The recent Symantec threat report (for Q1 & Q2 of 2005) confirms something I've always suspected: Firefox and Macs are not more secure than IE/Windows, they're just not as popular. In fact, Firefox is less secure than IE so far this year, with Firefox suffering from double the number of security holes of IE. From the article: "...switching from IE to Firefox as a way of minimizing security risks [is] no longer valid advice." Ouch. In those immortal words, "...there is no 'safe' web browser."

Misti made round three of rice last night, but she used our rice cooker that we got as a wedding present. (Shamefully, I think this was the first time we've used it.) It wasn't perfect, but it did turn out fairly good - it was light and fluffy, wasn't clumpy or stuck together, but it wasn't as plump as it should've been. Once again, it recommended only a 1:1 ratio of water to rice, which is why I believe it seemed a little dry. The quest for perfect rice goes on. In unrelated news, Apple's new iPod nano came out recently and is already making quite the splash. Becky 'graduated' from her red tricycle to Bonny's old bicycle yesterday, with the addition of some new purple training wheels. I'll post a photo tomorrow.