A nicely atmospheric Belgian cat and mouse game between a vigilante professional killer and a cop with a cause, The Memory of a Killer was part of my bed rest entertainment and was worth the rental. An older man who has been a professional killer for many years takes a job against his better judgment, knowing that he's starting to have symptoms of Alzheimer's. Obviously, there are a few kinks in the job, and our hero realizes his limitations, ending up working on eliminating everyone in his contracted employer's evil scheme.

This movie is great to look at. Tons of beautiful shots, and great dark atmospheres. The lead role is very entertaining. The cop who pursues/respects him is a bit more formulaic, but the overall movie is quite good. I enjoyed this one.

Gizmo now calls landlines and mobile phones for free - Gizmo is the open source competitor for Skype and now you can call regular phones for free. It also has recording built in. It also doesn't have the 5-person conference call limit that Skype has. I suggest we use this for a podcast. Last time I tried it I had some problems with it crashing, but it's been a while, so maybe they've fixed it. And we can get people in the conversation even if they don't have a headset. I think the quality from landlines may not be as good, but it will be easier.

Update: The fine print:

The All Calls Free plan applies when both call participants are registered and active Gizmo Project users. A person is considered active when they are making phone calls with Gizmo Project on a regular basis. We reserve the right to limit call length.

So, both users have to have Gizmo accounts.

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This cartoon was published in April 2003.

These comments were made by Bill Kristol yesterday:

...the Iranian people dislike their regime. I think they would be – the right use of targeted military force — but especially if political pressure before we use military force – could cause them to reconsider whether they really want to have this regime in power.

Eerie, huh?