I did:

Sent my first chain email since…no, wait, EVER. In my defense, it’s a recipe exchange. And BCC was used.

I learned:

I knew this already, but it should be repeated: Spider Robinson is AWESOME.

I read:

An Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the U.S. Congress

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, 1949-2011 Polemicist Who Slashed All, Freely, With Wit

My daughter, a cult guitarist, and how journalists can become semicompetent programmers, pretty much in that order

The nightmarish SOPA hearings

December #Jcarn Roundup

Problems and Opportunities in Government Data