Word on the street is no one from outside the cwru.edu domain can connect to Blog@Case pages right now. What's the deal, admins? I've had multiple people tell me the domain won't resolve at different times today.

Edit: When I said 'no one,' I meant 'some people.' And the issue still stands, as far as I can tell.

Anyway, something extremely cool happened to me earlier. I got an e-mail from Stephan Deibel over at Wingware, makers of the best damn Python IDE around. I use it whenever I can — problem is, it's not free software, so I'm always stuck with their trial version (which expires). Stephan's e-mail said they were offering free 3-OS Wing IDE Professional licenses to folks whose Python Software Foundation proposals were selected for Summer of Code, and that these licenses would even last beyond the summer. Even after letting him know that I was most likely accepting the KDE bounty instead of the Python one, he still gave me a free license! A quick trip over to the Wingware store reveals that the package they're offering is worth $395!

So I'd like to thank Stephan and the rest of the folks over at Wingware, you guys truly care about the Python community. Besides the Summer of Code program, they also offer educational and open source discounts for various types of development.

Edit 2: Well what do you know, I just realized that Stephan is also on the board of directors and the chairman of the Python Software Foundation.