Daily Reading and Ranting (March 2, 2005)

Whether it receives attention elsewhere or not, this is news that matters (updated throughout the day):

British Schoolgirl Wins Right to Wear Muslim Dress
I've been working on a blog post about a related topic. Look for it later today. In the meantime -- you go, girl!

Firefox Gets More Share, IE users less than 90 percent
Microsoft under attack on all fronts.

Walkman Mobile is Out
Looks cool. iPod killer -- not.

The media loves this nonsense, but come on, already:

Steve Fossett Soars Eastward Over Asia
Who cares? He ain't no Lindenberg.

Honorary knighthood for Bill Gates
But I thought he destroyed all those poor Windows users' lives. Punish Microsoft, and knight Bill? Okay.