Got Blogs?

While in Russia, I'm giving a presentation on weblogs. Here's the title: "Weblogs: The Changing Face of Academic and Political Discussion Online"

It's going to be a fairly short talk, as they translate it into Russian in real-time, thus reducing the amount of time I'm going to be blathering by half. I've already got some sites selected to showcase in my presentation, but if you've got a favorite political or academic weblog that you think is important or interesting, and worth a mention, please post it in the comments below, and I'll add it to my talk.

Microsoft patch for VPN issues, post-SP2

If you're having issues connecting to your VPN after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, Microsoft has issued a patch.

Syntax G551 Drivers

In case a student ever brings you a Syntax brand (No, I never heard of them either) laptop, model G551, that someone has formatted without having access to the drivers, you can get them here. This student had even purchased an external wireless card, having not realized that there was one built in to her laptop, it just didn't have any drivers loaded, much like the sound card, or the video card... Syntax doesn't have an obvious link to those drivers on their site, but when I called them, they helpfully e-mailed me that link.

And we're back

Sorry for the downtime yesterday, apparently there was a denial-of-service attack on my web hosting provider, and it took them several hours to get it stopped.

6 More Invites

I have six more Gmail invites to dole out, post a comment in this thread with your first and last names, and an e-mail address to send the invite to.