The UN just released a report condemning the Guantanamo prison. Scott McClellan's response was exactly what you'd expect, as if the fact that these detainees are "dangerous" means that they do not deserve basic human rights, particularly the right to a trial. I guess none of the inmates of other US prisons are dangerous.

Recently, certain Muslim groups responded violently to the accusation that they are violent. This response is so absurd that you'd think anyone with a sense of reason, regardless of their cultural background, would realize it.

Just as absurd is the attitude of our current administration towards the detainees - "These people reject the ideals our country holds dear, the basic rights we afford to all humans. Therefore, we will not extend those rights to them."

I finally succumbed to peer pressure and bought my first iPod (60GB, white). It will take a few months to transfer 2000 or so CDs to it, but then they won't be lining every available inch of wallspace, right? And now I can buy DRM-shackled tracks when I don't feel like wasting hours tracking them down in Kazaa or Soulseek or whatever.

I also rearranged the layout for the site and cleaned up the CSS/XHTML a bit. This article was the impetus. Hopefully, the new "feature" I'm cooking up will be ready to roll out soon. In the meantime, I'll keep tweaking margins and colors in lieu of writing anything worth reading.