Four Years, 77 Days To Go

Says here you can start introducing kids to scuba diving-esque activities at age five. Not that I'm counting the days or anything.

Giving Us Meta For

Jeremy Blachman considers a season-appropriate and age-old power struggle: "[I]t's kind of like measuring your IQ against the foliage."

(Read the whole thing for context. And don't all email that it's a simile.)

Throw In A Six Pack While You're At It

This outfit is running TV ads in California reminding voters of their "Constitutional right to wager," apparently on "pursuit of happiness" grounds. There's nothing like an expansive approach to the law.

[Update:] BoiFromTroy speculates interestingly about the motives behind this.

Kid Stuff For The Geek At Heart

Timmy Turner, hero of Nickelodeon's Fairly Oddparents, has the answer for everything: "Somewhat impulsive, he often tends to make wishes without thinking about the possible consequences of his actions, or how to explain his wished-for stuff ('where'd you get that? Timmy: uh... Internet?')."

Iowa Computing, purveyor of all manner of computer components and peripherals, also offers this nifty carseat/stroller combo (with on-board audio system, of course):

New From IT Conversations

Law and IT, Garage Door Openers and the DMCA, hosted by Ernest Miller, with Ed Felten, Michael Madison, and Wendy Seltzer. Sez Michael: "I don't think it's a coincidence that this opinion comes out of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which is primarily oriented toward patent law..."

Bonus link, Wendy: "Someone forgot to tell borged-by-TMobile Danger that lots of independent software developers start out as hobbyists."