Here's a case I expect may set an interesting precedent

If Google prevails, it seems that Microsoft (or any other company, for that matter) employees under non-compete contracts will have significantly lower barriers to leaving to work for direct competitors. There may have already been other test cases along these lines, but I believe Washington state has a history of upholding non-competes while California does not generally uphold them. It will be interesting to see what precedent this case sets for the future.

Guess I could have saved myself $100k

Great business book list. But while mastering the principles in these books can help to make you more effective, reading these books alone is unlikely to open new doors for you - and you can't exactly put them on your resume. The sheepskin effect is real in many places.

Can you succeed without an MBA? Of course. Can you fail with an MBA? Of course. But much of the same can be said about *any* formal education, be it high school or college.

Opera Overlooked RSS/OPML export and import

But this clever guy in the UK has a hosted script that accepts an upload your Opera .ini file and immidiately coverts it to a valid OPML file. Very useful. Very slick. Thanks!