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Adieu, 2025.  This is a fine, traditional song for departing guests. Here's wishing you a very happy 2026.

This was the best year ever for traffic here: 4.5M page views.  This brings the all-time total to 19.5M.  There's quite a market for fre...

Who knew? 

For years I've touted (and recommended) Linux , the Free Open Source Software (FOSS) that is the heart of Internet servers, Internet rou...

Merry Christmas, everybody.  

I had never heard this story, but it's true.  US and German soldiers lost in the Battle Of The Bulge had Christmas dinner together rathe...

James emails this bit of awesome :  

What do you call someone who is afraid of Santa Claus? A Klaus-trophobe. 

With a Flash Mob at Macy's, and accompanied by the Wanamaker organ - the World's largest pipe organ. 

You're welcome. 

This looks like a number from The Andy Williams Show, maybe late 1960s.  We all watched this back then. 

We are swimming in reports of how badly the Republicans are going to do in next year's election (no links because I'm lazy but these...

For years I thought this was sung by Boris Karloff, but he only narrated the show.  It was actually sung by Thurl Ravenscroft - the voice ...

Well, duh : Ad blockers and VPNs are supposed to protect your privacy, but four popular browser extensions have been doing just the opposite...

He was a 1911 guy .  And funny as all get out about it: 

This is perhaps the Platonic Christmas song. 

This is perhaps a niche security topic, but some of you are as niche as me : The US is suing a former senior manager at Accenture for allege...

This is a very Country take on the old classic. 

Sure there were rumors, but I was plausibly convinced that they wouldn't do this : Key Points SpaceX is preparing for a potential $1.5 ...