Can't get past level 5 at Tower Blaster (score of 13,989). The word "ouster" is dumb. I think that the term 'ousting' should be used to denote the act of being ousted, and leave the term 'ouster' for the person doing the ousting. I can't see where it benefits anyone to have one word (ouster) mean both.

With a little help from Ben H., I'm finally able to listen to my free downloaded song ("It's My Life" by No Doubt) that I got from iTunes. We figured out a way to convert the crappy ".m4p" file into a regular ".mp3" file. iTunes uses the .m4p format, which doesn't play correctly on any other player but their own. Once we converted it, I can now listen to the file without it 'skipping', and I can finally play it in the music player of my choice (Windows Media Player), instead of crappy Quicktime, RealOne Player, WinAmp, iTunes, etc. (most of which wouldn't play the .m4p file at all). Apple's iTunes should be shot.

Here's how we did it: convert the .m4p to .mp4 using the "m4p2mp4" stream processor. Then use "dbpoweramp" (based upon LAME) to convert the .mp4 to .mp3. Works like a charm!

I've stopped using RSS feeds from Salon and Moreover, due to the fact that they don't provide any content in their feeds, only headlines. Most RSS feeds include at least a short version of the story along with the headline, if not the full text of the article, so you can read the news without ever having to visit their site. In Salon's case, even if you click on a headline that sounds interesting, it takes you to a truncated version of the story and then you're asked to log in to read the rest of the story. How dumb is that?!! When will these companies learn that consumers want content, not fluff - information, not gimmicks?

Found the "...Like Ants" physical cache tonight after work with the fam (after having found all the other parts on Saturday). Nice hike, albeit a little windy.