I stumbled on the Zend Platform at work yesterday. It’s impressive. Logging like I’ve never seen before, server stats, database management, everything in one nice little package. It’s definitely overkill for our purposes but I was definitely taken with the idea of a server side PHP debugger. On Monday I’m going to see if the server guys will install it for us.

I’m slowly adjusting to the new blog skin. Even after all the modifications I’ve tried to retain the simplicity of the original. I think it’s more cheerful/easier to read than the old one. Now all I need to do is start to update…

This is disappointing. The second amendment contains retroactive immunity for those dirty telcos and their warrant-free wiretaps

Looks like special interests and irrational fear win again.

“This, I believe, is the right way to go for the security of the nation,” said Senator John D. Rockefeller, the West Virginia Democrat who leads the intelligence committee.

His support for the plan, after intense negotiations with the White House and his Republican colleagues, was considered critical to its passage but drew criticism from civil liberties groups because of $42,000 in contributions that Mr. Rockefeller received last year from AT&T and Verizon executives.

NY Times: Bush Presses House to Approve Bill on Surveillance