Anti-gravity/Patenting Starships
Being a long time science fiction fan, I'm convinced that it's only a matter of time before someone is going to figure out how to break the light speed barrier, or at least invent engines that make interplanetary travel practical. So I was pretty excited to see this: United States Patent: 6,960,975, which seems to be a patent for a starship (!). My hopes were dashed almost immediately after by this article: US grants patent for anti-gravity device. I'll keep being optimistic though.

Content Protection Gone Wild
My mind is still boggled that Sony felt it could legitimately make kernel mods to peoples PCs for their ill-concieved content protection scheme. Congratulations on opening the door to new viruses. Yeesh.
Sony BMG faces digital-rights seige | The Register
Mac anti-rip code surfaces on Sony BMG CD | The Register
PC Pro: News: Sony suspends controversial CD production

LCD Monitor Rejuvenation
Via LifeHacker, a step by step method of replacing the backlight in LCD monitors (yes, laptops included). I actually have a laptop that's developed a pink hue to its display, so I'm anxious to try this: DIY LCD Monitor Rejuvenation - Lifehacker

Subversion & Xcode
Apple has published an article on installing and setting up Subversion on Mac OS X, including Xcode instructions. Worth reading here:
Getting Control with Subversion and Xcode

Xcode, Interface Builder and Missing Connections
I've been mildy annoyed trying to figure out (from time to time) what connections are missing in Interface Builder when it tells me there are missing connections. My main strategy has been to spend a lot of time guessing. It seems there's a better way though:

You can track down bad/missing connections in Interface Builder by changing the view in the nib window from icon view to list view (click the little tab in the top right of the window, right above the scrollbar) and disclosing items with the little exclamation mark by them.

Well...that's a lot easier.