Da Vinci facts Jun 6, 2006
Here are 3 quick facts related to the Da Vinci Code:

1.  The Priory of Sion is a fake organization created in 1956 (not 1099 like the DVC claims is a "fact") by a French guy name Pierre Plantard.  He used forged documents to establish a link to older secret societies. 

2.  The Gospel of Philip was most likely originally written in Greek and later translated to Coptic, which means it didn't have any Aramaic words in it.  The word translated as companion is from the Greek word koinonos, which means a companion or partner, not a spouse. 

3.  If the painting of the Last Supper shows 13 people, and one of them is Jesus and one of them is Mary, why are there only 11 disciples?  One conclusion is that the feminine-looking one can't be Mary; it's John.  Da Vinci also portrayed John the Baptist (different from John the Apostle) as a girly man. 

These 3 facts don't prove anything.  But I wanted to list them here for "posterity".  (What does that mean?  I don't know.) #religion
Kramer Jun 6, 2006
I just enabled the plugin Kramer, which searches Technorati for incoming links to my posts and converts these links to pingbacks.  The first two things (problems) I notice are:  The pingbacks are only recorded when the post is accessed.  In other words, incoming links won't be searched for unless a specific post is viewed.  The other thing is that the post's comment count isn't updated when a pingback is found and added to the database.  Since Technorati doesn't have many incoming links for my site, I might disable this plugin pretty soon. #technology
net2ftp Jun 6, 2006
One of the coolest things about Dreamhost is their use of the web-based FTP client net2ftp.  I've always felt that FTP is one of the most outdated ways of transferring files.  It's quirky, unreliable, and extremely insecure.  But up until now, it's been the only way to get files to my website.  I've tried many different FTP clients (WS_FTP, SmartFTP, FileZilla, etc.) and had successes as well as problems with them all.  Net2ftp is a web based client, which means you don't have to download any software.  The source files are download-able, but they're stored on your server and accessed from there.  The interface is easy to use and has useful features like keyboard shortcuts, java-based uploading (if desired), and zip decompression.  Plus, it uses encrypted passwords and a secure connection.  All in all, it's a great little program that eliminates the need for a locally-installed FTP client. #technology