In order of decreasing importance:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is due to hit US bookshelves on June 21, 2003.

If you are looking for a cheap DVD player that does lots of neat tricks and aren’t concerned about progressive scan, you should look into the Mintek DVD-1600. I just got one, and it’s great. Best Buy offers them for about $58. Nerd-Out.com has a great discussion forum on these and other budget DVD players.

Finally, the NC DMV is (still) using OS/2 to capture the picture used on your driver’s license. Anyone who’s worked for IBM would recognize the equipment and software, which is similar to the stuff used for making IBM’s internal ID badges.

Oh, and according to the doctor, I’m doing fine for a 30 year old.