So, yeah, it's November 24, and it's night. If anyone asks me where I was on the night of November 24, I was here at home. I came home for Thanksgiving. Actually, I went to my grandparents' house for Thanksgiving, and now I'm at home. Tomorrow I'll be going back to school. Oh well...

I have a research paper to write, but I haven't touched it since I left for the long weekend. Maybe tomorrow? Ha ha, that's a good one. Next week I will crack down, though. I will do some intense research-paper-writing, so don't expect some long or well-thought-out posts. And after that: final exams. Oh yes, college is fun sometimes.

One thing to distract me from that is VoIP, which means "Using your computer to talk to people like you're on the phone." For those who have been following the saga, I originally used Skype, until concerns about the Linux version drove me to free alternatives such as WengoPhone, which uses open standards (as opposed to Skype's closed network that no one else can use). But I have just one gripe with WengoPhone: it doesn't work. It kept crashing, and after I upgraded, the latest version won't even connect. So I've gotten into Ekiga, which uses the same protocol (SIP) as WengoPhone and a host of other programs. I've got my SIP (and H.323) addresses on the About Me page now, along with a status indicator (which I've also zealously placed on every single page), so do give me a buzz and say hello.

Check out 10 uncracked codes. Can you crack them? Probably not!

Seems like everybody's remaking their logo these days. Here are, according to somebody, The Best and Worst Logo Remakes of the Century (so far).

Have a look at some Maps of Europe by linguistic groups, population density, smoking bans, eye color, and more.