I just read this journal entry by Gruff Rhys from the Super Furry Animals and am horrified, as he was, by the terror inflicted on the people of Colombia by corporations such as Coca-Cola as well as the US government. It makes me sick to think that my tax dollars are being used to displace, maim and murder innocent people in the name of preventing suburban kids in the US from getting their hands on a recreational drug. As with the “war on terror” the “war on drugs” is killing more innocent people than the original problem.

Mr. Rhys mentions that his band turned down a seven figure offer to allow their song “Hello Sunshine” to be used in a Coca-Cola ad because they didn’t want to have anything to do with the company. I think it would have been a much better idea to let them use the song and use the money to help the terrorized employees fight back. Then both the advertisement and the song would have a much sweeter meaning. In the end the Coca-Cola company probably just paid a less ethical (and surely less talented) artist the same amount and the situation continues.

…in his latest article for wired news: Our job is to think critically and rationally, and to ignore the cacophony of other interests trying to use terrorism to advance political careers or increase a television show’s viewership.

I read tuaw.com (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) just about every day, so imagine my surprise when a friend of mine congratulated me for getting an article on Moneydance on their front page. Apparently I was one of the last people I know (who read rss/blogs anyway) to find out!

I’m glad they got the capitalization right (it’s Moneydance, not MoneyDance or Money-Dance!) and that they accurately reflected what MD is all about. For some reason a lot of reviewers seem to criticize MD for not having feature X when in fact that feature is usually one of the most prominent.

Edinburgh is such a great place to live. This evening I took Indy for a walk up Arthur’s Seat, the remnants of a volcano (and now a park) near the centre of Edinburgh. She started getting fussy about 3/4’s the way up so we turned around.