Painful Monday

How are we already halfway through September? Here's the news.

CNN: Afghan police find Iranian-made weapons, source says

BBC: Turkey approves Kurdish studies

Guardian: Intelligence from captured western recruits suggest al-Qaida's terror network is weakening; Al-Qaida faces recruitment crisis, anti-terrorism experts say

Times gallery: Defence Systems Equipment international [trade show for military technology]

Wired Danger Room: Russian mystery ship suspected of arms shipment to Iran

UPI: NIST creates new trace explosives standard - I love NIST. It's one of the few government agencies from which I believe that we actually get our money's worth out of.

AFP: Top Obama ally warns of lack of Afghan war support - "Top Obama ally" is Nancy Pelosi. I really, really, really dislike that woman.

UPI: Outside View: From London to Kabul

Computer World: Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks - Work with geeks? Work in IT? This is a must-read.

Just for Fun: Soviet Space Image Catalog

Just for Fun: Number Stations: Mysterious Broadcasts

I got a few things done this weekend.

I got the oil changed in the Locust Wind. Instead of going to the dealership, I went to Jiffy Lube, per Mighty Mo's advice. If the Locust Wind explodes, I will find a way to make the Man of Steel a premature widower.

I defragmented my hard drive. Between that and running the disk cleanup last week, I went from 9GB free, to 20GB free. Clean livin'.

I called in to Verizon Wireless, and when I was done they had changed my plan around and saved me nearly forty bucks a month off my bill. Excellent.

That's it for today. Check back tomorrow.