Yahoo on DRM; and where Songbird really whips the llama's...

I want more of people standing up for what I want; and I want it now.

Yahoo says no to DRM.

So far, my favourite bit:

But the content experience on the Web is crap. Go to Aquarium Drunkard, click an MP3. If you don’t get a 404, you’ll get a Save As… dialog or the SAME GOD DAMN QUICKTIME BAR FROM 1995. OMFG. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS IS ALL WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED IN 15 YEARS ON THE WEB? It makes me insane.

Hey, you want to get yourself some SongBird!

Hamachi is pretty nifty.

I actually tried out Hamachi; and I'll be the first to admit it does exactly what I need.

For those of you who don't know, Hamachi is a zero-conf VPN tool. If you've got a computer at home, a computer at work, and you need to make them talk... a few clicks and you have a VPN.

It does it well, too.

Install, easy; connection, easy. Add a few entries to my HOSTS file, and I'm hooked right back up to work. Too easy.

The only qualm I have now is how to reconcile this with consuming too much energy! Perhaps I can offset it by taking the bus more.