Braaaaaaains.

In an unusual burst of holiday-relevant activity, last night I acceded to audiovile's long-standing desire that I watch Dawn of the Dead with him. It was...well, I mean, I know the idea behind [Foo] Of The Dead, having seen any number of knockoffs, parodies, and references; but I did not realize that what makes the movie really horrifying isn't the dead things or the gore or what have you, but the pervading feeling of nihilistic DOOM.--That everything our heroes do is completely futile, and is merely prolonging the inevitable end. I find that much more deeply disturbing than any amount of chawing on intestines.

It was well that we played several hours of CoH afterwards, to cleanse the mental palate as it were. Otherwise I probably would've woken up screaming. (I did have a zombie-infested dream, but it was more a sort of action sequence then a nightmare.)

A slice of evil for your morning

For those Gentle Readers who don't keep up with El Reg, /., or sweh...

Sony music CDs that list as "copy-protected" install rootkits on Windows systems.

("Rootkit" may be a strong word for it, as it doesn't completely PWN j00 as I understand it, but it is definitely and beyond any shadow of a doubt craptastic malware, and it will break your shit in impressive fashion if you try to remove it with standard removal tools.)

So, it was Sony that actually got caught, but one wonders how many other companies are doing similar shit.