Okay, I've prepared to skip borders a few years ago when the Bush junta took power for another four years. And while it's been touchingly amusing to watch his agonizing fall from grace of late (who would have thought that the smirking chimp had so much vile behind those gaffes), this house resolution has me making plans to skip town again.

What is it? Lou Cipher and the cronies on capitol hill that he buys with lobbying money have decided that DMCA is quite complimentary to just simply getting rid of pesky analog signals. Analog, as you know, is a bit more difficult to encrypt, and well, we already *have* legislation protecting digital.

The fact of the matter is that I have very little time to go cracking signals. I really have done about zippo cracking. And I write software. Here's what I know:

I got my start in this industry without the financial werewithal to purchase the tools that were necessary to create with. I purchased what I could as a good citizen of the karma, borrowed the rest, and in turn contributed back to the industry. It ended up working well for everyone involved.

But these kinds of proposals will make it next to impossible for people who are truly creative to get their hands on the tools that they could use to rise up and provide. What's next? When hacking is outlawed, only outlaws will be hackers. The rest? Sit at your desk and obey young man! It's going to be like joining the "defense" establishment because your other options were strategically removed some time ago.

Look at the people behind this bill (and others like it). Are they the small developers that provide the creativity to the industry? (Are there any developers at all behind this bill?) Or is it just a bunch of Orwellian shenanegans?

Let's not force the remaining talent we have to a better life offshore. I already know a few people that have found a better life in New Zealand.

Dan clued people on IRC about Das Keyboard, a keyboard without letters.

I bet the claims for this keyboard are probably accurate. Before I got a split keyboard a decade ago, I couldn't type super fast because I didn't use all my fingers. That changed with a split keyboard. I still don't use my left pinkie or thumb, but eight fingers isn't bad. Forcing yourself to "go intuitive" really does work.

Cool!