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I got some spam this morning:

 

From:  Emery Nadeau <coker@[redacted]> To:  andrew@[redacted] Subject:  Hot monday granny Date:  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:12:19 -0060 (19:12 NZST)

 (Emphasis added.  Obviously.)

Tuesday September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Time to re-read Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island and practice your "Arrrrgh" and "Yo ho ho". Here's a nice e-text version of Treasure Island which may prove better for portable reading.

John Kheit, in his Devil's Advocate column at Mac Observer covers the history of the UI on some detail. Numerous links within.