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date: "1999-12-26T08:31:00Z"
title: Yule Tide Fun
---

Well, I got some great books for christmas, including 
<a href="http://www.counterpane.com/applied.html">Applied Cryptography</a>,
<a href="http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/">GGAD</a>, 
the most amazing graphics programming book I've ever seen, and the
Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy box set.<br /><br />

For a bit of a laugh at the expense of
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com" onMouseOver="window.status='Who could it possibly be?  Click to find out!'; return true;">a certain unspecified monopolist software corporation</a>,
check out <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/25/114201&amp;mode=nocomment">this story</a>.<br /><br />

Astute readers will note that I added both my
<a href="/pabskey.asc">public key</a> and
<a href="/about/resume/">resume</a>
to the features on the left.  Updates haven't been as frequent lately
due to unfortunate outside circumstances, but I should be rolling
again pretty soon.  I also added some extra goodies to the
<a href="/projects/">Projects</a> section, including an updated
XOR Crack (now on version 0.2) and more.<br /><br />

Finally, I started using Cascading Style Sheets throughout the
site.  I really like the sans-serif 10pt look, but feel free to
<a href="mailto:duncanpa@engr.orst.edu">let me know</a> if you have
any better ideas.