Cloudmark's Anti-Spam Software looks very promising: "The company's flagship product called SpamNet is the first collaborative spam reporting network capturing nearly every spam attack around the world in real-time to automatically keep 75 percent of spam out of peoples' inboxes - a percentage that will improve overtime as the network grows."

Vongsone reports that globe on the front counter is full of candy!

Drought puts focus on wisdom of farming in the desert: "Farmers and politicians call Utah's fourth straight year of below-average snowpack a disaster. But a University of Utah political science professor who writes on Western water issues says that ignores a simple fact: Deserts are supposed to be dry."

Your tax dollars at work: "Some Federal agencies make their photographs available on the Web -- and since you (assuming you're a citizen of the United States) already paid for it, they're in the public domain. The US Fish and Wildlife Service offers downloadable pictures of, well, fish, wildlife, and nature. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has pics of, um, oceans and skies and wildlife and stuff."

Windows XP and Mac OS X Compared: "If you're looking for fun computing that's a breeze right out of the box, maybe that new iMac with OS X is a good choice. But if you want to do more and don't mind a little more work, XP might be better."

Carrie said, "We are in the process of signing new schools for the next school year. Also, COMING SOON! Look for our newly designed WaterWise and LivingWise program logos to appear on all our materials!"

Rough guess: In terms of traffic, one mention on Instapundit is worth two on Scripting News, and one on SN is worth four on John Robb's.

DRUDGE REPORT nears 5,000,000 daily visitors: "The front page of the DRUDGE REPORT was viewed 4,997,679 times on Tuesday -- marking an all-time high in its 7-year history."

Cory Doctorow on NPR's brutally stupid linking policy: "NPR joins KPMG and other bastions of cluelessness by requiring that anyone who wishes to link to the NPR site fill in this form. No matter how deep or shallow your link is, NPR requires you to fill in this form."

Happy Birthday to Vongsone!