The routing glitch that's slowing access to the site for some is not 100% cleared up, though I find the problem a lot better this morning, at least from my end. Thanks to all who wrote in with the heads-up that the Chinese hackers story posted for a while yesterday turned out to be old. Wow, I think watching the Sopranos re-runs this week are more fun than the original go-through(s), even though this is the third time I've seen a few of the episodes (I didn't like the Meadow college tour episode repeated last night nearly as much the first time around). I'll stop raving now, but damn is this great stuff.

Link of the Day: Dylan's NY 17 Exit Signs. To confirm your worst fears about the web. Thanks Diehard.
Story of the Day: Linux community scores coup in Hotmail outage, a confirmation from MS that a Linux programmer saved the Hotmail network over the holidays by paying a $35 domain registration fee. Thanks Jacek Fedoryñski.
Bonus Story: Games levy to fund adult learning (BBC News) reports on a UK politician's proposal that "there should be a levy of up to 50p on computer games to fund a big expansion of adult learning." Thanks pRy.
Image of the Day: gXp (German site) has a screenshot up showing off a smiley on a flak shell in UT, apparently a long-rumored Easter egg.