Matthew Gifford

Attention, Windows users: If you receive an e-mail attachment and don't absolutely 100% know what it is, don't open it. When will you people learn?

Forbes has published a list of the worst cars of all time (since World War II) (via Slashdot). I'm surprised that the Aztek didn't make the list.

And while we're on the subject of bad cars, I can't help but link to this gem again.

Note to self: Stereolab will be playing the Vic on April 7th.

Neurologists at the University of Lubeck in Germany have shown that “sleeping on it” (via Slashdot) actually does work. I can't tell you how many times I've woken up with a solution to a problem in my head. Now, to convince the boss that sleeping on the job is a good thing.

The iTunes Music Store can generate user-configurable RSS feeds. Very cool.

Commenting seems to be a hot topic lately. Meg Hourihan has posted her thoughts on when they should and shouldn't be used.

I think her rules are more applicable to high-traffic sites. I prefer to have commenting turned on all the time for a couple reasons:

1. I don't get much traffic and welcome as much conversation as possible.
2. I don't get comment spam.

Great news. Father Benedict is awake and trying to communicate.

Did it work?

Gabe, Tracy, Jenn, and I saw Belleville Rendez-vous on Friday night. Highly recommended.

MINI is unveiling a special edition MINI at this year's Chicago Auto Show. I can't wait to see what it is.