Wow, it turned out that there are more potential problems and solutions involving Windows failing to ask for a login upon booting than I ever could have imagined, I tried about every combination of these suggestions, but so far nothing. To make me feel better, I've gotten a couple of notes from folks like myself, who can't seem to cure this no matter what they try (it seems using Win98 Internet Connection Sharing may be a common culprit). I see I have a few more new mails on this to try now, if I solve it, I'll pass along what the cause was here. I'm also developing a healthy collection of traceroutes to the site, if you are having unusual problems accessing the site, feel free to send along a trace of your own, and we'll continue to look for the gremlins in the wire.

Link of the Day: Customers Suck. Thanks Jason.
Story of the Day: Lawsuit: Universal Studios' haunted house too scary, caused emotional distress. Thanks Maverick.
Bonus Story: Shoppers get $400 break in fine print (at Microsoft's expense, no less). Thanks HiDDeN.
Image of the Day: Astronomy Picture of the Day 2000 January 1 - The Millennium that Defines Universe. Thanks ZDim.