Events

Via Bruce Schneier, Cory Doctorow: "The DRM business model is the urinary tract infection of media experiences: all of the uses that used to come in an easy gush now come in a mingy, painful dribble..."

The Cubs and Brewers remain tied for first place, one game ahead of the Cardinals, in the National League Central pennant race. I should point out that the Cubs and Brewers are one game above .500; the Cardinals, at .500. So, yes, the NL Central pennant will go to a mediocre team this year. Sigh.

A larger-than-usual bunch of news stories piqued my interest this morning: Scientists may have a break in the case of the mysterious bee die-offs; The Cook County, Ill., Clerk is putting public records online all the way back to 1871; A German company has started piecing together Stasi documents the East German security service shredded in the final hours before the Berlin Wall fell; and An Australian comedy troupe successfully infiltrated the APEC conference by—how else?—dressing up as Osama bin Laden...

More from Saturday's Wright Way Rescue reunion: Schona, a 7-year-old Lab that Parker met:

At the Wright Way reunion on Saturday, the shelter had a number of puppies up for adoption, like this one: Parker, like any teenager confronted with babies, seemed to show benign indifference: (He wanted to see the grill instead. Go figure.)