Echelon' (CNN). Been a while since we heard from the Echelon project. Thanks EvilToast.
Weird Science: More Than an Average Joe's 'John' (Fox). Thanks Ronald, who speculates this may lead to Toilet.NET.