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Not much else I can tell you without violating my own Vapourware Rule, so I won't say any more until we're closer to completion. Let's just say there's plenty going on under the hood and there's even more in the hopper. ;)

I do have a couple of things to share with you, however: Remember the cartoon strip last week that introduced Stef's penguin doll? Well, a couple of worthies who go by the handles of Hektor9 and Ida have suggested petitioning the Linux community to change the name of the mascot from 'Tux' to 'Mr. Naughty Seabird.' I refuse to comment on this, because I really don't want to earn the enmity of people like Linus or Alan. :)

The other thing certainly worth sharing is a satellite photo that Indiana UFie tuxrules acquired just recently. It seems that DarkSide Dave is good as his word. Gah.

And that's it for now. I'll be posting more later this week, and likely on the weekend or on the 25th itself, just to wish all of you a fine holiday season.

Anyway, am making usual list, this time of those whom you call 'the Bad People,' people who are like me. If you are helpink makink list, would be wery happy to sendink you Dust Puppy poster, and of course, will send poster to your 'Bad Person.'

Comink here, and fill in form. Thankink you from deep Antarctica.

[Ed. translation - What our favourite leader of the Legion of Evil is saying is, we'd appreciate any help you can give us with marketing contacts at your workplace. There Shall Be No Spam, and we will send you and your victim a Dust Puppy poster each as a thank you. Not to mention it'll keep DarkSide Dave in Antarctica a while longer.]

Dear Santa,
I would really like an extra arm for Christmas÷. for drawing! I would also like you to clean up all the dirty minds of my readers. You can tell who's naughty and stuff right? Well then, just listen for the word "Llama." Give all of those people nasty coal. :)

Thanks Santa,
Illiad

Dear Santa,
All of our artists have been really good this year. They've drawn and slaved and occasionally answered the phone even! For all their good work, they just want a couple of little presents under their trees÷ All of them want more RAM. Banacek wants a 19' monitor like all of the other artists, and the return of the Shamrock shake from Mickey D's. He'd prefer to get the Shamrock shake on St. Patrick's day but he knows dealing with giant corporations can be tricky so he's asking in advance. Grovella wants a kitchen and a new colour in the rainbow. Actually, a kitchen painted in the new rainbow colour, might be good as well. Lurch would like a camouflage robe to match his camouflage office slippers so that he can blend into the wall and avoid staff meetings. Failing that, he would like some Pot 'O Gold chocolates. You can get some at the Mac's store downstairs.

Thanks Santa,
The Drawers

Frosty the Salesman

Frosty the Salesman, was a marketing dynamo,
With a three-piece suit and a small cell phone, and two contracts on the go.
Frosty the Salesman, is a scarytale they say.
He was made of dough, but the techies know that new money fades away.
There must have been some magic in that old laptop they found
For when they placed it in his hand, pop-up windows popped around!
Oh, Frosty the Salesman, was as bad as he could be;
And the techies say he used to code and play,
Just the same as you and me.

Happy Holidays to you all!

Perl Christmas Carol

By Saucepan

#!/usr/bin/perl

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

$snow = new Fields(type => 'snowy');
$sleigh= new Sleigh(horses => 1, roof => 'open');
$sleigh->dash_through($snow);
$_->laugh foreach @{ $sleigh->get_occupants };

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

BEGIN {
package Person;
sub new { shift; bless { @_, idx => $idx++ } }
sub laugh { print "Person ", $_[0]->{idx}, " is laughing " }
package Fields;
sub new { shift; bless { @_} }
package Sleigh;
sub new { shift; bless { occupants => [new Person, new Person], @_ } }
sub get_occupants { $_[0]->{occupants} }
sub dash_through {
my($self,$what)=@_;
print $self->{horses}, " horse ", $self->{roof}, " sleigh ";
print "is dashing through ", $what->{type}, " fields ";
}
}

BWHAHAHAHAHA!!! (evil laughter) I never said they had to be in *English*...

Seasons Eatings is a collection of seasonal recipes from UFies all around the world and you are guaranteed to find something that will warm your soul or cater to your sweet-tooth. There are even a couple of recipes that may tickle your funnybone.

If you have not submitted a recipe to the collection, don't despair; this is only Version I of Seasons Eatings and it is sure to grow on a daily basis.

Thanks to all UFies who have submitted recipes. Together we have accomplished a grand thing sure to better itself in time.